Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.Foyle has his hands full dealing with illegal gambling, sabotage, and his needy goddaughter who shows up on his doorstep with her traumatized son.
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- Hans Lindemann
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- TriviaThe Sandhurst Road School bombing mentioned in this episode was a real event that took place on the 20th of January in 1943, just after noon. It is considered the worst of the school bombings during World War II. Thirty-two children died during the raid and six more children died while in hospital. Six staff members died as well which includes Mary Frances Jukes, the teacher also mentioned in this episode. A total of sixty others were injured.
- GoofsFoyle is allowed to see the experimental bomb. This constitutes a security breach beyond all reason.
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AC Henry Parkins: I need Mr. Foyle's driver to take me to the Regency Hotel. Where is he?
Samantha Stewart: Oh... That's me, sir.
AC Henry Parkins: What?...
Samantha Stewart: I'm Mr. Foyle's driver.
AC Henry Parkins: But that's not a police uniform.
Samantha Stewart: Well, no, I was, um, transferred from the MTC. I know it's a bit irregular, but what with the war and everything, there was no one else.
AC Henry Parkins: It's more than irregular! A transfer from the MTC, it's unheard of! How long has this been going on for?
Samantha Stewart: About three years... I don't mind, really...
AC Henry Parkins: It's not you I'm thinking of, it's police procedure!
Sgt Brooke: Well, would you rather walk, sir?
- ConnectionsReferences The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Trouble rears its head when his goddaughter visits who he has not seen for some years, she brings her young son who has not talked since his school was bombed and his fellow pupils and teachers died.
A traumatic child and a disturbed goddaughter is the last thing Foyle needs but he realises that they need somewhere to stay.
There is a sinister Spaniard who has forced two youths to do some tasks for him. The same youths who helped Milner when he was attacked by two goons from a gambling den.
The main plot is Foyle has to find the murderer of a local teacher who had run up gambling debts. His wife works as a secretary in a military research centre. The head of the facility is an old acquaintance of Foyle and he wants the investigation cleared up quickly due to the important nature of their military work, developing a special kind of bomb.
I do wonder why Anthony Horowitz needed to use the development of the real life bouncing bomb as an aspect of the story. More controversial as bombing dams is now regarded as a war crime since the Geneva Convention was updated in the 1970s.
I did like how Foyle's moral compass was offended as the military and police bosses would rather compromise in the murder investigation for the war effort.
There were nice little touches in this episode. Despite his goddaughter's son suffering from shock, other school kids found war to be fun. Playing in bombed out sites. This was mentioned several times by the late film critic Barry Norman as he grew up during the war.
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- Nov 20, 2019
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- Stoke Park House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Assistant Commissioner's hotel)
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