Foyle's War
E69811
British television series
detective drama television series
fictional character
fictional police detective
fictional police officer
period drama television series
Foyle's War is a British detective drama series set during and after World War II, following a principled police detective solving crimes on the home front.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foyle's War canonical | 22 |
| Foyle’s War | 2 |
| Foyle's War (TV series) | 1 |
| Foyle's War, Series 1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T556049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foyle's War Context triple: [Edward Fox, notableWork, Foyle's War]
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A.
Kohima Epitaph
The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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B.
Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
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C.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
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D.
The Fifth Book of Peace
The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
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E.
Logue
Logue is a surname most notably associated with Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foyle's War Target entity description: Foyle's War is a British detective drama series set during and after World War II, following a principled police detective solving crimes on the home front.
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A.
Kohima Epitaph
The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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B.
Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
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C.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
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D.
The Fifth Book of Peace
The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
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E.
Logue
Logue is a surname most notably associated with Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
ⓘ
detective drama television series ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional police detective ⓘ fictional police officer ⓘ period drama television series ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | television drama ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Anthony Horowitz ⓘ |
| distributor | Acorn Media ⓘ |
| employer |
Sussex Police
ⓘ
surface form:
Hastings police
police ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
East Sussex
ⓘ
Hastings ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2002 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Christopher Foyle
ⓘ
Paul Milner ⓘ Samantha Stewart ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
espionage
ⓘ
home front during World War II ⓘ morality in wartime ⓘ social change in 1940s Britain ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2015 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Christopher Foyle ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historical accuracy
ⓘ
integration of real wartime events into plots ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 28 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
Detective Chief Superintendent
ⓘ
driver ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| portrays |
Christopher Foyle
ⓘ
Paul Milner ⓘ Samantha Stewart ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter | Christopher Foyle ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Greenlit Productions
ⓘ
ITV ⓘ
surface form:
ITV Studios
|
| setDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| setInPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Hastings
ⓘ
South Coast of England ⓘ |
| starring |
Ian Hanmore
ⓘ
surface form:
Anthony Howell
Honeysuckle Weeks ⓘ Michael Kitchen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Foyle's War Description of subject: Foyle's War is a British detective drama series set during and after World War II, following a principled police detective solving crimes on the home front.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Foyle’s War
this entity surface form:
Foyle’s War
this entity surface form:
Foyle's War (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Foyle's War, Series 1