The White Feather

Episode aired Nov 3, 2002
TV-14
1h 38m

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8.4/10

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Charles Dance and Colin Tierney in Foyle's War (2002)

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The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers.The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers.The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers.

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Trivia
The Friday Club has echoes of The Monday Club. Formed as a right wing pressure group within the Conservative Party in 1961, the Conservatives severed connections with the Monday Club in 2001 due to its opinions on race and imperialism. Over its history, some Monday Club members have been suspected of supporting the National Front and of being nazis.

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The uniformed Superintendent is seen wearing the ribbon of the Police Exemplary Service Medal. This medal was not instituted until 14 June 1951, eleven years after the events portrayed.

Quotes
Rosemary Harwood: [Angrily] You're going through a lady's room? No gentleman would behave this way.
Det. Supt. Christopher Foyle: You know, you're right, but then again murder isn't a very gentlemanly business, Miss Harwood.

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Traumerei
[From Scenes of Childhood]
Written by Robert Schumann
Played at the first social gathering of the guests at the hotel. Rather appropriately, given their sympathies, it is a German tune.]

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10/10

What a moving episode!

This is truly superior television. We are all used to watching crime dramas in which the dogged investigator has to solve a complex crime with multiple suspects. Now imagine particularly excellent writing and acting, and add all the context of Germany breathing down the neck of England at Dunkirk, Nazi sympathizers in England, and English anti-semitism. The White Feather is a great whodunnit and an early 1940s/World War 2 history lesson at the same time. And, let's not forget Michael Kitchen's ability to convey so much with a raising of his eyebrows or the roll of his eyes. I'm only 2 episodes into this series, but I'm already relishing having more than two dozen episodes in the pipeline!