As World War II rages around the world, a police inspector fights his own war on the home-front in investigating murder, robbery, and espionage on the south coast of England.

Created by Anthony Horowitz
Genre Crime / Drama / Mystery
Runtime 120 minutes per episode
Rating UK: 12 / US: unknown
Premiered on TV UK: November 10, 2002 on ITV / US: TBA on PBS
DVD Release UK: February 10, 2003 / US: March 11, 2003

Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle
Honeysuckle Weeks as Sam Stewart
Anthony Howell as Paul Milner

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A Lesson in Murder (#1.03 - Aired on November 10, 2002)
Directed by David Thacker
Written by Anthony Horowitz
Additional Episode Cast Nicholas Audsley as David Beale Madeleine Worrall as Florence Beale Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle Honeysuckle Weeks as Sam Stewart Oliver Ford Davies as Lawrence Gascoigne John Shrapnel as Raymond Brooks Anthony Howell as Paul Milner Allan Corduner as Carlo Lucciano Danny Dyer as Tony Lucciano Greg Prentice as Joe Cooper Cheryl Campbell as Emily Gascoigne Sophia Myles as Susan Gascoigne Christopher Fox as Jack Winters David Tennant as Theo Howard Elliot Cowan as Peter Buckingham Ian Puleston-Davies as Eric Cooper Ken Drury as Kenneth Hawkins First Policeman as Ian Peck Hugh Reid as Michael Simkins Jane Milner as Mali Harries Bill Ferris as Tony Maudsley
Synopsis David Beale, a conscientious objector, dies in police custody. A brick bearing a threat is thrown through the window of Gascoigne, the tribunal judge who had him arrested and Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle begins an enquiry. However, when Joe, a young evacuee staying with Gascoigne, becomes the victim of a grenade booby-trap at the summerhouse, the investigation turns to murder. Foyle and Detective Sergeant Milner suspect someone is out for revenge and go through Gascoigne's cases for clues. An imperious man in his late fifties, Gascoigne lives in a grand house with his intensely reserved wife Emily and their daughter Susan. Susan has been banned from having a romantic alliance with Peter Buckingham, because Gascoigne considers him beneath his daughter's station. Foyle's enquiries lead him to the factory where Peter works. But when he is barred from the site - which apparently makes munitions - he becomes suspicious. Sam Stewart, Foyle's driver, becomes friendly with Tony, an English-Italian waiter who works in his father's restaurant, where Foyle frequently eats. Tony confides in her that he has joined up, so she is shocked when he is found prowling around Gascoigne's house with his acquaintance Jack Winters. Milner is sent as a bodyguard to Gascoigne but he is dismissed when he is accused of being caught in a compromising position with Susan. Within hours there's another murder. Could the death of the young evacuee be a smokescreen for a maze of family conflict and prejudice against pacifists? And what is the real work of the factory?