Trespass

An attack on a young Jewish boy at College raises Foyle's interest, particularly when the Boy's father decides not the take the matter seriously, soon after Foyle returns to the family on a very serious matter.

The second story from the end reminds me of the second story in, The White Feather, in that one we had Charles Dance playing the central character, a prominent, charismatic racist, in this one we get Richard Lintern in a similar role. It's wonderful to see how the show has changed since those days.

This is a very slick episode, beautifully produced, dramatic, engaging and thought provoking. Kitchen is awesome here. Very interesting take on the origins of The NHS.

We've gone from Nazism to anti semitism, Horowitz manages to deal with the subject very well. It's a very tricky and difficult subject, credit to him for tackling it.

Excellent, 9/10.

Chillingly prescient story line considering what the MAGA movement unleashed in the US (one of the tag lines used by the rabble-rouser in this episode was "Make Britain Great Again.") It's one of those convoluted episodes where no one can be trusted to be who they actually are or are trustworthy. As the series neared the end I felt the character of Sam was too intrusive, although the actress still had some charm.

Well done to the writer for putting together something like this where OUR WW2 heroes arent yet home and some radical is calling for the cold blooded murder of ever Jew and foreigner living in the UK and elsewhere. Whilst evident from the outset who are the real villains, a cracking good episode has been created for those who enjoy watching the series, which is much missed given todays quality TV isnt in the same league. As always Foyle comes out with all the truths of what is going on, even though the viewer has to guess as to how he managed to get there. Thank You team. Although for me, the idea of a P M in 1946 who wanted to kills jews I find somewhat appaulling in 2021, given how his party has developed in the last 60 years!

A young Jewish man is beaten up by two men coming out of his school. He ends up in the hospital and no one calls the police. Foyle goes to the parents home and talks to Mr and Mrs Wolf the boys parents. They want to keep things quiet. They seem scared. Soon after Mr Wolf is murdered. Foyle investigates and finds out Mr Wolf's ship was blown up as it was bringing supplies to the Jewish people in Palestine.

There are lots of things that go on in the Foyle's War series. Things before the war that England and other countries are in and after it.

This one has to do with secret operations run by a secret part of the English government who is helping people from other countries that are enemies of Jewish people. It is the leaders of this group that work for the government but not endorsed by the heads that did not know what they were doing.

Foyle is not a policeman anymore but he works for MI6 a government security group. He had a meeting with someone who gave him information and he passed it on to his supervisor. The information gets him in trouble and he resigns. He was being spied on by the people that work for the government and they tipped off the Arabs that were in the hotel.

This episode is kind of like things today. The secret agencies wanted to stay friendly and have meetings with the countries it supports but the people involved were anti-Semitic and allowed meeting to be help to push their agenda. They blamed poverty, lack of food and everything bad that was happening in England on the Jewish people.

It is a good example of how propaganda is spread by certain people and how it ignites others that hear it to start to protest and attack the houses of people they think are the cause of their problems.

It has a good ending or at least one with some justice for the innocent and Foyle's gets his job back. There is a lot of anti-Semitism today even in our country. This is really sad.

Anthony Horowitz tackles a lot of sensitive issues in this episode. Some might be rather personal to him given his background.

The King David Hotel bombing in Palestine by Zionists. A conference taking place regarding peace in middle east taking place in London. A reformed Oswald Mosley type figure Charles Lucas who launches his new campaign which is not much different from his old campaign.

Foyle looks into an attack on a young Jewish student, his father a prominent businessmen is later found shot.

When there is a blip in the security arrangements, Foyle ends up being the fall guy and made to resign from MI5.

However a visiting Jewish student in London might be planning more than just starting a new course.

Horowitz also looks at the plight of ordinary Britons in the post war landscape. There was still no NHS, so people without money and food still could not afford medicine. Sam comes to the aid of a little boy who might have got whooping cough.

Horowitz cleverly weaves some modern parallels with Lucas's right wing party who wants to reclaim Britain for the British. He also wants to reach out with other like minded Europeans and exploit Africa and Africans. Not too different from the new alt right neo nazis.

As a mystery it did not really hang too well. There were just too many ingredients and the slimy guy from the foreign office was just too obviously up to no good. It was watchable without being too enthralling.

Aside from being a metaphor for these modern times. Lucas was given too much free reign in this episode. Even Sam's politician husband was too weak willed to confront him properly. Given that Britain had just won a war against the Nazis, someone like Lucas at that period would had placed himself in a perilous position with his history.