MK Makes Me Happy

Too old to be a fan girl but........Michael Kitchen!

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Foyle’s War   S01E02 - The White Feather by Anthony Horowitz

Celebrating twenty years of Foyle’s War 🍾

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Foyle’s War  S01E01 - The German Woman by Anthony Horowitz 

Celebrating twenty years of Foyle’s War 🍾

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Wednesday’s Walk With DCS Foyle

It’s not all walking, but it counts 😉 A few good reaction gifs, and some stills of Sam and Milner because, why not?

Plus, these of the angel…

😇

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Foyle’s War - S02E02 Among the Few (SPOILER) Context: WW2. Britain. Rex is a fighter pilot. Andrew is Foyle’s son and Rex’s best friend. Foyle is investigating the death of a young woman.

“I couldn’t let the other chaps know the truth about me. You don’t understand the spirit of this place. Friendships. But it was more than that. They wouldn’t have let me fly any more. They’d have kicked me out. I couldn’t let that happen.”

[m-a-salter]

@tvarchive‘s TV Appreciation Week, Day 1: TV show I wish everyone would watch

Foyle’s War | 2002-2015 | Starring Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks

This show uses self-contained murder mysteries as an excuse to present a sophisticated social history of the WWII home front. It is full of beautiful footage of England’s south coast. It is a revolving door of British character actors, but also features some of your favorite leading men before they were famous. But the heart of the show is DCS Christopher Foyle, the perfect fantasy of a morally-pure police officer, pulling faces and looking great in a fedora. You won’t regret it.

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My very favorite photo of Michael Kitchen by Tony Nutley.

Caught in a candid moment.

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oh my goodness

[abjectadmirer]

…in fact, it’s bringing me out in a rash.

Excuse me? What’s so funny, young man?

(… and believe it or not, there’s STILL MORE to come :o)

[britishdetectives]

Oh my! Look at sweet baby Foyle and all that hair. He and Sam were puzzling over that:

[dancesabove]

Wait… when did his eyes turn from brown to blue?

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Yes you have a point - they are brown in his baby pictures…what a puzzle.

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Foyle’s War: All Clear (2008)

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Just… Just can I talk about Andrew in the first gif, his expression. (This is A WIP,)

He’s looking at his Dad the way you look at the heart of your life, when it’s still there. He’s got through the war and he comes home and Dad is still fishing, as He’s fished for years. Everything has to be right in the world.

Maybe that’s what we’re supposed to see. It would have been easy to just hear Andrew’s voice off screen and follow Foyle’s surprise - perhaps that would be more traditional (or modern traditional)

Instead we see Andrew before Foyle does, and we see his reaction

[kivrin]

things you think about on public transit

[flybybee]

vagabondtrousers:

kivrin:

Anthony Horowitz said of Michael Kitchen playing Foyle:

One of the funny things about him is that he’s the only actor I know who demands fewer lines. He’ll look at a speech and say to me, “Actually I can do all of that — five lines — with one look.” And the annoying thing is, he’s always right; he can.

Seriously, how did AH resist writing an episode in which Foyle has laryngitis and  has to communicate EVERYTHING with sighs and eyebrows? (Sam would translate for the slower constables.)

EPIC!!

You just giffed the Encyclopedia Britannica!!

[narkybynature]

Foyle overload! May I have some more, sir?

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[clearlyenchantingmusic]

Hmm, I wonder …  what would we do with out very own Mr. Foyle?  It’s rhetorical

[eclecticaddiction]

Don’t really need to…um…go on, do I?

[m-a-salter]

@tvarchive‘s TV Appreciation Week, Day 1: TV show I wish everyone would watch

Foyle’s War | 2002-2015 | Starring Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks

This show uses self-contained murder mysteries as an excuse to present a sophisticated social history of the WWII home front. It is full of beautiful footage of England’s south coast. It is a revolving door of British character actors, but also features some of your favorite leading men before they were famous. But the heart of the show is DCS Christopher Foyle, the perfect fantasy of a morally-pure police officer, pulling faces and looking great in a fedora. You won’t regret it.

[vagabondtrousers]

Well, I’m not here because of this…interesting work.

[flybybee]

The drawing prof in me wants to critique the drawing: 

The head is out of proportion to the body, which is too heavy and muscular to be Sam, and the forms are a bit too generalized.  The eyes are elongated but there is a general likeness to her there, some nice line quality.

The Kitchenette in me, however, is mostly interested in the aesthetics of Foyle.

I did find out who the artist is who did the large painting for the studio set.  It’s very much a Social Realism-esque piece similar to WPA work done in the US up to about this time.

[vagabondtrousers]

“The head is out of proportion to the body, which is too heavy and muscular to be Sam, and the forms are a bit too generalized.  The eyes are elongated but there is a general likeness to her there, some nice line quality.“

Plus, Sam’s not that busty.

Anyway, I like OUR portrait of her much better.

😂 😂 🤣

[flybybee]

OMG, this one brings me to tears every time!

One of our very best collaborations, in my opinion.

Original post and it’s progression.

[vagabondtrousers]

Well, they do say he says that….

So, it’s not wonder you become verklempt at the sight. Just look at it! It’s a masterpiece!

(It’s a “piece” alright. Not sure of what 😂)

Thanks flygirl! I didn’t have the time or the inclination to scroll through my and/or your Archives looking for it. I knew you’d have it handy, but you even provided links to the artistic process!

You’re a true artiste.

*mwah!* 😘

PS. I only just now noticed how much BIGger her head is than his 🤣 

[abjectadmirer]

I don’t care what anybody says, even in stick form they’re instantly recognisable.

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This is PRICELESS !! I love it!

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Foyle and Sam

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um… umbelievably cool pic from dances

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Since we were talking about Ball-Trap…

“Smiley Face”, living up to his name 😠

[flybybee]

Good ol’ Smiley Face.  He’s just about as amiable as Stanhope Feast.

Or John Farrow.

But still…😍

[jfoaz]

Round the Island Race is coming up. Will the skipper be sailing this year...?

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Foyle’s War: All Clear (2008)

[kivrin]

May, 1945. Squadron Leader Andrew Foyle, DFC, faces memories and questions when he finally comes home to stay. 

Andrew Foyle/Samantha Stewart romance approximately 23,000 words sequel to Burn Brighter Through the Cold.

Read on Fanfiction.net (broken into five chapters) Read on Archive of Our Own (single page, easy downloads in PDF, ePub, or Mobi formats.)