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We watched the most recent episode of the series on PBS. Actually, one before last.
It was set in Nov. 1946 right after the end of WWII and there was a populist leader who was talking about the Jews, the Poles, the Czechs, the Gypsies who take jobs. Who were the cause of rationing food supplies. Of Britain really losing the war.
And, yes, he wanted to make Britain Great Again - to the cheering crowd. The group was referenced as the "Right Club" which was formed before the war and campaigned against it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Club
The program was filmed in Jan 2015, before Whiny Donny descended from his escalator at his edifice complex. But it was impossible to watch it without thinking of current events.
wcmagumba
(2,892 posts)I have watched all 28 episodes and after about a year am watching again. All 28 episodes are on NetFlix...I'm up to episode 11...highly recommend this series.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)For me it started with Collision
Soundspace
(11 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)It's amazing what Michael Kitchen can communicate without saying a single word. And Honeysuckle Weeks is as talkative in her role as Sam, Foyle's always loyal and helpful driver, as Kitchen's Foyle is a soft-spoken person of few words.
It is a rather astounding series which is part UK WWII history. Altogether thoroughly enjoyable.
Charisma on this series is off the scale. The mysteries are good, too.
wcmagumba
(2,892 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)But she was awesome in Foyle's War.
However, I get an inkling that she's a bit of a flaky person. That doesn't take away from her performance in Foyle's War.
wcmagumba
(2,892 posts)Very enjoyable in the Foyle's War role but has a few eccentricities...those creative types you know.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I liked the early ones set during the war better than the later episodes, but it was absolutely first-rate.