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TV Series Ratings Analysis

Foyle's War Episode Ratings Heatmap

2002 · 9 Seasons · 28 Episodes · Overall Score: 7.6/10 (28 rated)

Highest Rated Episode
8.4/10

S2E2: Among the Few (9 votes)

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Best Season
7.98/10

Season 2 holds the highest collective average score across the series.

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Most Consistent Season
Season 7

Lowest score variance (σ = 0.31), maintaining an average of 7.7.

Strongest Finale
8.4/10

Season 2 finale: "The Funk Hole"

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Key Ratings Insights

Complete Episode Rating Matrix

Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.

8.5+ (Outstanding) 7.5 – 8.4 (Great) 6.0 – 7.4 (Average) < 6.0 (Underwhelming) Few votes

Ratings Analysis & Trajectory

Across 9 seasons and 28 episodes, Foyle's War has earned an overall series rating of 7.6 out of 10. The series reached its critical peak early, showing a slight contraction in audience satisfaction in later chapters.

The single highest-rated hour of television in the series is Season 2, Episode 2 ("Among the Few"), rated at an extraordinary 8.4/10 with 9 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 6, Episode 2 ("Broken Souls"), landing at 6.3/10.

The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 2 between Episode 2 ("Among the Few", 8.4) and Episode 3 ("War Games", 6.9), a swing of 1.5 points.

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Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes of Foyle's War

Rank Episode Title Score Votes Air Date
#1 Season 2, Ep 2 Among the Few 8.4 9 Nov 23, 2003
#2 Season 2, Ep 4 The Funk Hole 8.4 8 Dec 7, 2003
#3 Season 1, Ep 3 A Lesson in Murder 8.2 13 Nov 10, 2002
#4 Season 2, Ep 1 Fifty Ships 8.2 9 Nov 16, 2003
#5 Season 3, Ep 4 A War of Nerves 8.2 6 Nov 14, 2004
#6 Season 6, Ep 3 All Clear 8.2 5 Apr 20, 2008
#7 Season 8, Ep 3 Sunflower 8.2 5 Apr 7, 2013
#8 Season 3, Ep 1 The French Drop 8.1 9 Oct 24, 2004
#9 Season 3, Ep 3 They Fought in the Fields 8.1 7 Nov 7, 2004
#10 Season 7, Ep 1 The Russian House 8.0 6 Apr 11, 2010
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