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Foyle's War
Genre
Mystery
War
Period drama
Created by
Anthony Horowitz
Starring
Michael Kitchen
Honeysuckle Weeks
Anthony Howell
Opening theme
Jim Parker
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
8
No. of episodes
28
Production
Executive producer(s)
Jill Green
Producer(s)
Jill Green
Simon Passmore (2002–03)
Keith Thompson (2004–06)
Running time
86–100 mins
Release
Original network
ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format
16:9 1080i
Audio format
Stereo
Original release
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) – 18 January 2015 (2015-01-18)
Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during (and shortly after) the Second World War, created by Midsomer Murders screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse ended in 2000. It began broadcasting on ITV in October 2002. ITV director of programmes Simon Shaps cancelled Foyle's War in 2007, but complaints and public demand prompted Peter Fincham (Shaps' replacement) to revive the programme after good ratings for 2008's fifth series.[1][2] The final episode was broadcast on 18 January 2015, after eight series.[3]
Contents
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1 Description
2 Production
2.1 Cancellation and revival
3 Episodes
4 Main characters
4.1 Christopher Foyle
4.2 Paul Milner
4.3 Samantha Stewart
4.4 Andrew Foyle
5 International broadcast
6 Awards
7 Media
7.1 DVD releases
7.2 Blu-ray releases
8 Notes
9 References
10 External links
Description[edit]
Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), a widower, is quiet, methodical, sagacious, scrupulously honest and frequently underestimated by his foes. Many of his cases concern profiteering, the black market and murder, and he is often called on to catch criminals who are taking advantage of the confusion created by the war. Although Foyle often comes up against high-ranking officials in the British military or intelligence services who would prefer that he mind his own business, he tenaciously seeks justice. Throughout the series, he is assisted by his driver, Samantha "Sam" Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), and Detective Sergeant Paul Milner (Anthony Howell).
The first six series are set during the Second World War in Hastings, Sussex, England, and in series seven, Foyle works after retirement for MI5 on Cold War espionage.The stories are largely self-contained. There are some running plot strands, primarily involving the career of Foyle's son Andrew Foyle (Julian Ovenden) – a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force – or Foyle's relationships with minor characters. Each episode runs for 90 to 100 minutes, filling a two-hour time slot on ITV when commercials are included.
Production[edit]
In a newspaper article and an interview accompanying the series-one DVD set, Horowitz explained that he was seeking a name which evoked the early 1940s. He thought of Foyles bookshop in London's Charing Cross Road, once known for its archaic business practices and its owner, Christina Foyle; Christopher was the nearest male name to Christina. After Christina Foyle's death, control of Foyles passed in 1999 to her nephew Christopher. Christopher Foyle made a cameo appearance in the episode "Bad Blood", although his scene was cut from PBS airings in the US.[4][5][6]
The series is also notable for its attention to historical detail, and the drama is frequently moved along by historical events of the Second World War. Horowitz considered that to honour the veterans of the war it was important to get the details correct.[notes 1] As the series progressed, he became more interested in the "murder mystery" format than the portrayal of history and exploration of the Home Front.[notes 2] However, the Imperial War Museum is credited in an advisory capacity in some episodes.
Cancellation and revival[edit]
After five series, Foyle's War was abruptly cancelled by ITV director of programmes Simon Shaps.[7] This forced Horowitz to discard scripts set during most of 1943 and 1944, resulting in time jumps of nine months to a year between episodes; previous series had gaps of a month at most. In April 2008, the presumed final episode, "All Clear" (during which the end of the war is announced) was broadcast.
