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Endeavour Style

posted 9 years ago by lilactime2014
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It does sadly look as though our Foyle's Goose is well and truly cooked as he shimmies off to retirement. It is unlikely that the brilliant Michael Kitchen will return again.

I was just mulling over the idea of an "Endeavour" style re-boot. Easy to say "no thank-you!" or "Stupid idea!" but if they can get the actor right it could be something charming.

I was / am a big fan of Morse, right down to all the stupid things people do, went on the Morse tour, stayed at the Randolph, even hired the right Red Jag for three days (Not THE car obviously as that would require a re-mortgage) from a company in Warwickshire.... So I came at Endeavour with a slight trepidation.

Shaun Evans, helped by the wonderful Roger Allam pulled it off and even with some writing ....hmmm..... inconsistencies (CGI Tigers anyone?) it has become quite the beautiful series.

Foyle's War is ripe for this kind of re-assessment. How did Christopher become a copper, what happened to him in the First world war. Endeavour goes back 25 years, well if the same happened to Foyle it would be right at the start of WWI.

As ITV and all other TV companies struggle to come up with something new and compelling it would be a Golden Opportunity to re-visit the early years of what has become my favourite TV character, Christopher Foyle. The risk is there, they could stink it up and ruin a pretty much perfect legacy, but if Anthony is at the helm and they cast carefully it could be a gem....

'tler

[–] de3206 9 years ago

I like Morris well enough, though not nearl as much as Lewis. In fact, I like Endeavour better than Morse.

I like the idea of a Foyle Prequel....we know he served in WW1,, and presumably became a copper after.

I also think Foyle as it is still has legs. The story's weren't so chronologically tied that you couldn't add more cases from '39, '40, etc....Foyle in general had few if any episodes that required you to watch a previous one to understand the next one,,,,there were a few that popped up in some later shows, in some form. 50 ships....for example

When you look how long, Midsommer ran (is running!), and the prolificity of Morse, and Lewis, I know the appetite is there for more, if the writing can stay of that high quality. The only thing that would make if fail for sure is to replace Kitchem. Michael Kitchen IS Foyle, and no one else could do it. If you've ever watched the Swedish version of Wallander, and the the UK version with the exact same stories, it doesn't work, Krister Henriksson IS Wallander. Kenneth Branagh is a great actor, and I've liked him in other things, but he IS NOT Waalander.

Finding somebody younger for Foyle prequel would be okay. But he'd need the same set of values and integrity Foyle has, and the same quiet serious demeanor, Foyle has.

If it's made that way, I'm in. Sign me up now.

[–] phlbrq58 9 years ago

I like your idea and believe Foyle is an even stronger character to do the Endeavour idea. However my first point of connection with FW was all the different aspects of home front Britain. The idea of WWI veteran Foyle returning to Britain, beginning his career and family is a great premise.
I'm going to start a new thread but I'll start by asking you guys; Are there dramatic European series set in the time of occupation?

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[–] lilactime2014 9 years ago

Sorreeee.....I must not have gone back far enough or imdb did their usual thing of deleting many older threads during housekeeping. Do you not think Anthony Horowitz would do the writing then? One of the joys of Lewis / Endeavour is that they managed to keep hold of people like Barrington Pheloung, but as it had multiple writers, continuity of writer was not so important. A link to the main series like Anthony would be one of the main planks of success.

'tler

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[–] caviar1234 9 years ago

Funnily enough, I personally loved some of Stephen Churchett's adaptions and scripts, the only one went too far was Murder Is Easy.

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[–] caviar1234 9 years ago

I quite liked The Sittaford Mystery as a new story, but agree it bears nothing similar to the book. As for more Foyle episodes, I don't think I'll accept anyone but Horowitz as the writer.

[–] Vic_Hitler 9 years ago

I like Kitchen - he's a good actor and he enunciates his words properly. Sometimes I have trouble understanding English actors who slur their words together in a big mishmash of mispronounced vowels.

[–] SrEditor 9 years ago

A Foyle reboot? Count me in!

Maybe we could do a mail campaign . . . anybody have Horowitz's address?

Unfortunately, he is currently involved in a completely different show: New Blood.

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