Foyle's War

Foyle's War (2002)

2 factual errors in The German Woman

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The German Woman - S1-E1

Factual error: The episode is in May 1940. The ship in the photo that causes the arrest of Thomas Kramer is a King George V class battleship. The lead ship of the class was commissioned 11 Dec 1940.

The German Woman - S1-E1

Factual error: In the sequence where Michael runs over the innkeeper Judd, the car which comes up behind Judd has very bright headlights with the characteristic three spokes towards the centre. At that time, all cars had to have masked headlights as could be seen elsewhere, including on the earlier shots of the green SS Jaguar outside the pub in daylight. Also, when the car lights are first switched on, it looks as if the later Hartley (louvered) masks were used rather than the early hooded type.

Show generally

Factual error: Foyle is subordinate to an Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, but Hastings had its own force (merged with other Sussex forces 1943-47) and the Met had no jurisdiction outside London.

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Trivia: The fuel station features metal miniblinds in several scenes. These did not become available until the early 1940s and would aluminium be diverted from airplane production to blinds?

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Invasion - S4-E1

Question: Why in the episode of the unexploded bomb in a children's playground was the bomb referred to in weight using kilograms? Did they refer to bombs in the 1940s in kilograms or pounds? (01:14:34)

Answer: They are using the accepted names of the bombs. During World War 2 the Germans used the metric system and produced bombs ranging from 50kg to 2500kg. Referring to the weight of the bombs in pounds (or fractions of tons) risked confusing the situation and would require someone to understand how to convert from imperial measures to metric, not an easy thing to do when under stress.

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