On 9 April 2008, however, ITV announced that it was negotiating with Horowitz and Greenlit Productions to revive the series and continue Foyle's adventures beyond VE Day;[1] some media observers saw high viewing figures for the penultimate episode (a 28-percent audience share) on 13 April as strengthening the case for continuing.[8] When the audience figures for the final episode were released (28 percent and an average of 7.3 million viewers), ITV confirmed that it had entered "early discussions" with Horowitz and Greenlit.[2] The negotiations led to Foyle's War's recommissioning for an additional three series.[9] Series six began filming in February 2009 and premiered on UK television on 11 April 2010.[9][10] Series seven was filmed in Ireland and London from late August to December 2012, and was broadcast in the UK in March and April 2013.[11] Series eight, three two-hour episodes, aired in the UK in January 2015.[12]
Episodes[edit]
Series
Time
Title
Writer(s)
Series 1
2002 May–August 1940
1 (1) "The German Woman"
2 (2) "The White Feather"
3 (3) "A Lesson in Murder"
4 (4) "Eagle Day"
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Series 2
2003 September–October 1940
1 (5) "Fifty Ships"
2 (6) "Among the Few"
3 (7) "War Games"
4 (8) "The Funk Hole"
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz & Matthew Hall
Anthony Horowitz & Michael Russell
Anthony Horowitz
Series 3
2004 February–June 1941
1 (9) "The French Drop"
2 (10) "Enemy Fire"
3 (11) "They Fought in the Fields"
4 (12) "A War of Nerves"
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Rob Heyland
Anthony Horowitz
Series 4 Part 1
2006 March–August 1942 1 (13) "Invasion"
2 (14) "Bad Blood"
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Series 4 Part 2
2007 December 1942 – March 1943 1 (15) "Bleak Midwinter"
2 (16) "Casualties of War" Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Series 5
2008 April 1944 – May 1945
1 (17) "Plan of Attack"
2 (18) "Broken Souls"
3 (19) "All Clear"
Anthony Horowitz
Michael Chaplin
Anthony Horowitz
Series 6
2010 June–August 1945
1 (20) "The Russian House"
2 (21) "Killing Time"
3 (22) "The Hide"
Anthony Horowitz
David Kane
Anthony Horowitz
Series 7
2013 August–September 1946
1 (23) "The Eternity Ring"
2 (24) "The Cage"
3 (25) "Sunflower"
Anthony Horowitz
David Kane
Anthony Horowitz
Series 8
2015 October 1946 - January 1947
1 (26) "High Castle"
2 (27) "Trespass"
3 (28) "Elise"
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Episode numbers in parentheses are a running count used in the following table, "Main Characters".
Main characters[edit]
Name
Rank or role
Episodes†
Actor
Christopher Foyle Detective Chief Superintendent, MI5 in series 7-8 all Michael Kitchen
Samantha Stewart Police driver, MTC, MI5 in series 7-8 all Honeysuckle Weeks
Paul Milner Detective Sergeant (series 1-5), Detective Inspector (series 6) 1-20, 22 Anthony Howell
Andrew Foyle DCS Foyle's son, RAF Plt Off/Fg Off/Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr, stockbroker in the City in series 8 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 19 Julian Ovenden
Adam Wainwright Stewart's friend (later fiancé and husband); Member of Parliament in series 7-8 20-28 Max Brown (series 6), Daniel Weyman (series 7-8)
Hilda Pierce Special Operations Executive, MI5 in series 7-8 7, 9, 19, 23-28 Ellie Haddington
Arthur Valentine MI5 senior member 23-28 Tim McMullan
Sir Alec Myerson MI5 24-28 Rupert Vansittart
Hugh Reid Uniformed Superintendent 2, 3, 4 Michael Simkins
Jane Milner DS Milner's first wife 2, 3, 5, 15 Mali Harries
Fisher Police Constable 2, 4 Fergus Webster
Eric Rivers Police Sergeant 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 Geoffrey Freshwater
Turner Wing Commander (Andrew's superior) 6, 10 Martin Turner
Alistair Rose Assistant Commissioner 8, 12 Corin Redgrave
Perkins ARP Warden 12, 15, 16 Tony Turner
Ian Brooke Police Sergeant 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Jay Simpson
Joe Farnetti Private First Class, US Army; Stewart's boyfriend 13, 14 Jonah Lotan
Edith Ashford Milner's girlfriend, later his second wife 14, 15, 19, 20 Caroline Martin (series 4), Polly Maberly (series 5-6)
Aubrey Stewart Stewart's uncle, a vicar 9, 17 Brian Poyser
John Kiefer Captain (later major), U. S. Army: Farnetti's CO and Foyle's friend 13, 19 Jay Benedict
†) Episode numbers per the preceding table, "Episodes"
Christopher Foyle[edit]
Detective Chief Superintendent (DCS) Foyle introduces himself with the phrase (or some variation thereof), "My name's Foyle; I'm a police officer", typical of the modesty, courtesy and precision of speech he exhibits throughout the series. Foyle is a widower of long standing; he has one son, Andrew, with whom he is close (although their relationship is undemonstrative). Foyle's concern for Andrew's safety as a fighter pilot in the RAF is a recurring theme. His wife, Rosalind. died in 1932; according to her tombstone, she was 30 years old.
