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Foyle's WarZoë played the part of Susan Davies in Foyle's War Series 4 Episode 1, first broadcast in the UK on 15th January 2006.

Alongside the main recurring characters Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), Samantha Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks) and Sgt. Paul Milner (Anthony Howell), the series was set in 1940 and tells the story of one policeman and his aides fighting against the crimes of wartime Hastings.

It is 1940 and Britain stands alone against the might of Nazi Germany across the continent. The terrors of nightly bombing raids are only matched by the fear and hysteria of the population at the prospect of the seemingly inevitable German invasion. It is in this environment that Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle, of the Hastings Police on the south coast of England, works. Denied a transfer to the war effort, Foyle is nonetheless forced to confront the darkest acts of humanity on a daily basis. With his official driver, Sam, and his subordinate, Paul Milner, Foyle investigates murders, looting and theft, crimes of opportunism, crimes of war, crimes of passion and crimes of greed--because crime isn't stopped because of warfare.

Invasion: Plot

Zoe as Susan DaviesIt's April 1942. The first American GIs arrive near Hastings - their orders to build an aerodrome and camp on farmland that has been requisitioned for the task. Landowner David Barrett is hostile towards Captain John Kieffer of the 215th Engineers, while his men are busy checking out the local girls.

Milner goes for a drink at the Wheatsheaf pub with Will Grayson, who saved his life at Trondheim and is back in Hastings on leave. Will returns home much later, drunk, and when fire breaks out in his house, he dies in his locked bedroom. Milner is upset by the tragedy and decides to investigate.

Kieffer asks Foyle to appease Barrett and Foyle is caught between the need to make the Americans welcome and calming local fears about this seeming invasion by the Yanks. Kieffer also asks him to give a talk to his men in return for trying his tournament quality fishing rod. Meanwhile GI Joe Farnetti asks Sam for a date.

Barmaid Susan Davies has a secret affair with young American soldier James Taylor, even though she's engaged to Barrett's nephew. Her boss, Alan Carter, is very anxious about Will's death. He and Susan are running an illicit whisky distillery from the pub.

Sam is upset by a letter from Andrew Foyle and decides to go with Joe to a dance at the American base. A distraught Taylor tells his moody sergeant O'Connor that Susan is pregnant.

On the night of the dance, Barrett's nephew Ben returns home. In the midst of the crowded hall, Taylor is taken ill, then Susan is found strangled, with Taylor's identity tags in her clenched fist.

The GIs close ranks and with Anglo-American relations stretched to breaking point, Foyle is told by the War Office to tread carefully. But his determination to find the truth about Susan's death forces him to break government orders. Was it Taylor who killed the unfaithful barmaid or has he been framed? As Foyle investigates, Milner also discovers what happened to his friend Will.

Foyle's War : Invasion Cast

Foyle's War: Invasion stars the following artists:

  • Robert O'Sullivan    ...     Boy at Roadside
  • Jay Benedict        ...     Captain John Kieffer
  • Zoë Tapper        ...     Susan Davies
  • Philip Jackson        ...     Alan Carter
  • Andrew MacLachlan    ...     Dr. Mark Rogers
  • Peter Jonfield        ...     Harold Grayson
  • Corey Johnson        ...     Sergeant Jack Connor
  • Jonah Lotan        ...     Joe Farnetti
  • Keith Barron        ...     David Barrett
  • Sam Hazeldine        ...     Will Grayson
  • Anthony Howell        ...     Sergeant Paul Milner
  • John McArdle        ...     Stan Davies
  • Jane Wood        ...     Mary Davies
  • Jay Simpson        ...     Sergeant Ian Brooke
  • Michael Kitchen        ...     Christopher Foyle
  • Honeysuckle Weeks    ...     Samantha Stewart
  • Peter Youngblood Hills    ...     James Taylor
  • Jacob Gaffney        ...     First GI
  • Brian Flaherty        ...     Second GI
  • Julian Ovenden        ...     Andrew Foyle (voice)
  • Tom Bennett        ...     Ben Barrett

The episode was written by Anthony Horowitz and was Directed by Gavin Millar.

Zoë on TV

  • Sadly, no programmes starring Zoë are scheduled for the near future. :(

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