Foyle finds himself going head to head with the US army as racial prejudice erupts. Mandy Dean is one of the residents staying at a guest house being run by Sam and Adam. She finds herself all alone disowned by her family as she has had a mixed-race baby. He ex boyfriend is hoping to get back together with her and after she is cuddled the finger of suspicion points towards him.
Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940 - which may seem a strangely remote period in which to place a new detective, but the setting turns out to be a means of adding moral and dramatic depth to the storylines.
Christopher Foyle is a police inspector frustrated at being stuck at home investigating provincial crimes during the second world war.
Honeysuckle Weeks is an inspired choice as Foyle's sidekick, a clergyman's daughter posted from the Women's Royal Army Corps to serve as his driver, and she plays the part with an admirable period style.