Foyle is the son of a policeman. A World War I veteran who fought at Passchendaele, he once told Andrew that his three years of military service were the worst of his life and reluctantly admitted killing enemy soldiers. Foyle requests a transfer to the War Office several times in the first two series, but by the end of the third series he seems to have accepted his lot; his detective work is just as important, in its own way, to the war effort. He argues that innocent victims of murder should not be forgotten during wartime.
With high moral standards, Foyle is scrupulously honest and incisive. His speech is straightforward, and peppered with dry wit. Foyle is open-minded for a man of his time. He is compassionate when he learns that one of Andrew's friends is homosexual ("Among the Few") and reluctant to prosecute an attempted suicide ("Casualties of War"); homosexual activity and suicide were criminal offences at the time. Foyle is also reluctant to harass a left-wing activist for his political views ("War of Nerves"). He alone opposes the imposition of a temporary colour bar in Hastings when tensions erupt between black and white US troops ("Killing Time"). Consistent with the value he places on human life, Foyle notes that the accidental killing of a pregnant woman took two lives ("Among the Few").
Loyal to his colleagues, he expects the same from them; he reproaches Sgt. Milner for disloyalty in "The White Feather" and criticises the sergeant's disrespectful attitude towards him and Stewart in "The Russian House", despite the fact that they no longer work together. In turn, Foyle trusts his colleagues. Quick to forgive Milner, he believes in the sergeant's innocence when he is suspected of his estranged wife's murder in "Bleak Midwinter". Foyle has a fatherly concern (mixed with exasperation) for Stewart.
He relaxes by trout fishing (at which he is very skilled and which supplements his wartime rations), and plays golf with less proficiency. Foyle is often accompanied in both by his son or Hugh Reid, his uniformed counterpart. Cameo and guest characters also occasionally appear with him on these outings, enabling exchanges of information important to the plot.
Foyle retires (or resigns) more than once, resigning at the end of the fourth series when his arrest of two murder suspects is thwarted by a bureaucrat with the claim that their work is too important to the war effort. He returns in the fifth series when his successor is murdered, and remains a DCS for the duration of the war. Foyle retires from the force after the war, returning when he becomes involved in a complex case investigated by Milner. At the end of the sixth series he retires again, boarding a ship bound for the US (possibly in pursuit of unfinished business left for political reasons during the war). Foyle returns to England at the beginning of the seventh series and is pressured into joining MI5, where Stewart (now married to a Labour politician) joins him as a junior clerk.
Paul Milner[edit]
Sergeant Milner, a policeman before the war, left the force to enlist in the army. Involved in the Norwegian Campaign, he lost a leg at Trondheim. In episode one, he is recovering in hospital and despondent. Foyle encourages him to rejoin the police, and Milner remains with the Hastings department for the duration of the war. Milner is the only ranked detective in the station other than Foyle. In "The White Feather," he is impressed by a charismatic fascist politician and his judgment is clouded when the politician is the subject of a murder investigation. When Foyle reproaches him for disloyalty, Milner says that the politician was the only person who did not treat him like a war casualty. The politician used Milner to smuggle important documents; the sergeant offers his resignation (which Foyle does not accept) upon the discovery. After Foyle's resignation at the end of series five, Milner (dissatisfied with his new superior) considers requesting a transfer but changes his mind when Foyle comes out of retirement to investigate the new DCS's murder.
Milner's relationship with his wife Jane is increasingly strained, and she never fully comes to terms with his injury. After a long separation (during which Milner begins a relationship with Edith Ashford), Jane returns from her family home in Wales ("Bleak Midwinter") to reconcile and is murdered. In a conversation just before Jane's death, Milner lies to Edith that he is divorced from Jane. In the intended final episode, "All Clear", Edith gives birth to their daughter Clementine (named for Clementine Churchill, the prime minister's wife).
