I'm sorry you're dealing with upsetting health news and relieved to hear about the other health news.
Thank you. It was a relief.
I've never watched Foyle's War, but it sounds fantastic.
It has a great premise and an unusual set of core characters: the format is a police procedural on the home front of World War II, so DCS Christopher Foyle is just too old for active service and consistently denied a transfer to the War Department; his driver Sam Stewart is a vicar's daughter in the Mechanised Transport Corps; his sergeant Paul Milner was invalided out of the war after losing a leg at Trondheim. Foyle's son Andrew is in the RAF. Its historical accuracy is not immune to bobbles, but on the whole I was impressed by its research. The early seasons especially focus on the civilian experience of war and the crimes unique to the circumstances—evacuee children, British fascists, lend-leases, the black market, the Home Guard, and all the privations of the time figure strongly. Like many shows, it suffers in later seasons from being canceled/uncanceled/generally jerked around by its network, but I definitely recommend at least starting it and seeing what you think. I really enjoyed it at the time.
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Thank you. It was a relief.
I've never watched Foyle's War, but it sounds fantastic.
It has a great premise and an unusual set of core characters: the format is a police procedural on the home front of World War II, so DCS Christopher Foyle is just too old for active service and consistently denied a transfer to the War Department; his driver Sam Stewart is a vicar's daughter in the Mechanised Transport Corps; his sergeant Paul Milner was invalided out of the war after losing a leg at Trondheim. Foyle's son Andrew is in the RAF. Its historical accuracy is not immune to bobbles, but on the whole I was impressed by its research. The early seasons especially focus on the civilian experience of war and the crimes unique to the circumstances—evacuee children, British fascists, lend-leases, the black market, the Home Guard, and all the privations of the time figure strongly. Like many shows, it suffers in later seasons from being canceled/uncanceled/generally jerked around by its network, but I definitely recommend at least starting it and seeing what you think. I really enjoyed it at the time.