I have been very fond of this series from the beginning, which was set in England during WWII. The premise is that while many men went off to war, there were those, who for various reasons did not join up or were not chosen, who stayed behind, and Foyle is amongst them. He is a cop who very correctly points out that crime continues even when war rages on. Now the series is in the post WWII period and Foyle is part of the Secret Service, what we now think of as MI-5. He continues to have his same irreverent attitude, and his unconventional methods of solving crimes and mysteries. He is not one to stand on pretense, and he won't cover something up because it is convenient to do so. The series continues to have elements of danger, but the fact that it is so satisfyingly steeped in the period is what I like most. England lost quite a lot in WWII and all of that is on display in this series.
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