At the beginning of Series six, Milner has been promoted to Detective Inspector in the Brighton area. While investigating his first case (which involves Foyle and Stewart), he is insecure in his new position and abrupt and dismissive towards his old colleagues (earning him an unusually-sharp reproach from Foyle by the end of the case).
Samantha Stewart[edit]
Sam Stewart joins the Mechanised Transport Corps at the outbreak of the war. She is seconded to the police force as a driver in the first episode to relieve staff shortages in the police force, and becomes Foyle's driver.[notes 3] She is enthusiastic about police work, offering unsolicited advice and help to Foyle and Milner despite Foyle's instructions not to discuss police work. They rely on her assistance more and more, primarily when she overhears bits of important conversations. In "Plan of Attack", Stewart had left the police service soon after Foyle's resignation but returns as his driver when he rejoins the force. She has a healthy appetite; her struggles with rationing are a recurring, humorous theme. She invites herself to eat with Foyle several times, and covets a turkey (kept for evidence) in "Bleak Midwinter".
Stewart's father and several uncles are Church of England vicars. Her father, the Rev. Iain Stewart, visits her in Hastings ("Eagle Day"). Although he wants her to return home to Lyminster, he realises that her work for the police is important after discussions with Foyle and using his university training in art to help Milner solve a crime. Stewart stays with her uncle, the Rev. Aubrey Stewart, at his vicarage in Levenham in "The French Drop" and Foyle houses him for an ecumenical conference near Hastings in "Plan of Attack". In that episode, she says that all her uncles are vicars.
She becomes friendly with Andrew Foyle and, eventually, involved romantically. They try to keep their relationship from his father, fearing his disapproval. Stewart supports Andrew when he experiences shell shock in "Enemy Fire", but their relationship ends when he sends her a "Dear Jane letter" in "Invasion". She becomes fond of American private Joe Farnetti, but refuses his marriage proposal. The relationship continued after D-Day, since she complains in "Broken Souls" that he "ran off with some French girl". Andrew returns in "All Clear", asks Stewart to forgive him and they celebrate VE day. Series six begins in June 1945, with Stewart a housekeeper for a wealthy artist; her sense of purpose is apparently gone. Later in the sixth series, Stewart has a new love interest: Adam Wainwright, a former Bletchley Park codebreaker who proposes to her in that series' final episode. By series seven they are married, and in series eight are expecting their first child.
Andrew Foyle[edit]
Squadron Leader Andrew Foyle DFC, RAF is Christopher Foyle's only child. At the outbreak of the war he was a student, and joined the RAF in "The German Woman". Undergoing training as a fighter pilot in Scotland, He is posted to the south coast and is involved in radar trials ("Eagle Day"). He sees action in the Battle of Britain. In "Enemy Fire", experiencing combat fatigue stemming from near-constant flying and grief at the loss of many friends, he briefly goes AWOL. His superior, Wing Commander Turner (Martin Turner), is understanding and transfers him to a training unit.
Andrew has a girlfriend in "Among the Few", but the relationship does not last. He becomes involved with Stewart until he is posted to Debden as a training officer in "Enemy Fire" (his penultimate on-screen appearance). Soon after his posting, He ends his relationship with Stewart by letter (read in voice-over in "Invasion") after beginning a short-lived relationship with another woman. Promoted to squadron leader and posted to Malta on active service, he is demobilised and sent home after a serious bout of sinusitis ruins his eyesight. He is then an unseen character, referred to only in dialogue and props, until his return to Hastings during the intended last episode ("All Clear"). Apologising to Stewart for his poor treatment of her, he tries to resume their relationship as "friends"; although she seems to be thawing towards him by the end of the episode, in the following series he is replaced as her love interest by Adam Wainwright. Andrew is mentioned as living in London during the seventh series, but is not mentioned when his father visits London and leaves for America. In the eighth series, he is working in the City.
International broadcast[edit]
Africa - The series began broadcasting in 2009 on the pay service DStv (broadcast from South Africa) on the Universal Channel.[13]
Australia - Aired on the ABC, with repeats on Seven Network
Canada - Broadcast in Ontario on TV Ontario
Finland - Broadcast on YLE1; series seven and eight broadcast in 2015-2016
Sweden - Broadcast on TV8.se
US - Aired on PBS.[14] Series 1-8 are available for streaming on Netflix and Acorn TV via paid subscription. Acorn Media contracted Cre-a-TV to repackage Foyle's War in two-part episodes to run in PBS' time slots. The episodes were fed by satellite to the public-television system by former PBS affiliate KCET in Los Angeles (now an independent station), and public TV stations began rebroadcasting the series in the fall of 2011. Each episode was aired in two parts, each in a one-hour time slot (usually separated by a week), and each part ran about 50 minutes.
Awards[edit]
Foyle's War was nominated in the Best Production Design category for the 2003 BAFTA Television Awards, and won a Lew Grade Award for Best Entertainment Programme that year.[15] The series was nominated for the 2004 BAFTA Best Drama Series award.[16] That year, Honeysuckle Weeks was nominated for the 10th National Television Awards' Most Popular Newcomer award.[citation needed]
Media[edit]
DVD releases[edit]
In the UK, the first four series of Foyle's War were released as two two-disc DVDs per series, with two episodes each and episode titles instead of series numbers. In March 2007, UK and US distributor Acorn Media began re-releasing series 1–3 as four-disc DVDs for the UK (as they had in the US) and labelling them with series numbers. A complete box set of the series is available.
DVD series/sets
TV series
Episodes
Originally aired
DVD release
UK (Region 2)
US (Region 1)
Discs
1 1 4 Oct–Nov 2002 2+2 disc release: 10 February 2003[17][18]
Re-released 7 March 2007[19] 11 March 2003[20] 4
2 2 4 Nov–Dec 2003 2+2 disc release: 9 February 2004[21][22]
Re-released: 12 March 2007 [23] 20 July 2004[24] 4
3 3 4 Oct–Nov 2004 2+2 disc release: 7 March 2005[25][26]
Re-released: 11 June 2007[27] 1 November 2005[28] 4
4 4 4 Jan 2006 - Apr 2007 2-disc release: 9 Oct 2006 [29], 16 April 2007[30]
Re-released: 11 June 2007[31] 17 July 2007[32] 4
5 5 3 Jan - Apr 2008 28 April 2008[33] 5 August 2008[34] 3
6 6 3 Apr 2010 26 April 2010[35] 1 June 2010[36] 3
7 7 3 Mar & Apr 2013 15 May 2013[37] 24 September 2013[38] 3
8 8 3 Jan 2015 19 January 2015[39] 14 April 2015[40] 3
Blu-ray releases[edit]
All but the last series have been released on Blu-ray in Australia (region B), but all discs are region-free.[41] A "complete" series box set has been released,[42] without the final series.
Blu-ray series/sets
TV series
Episodes
Originally aired
Blu-ray release
Aus (Region B)
US (Region A)
Discs
1 1 4 Oct–Nov 2002 07 Jul 2010[43] n/a 2
2 2 4 Nov–Dec 2003 07 Jul 2010[44] n/a 2
3 3 4 Oct–Nov 2004 4 Aug 2010[45] n/a 2
4 & 5 4 & 5 7 Jan 2006 - Apr 2008 4 Aug 2010[46] n/a 2
6 6 3 Apr 2010 1 Sep 2010[47] n/a 2
7 7 3 Mar & Apr 2013 1 Sep 2010[48] 24 Sep 2013[49] 2
8 8 3 Jan 2015 n/a 14 April 2015[50] 2
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ "Production Notes", Series Four DVD extras.
Jump up ^ "Production Notes", Series Five DVD extras.
Jump up ^ DCS Summers remarks to Foyle, "I understand that you don't drive? I've never heard of a Chief Superintendent who can't drive, but still...." in the early episode "The German Woman". It is assumed he cannot drive until "All Clear", when he drives Mrs. Milner to hospital to give birth – he explains that he had been able to drive all the time, but prefers not to.
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b Tryhorn, Chris (21 April 2008). "TV ratings - April 20: Baftas watched by 5.6 million". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Final Foyle's War episode". ITV.com. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ Lynette. "Scenes Cut From the US Screening on PBS, Foyle's War Bad Blood". nothing-fancy.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015. The next cut was a seemingly extraneous little exchange which does nothing to advance the plot, but which affords a cameo appearance to a real-life man named "Christopher Foyle", chairman of Foyles Bookshop in London and Anthony Horowitz' inspiration for the name of his fictional DCS.
Jump up ^ Teather, David (3 November 2007). "Raconteur who wrestled to keep Foyles in the family". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
Jump up ^ Kay, Richard (16 September 2005). "Not a perfect Foyle". Daily Mail. Retrieved 22 March 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
Jump up ^ Dowell, Ben (10 February 2009). "Foyled again – ITV revives wartime drama Foyle's War". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
Jump up ^ Tryhorn, Chris (14 April 2008). "Foyle's War sweeps to victory for ITV". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
^ Jump up to: a b Horowitz, Anthony (17 December 2008). "I'm off for Christmas…and the next Alex". anthonyhorowitz.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - The German Woman / The White Feather 2002 DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - A Lesson In Murder / Eagle Day 2002 DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 1 Complete". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Set 1 (The German Woman / The White Feather / A Lesson In Murder / Eagle Day)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Fifty Ships / Among the Few DVD 2002". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - War Games / The Funk Hole DVD 2002". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 2 Complete". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Set Two". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: The French Drop / Enemy Fire". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War – They Fought / War Of Nerves". Amazon UK. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 3 - Complete". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Set 3". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Invasion / Bad Blood". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Bleak Midwinter / Casualties of War DVD 2007". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 4 - Complete DVD 2006". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Set Four". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 5 - Complete [2008 DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Set Five". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 6 DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Set Six". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 7 DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Set 7". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War - Series 8 DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: The Complete Collection Blu-ray (Australia)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Season 3". JB Hi-Fi. [dead link]
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Season 4 & 5". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "Foyle's War: Season 6". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "Foyles War The Complete Season 7 [Region B Blu-ray by Icon]". Fishpond.com.au. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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External links[edit]
Foyle's War on IMDb
Foyleswar.com The official fan website
Foyle's War Forum
Foyle's War at TV.com
Foyle's War at epguides.com
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Eight Is Enough
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Eight Is Enough
Genre
Comedy-drama
Developed by
William Blinn
Starring
Dick Van Patten
Diana Hyland
Betty Buckley
Grant Goodeve
Lani O'Grady
Laurie Walters
Susan Richardson
Dianne Kay
Connie Newton
Willie Aames
Adam Rich
Theme music composer
Fred Werner (Season 1 & 2 opening theme)
Song: from Season 3 onwards – "Eight Is Enough" Music by Lee Holdridge
Lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin
Composer(s)
John Beal
Alexander Courage
Earle Hagen
Miles Goodman
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
112
Production
Executive producer(s)
Philip Capice
Lee Rich
Producer(s)
Robert L. Jacks
Gary Adelson
Greg Strangis
Phil Fehrle
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
50 minutes
Production company(s)
Lorimar Productions
Distributor
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network
ABC
Audio format
Monaural
Original release
March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15) – May 23, 1981 (1981-05-23)
Chronology
Followed by
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987) and Eight Is Enough: A Wedding (1989)
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until May 23, 1981. The show was modeled on the life of syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book by the same title.
Contents
[hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
3 Production
4 Music
4.1 Theme
5 Score
6 Reception and cancellation
7 Nielsen Ratings
8 Series overview
9 Episodes
9.1 Season 1 (1977)
9.2 Season 2 (1977–78)
9.3 Season 3 (1978–79)
9.4 Season 4 (1979–80)
9.5 Season 5 (1980–81)
10 Post-series movies
11 Syndication
11.1 International
12 DVD releases
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
Synopsis[edit]
The show centers on a Sacramento, California family with eight children (from oldest to youngest: David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy, and Nicholas). The father, Tom Bradford, was a newspaper columnist for the fictional Sacramento Register. His wife Joan (Diana Hyland) took care of the children. Hyland was only in four episodes before falling ill; she was written out for the remainder of the first season and died five days after the second episode aired.
The second season began in the fall of 1977 with the revelation that Tom had become a widower. Tom fell in love with Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, (Betty Buckley) a schoolteacher who came to the house to tutor Tommy who had broken his leg in a football game. They were married in one of the series' TV movie broadcasts on November 9, 1977. The role went to Buckley after being approved by network chief Brandon Tartikoff, who felt the character of the sympathetic teacher she had played in the 1976 film Carrie would also be great for the series.[1] In another TV movie event in September 1979, David and Susan were both married in a double wedding. As the series progressed, Abby got her Ph.D. in education and started a job counseling students at the local high school, oldest daughter Mary became a doctor, and second-youngest son Tommy became a singer in a rock-and-roll band.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
Dick Van Patten —Tom Bradford
Diana Hyland —Joan Wells Bradford (season 1)
Betty Buckley —Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott Bradford (seasons 2–5)
Grant Goodeve (Mark Hamill in the series pilot) — David Bradford (22 years old at start of series)
Lani O'Grady — Mary Bradford (21)
Laurie Walters — Joanie Bradford (20)
Susan Richardson — Susan Bradford (19); later Susan (Bradford) Stockwell
Dianne Kay (Kimberly Beck in the series pilot) — Nancy Bradford (18)
Connie Needham — Elizabeth Bradford (15) (originally credited as Connie Newton before she married)
Willie Aames (Chris English in the series pilot) — Tommy Bradford (14)
Adam Rich — Nicholas Bradford (8)
The actors' ages varied greatly from their characters. Hyland was 41 when the show began, Buckley was 29, Goodeve was 24, O'Grady was 22, Walters was older than Buckley at 30, Richardson was 25, Kay was 22, Needham was 17, Aames was 16, and Rich actually was eight.
In the pilot, the role of David was played by Mark Hamill, Nancy was played by Kimberly Beck, and Tommy played by Chris English. When ABC screened the pilot they were unhappy with a couple of performances. Beck and English were let go and replaced by Dianne Kay and Willie Aames. Hamill sought to get out of his contract on Eight Is Enough to take the opportunity to star in George Lucas' Star Wars. His request was rejected by Lorimar Productions as he had signed a five-year-contract with them. However, in December 1976 Hamill had been involved in a car crash that resulted in his needing reconstructive facial surgery. By the time ABC had greenlit the series, Hamill was still hospitalized and unavailable. They let him out of his contract and the role was re-cast with Grant Goodeve now playing David for the series.
The cast of Eight Is Enough

Top row (left to right):
Kay, Van Patten, Goodeve, and Walters.
Middle row: Richardson, Newton, and Buckley.
Bottom row: Rich, O'Grady, and Aames
Recurring[edit]
Brian Patrick Clarke—Merle "The Pearl" Stockwell (1979–1981)
Jennifer Darling—Donna (1977–1981)
Janis Paige—Vivian "Auntie V" Bradford (1977–1980)
Michael Goodrow—Ernie Fields (1979–1981)
James Karen—Eliot Randolph
Ralph Macchio—Jeremy Andretti (1980–1981)
Joan Prather—Janet McArthur Bradford (1977–1981)
Michael Thoma—Dr. Greg Maxwell (1977–1981)
Virginia Vincent—Daisy Maxwell (1977–1981)
Production[edit]
The show was developed by writer William Blinn and was a Lorimar Production. It was originally distributed by Worldvision Enterprises. For the first three years the show filmed interior scenes at The Burbank Studios now known as the Warner Bros. Ranch. From the fourth season the show filmed interiors at MGM Studios in Culver City.
The home featured in the exterior shots was on Chiquita St, near Lankershim Boulevard in Los Angeles. The house has since been demolished and replaced. The interiors were filmed on two separate sound stages at the studio: one for the main floor and one for the upstairs.
The show's team of producers included Robert L. Jacks, Gary Adelson, Greg Strangis, and Phil Fehrle. Executive producers were Lee Rich and Philip Capice.
As a production of the Lorimar stable, who were concurrently producing CBS's The Waltons, writers were often contracted by the producers and were shared between both programs. (Waltons costar Will Geer also made an Eight is Enough guest appearance during season 2.) Regular writers included Peter Lefcourt, the writing teams of Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov, Rod Peterson and Claire Whittaker, Bill Nuss and Dusty Kay, Nick Thiel and David Braff, J. Miyoko Hensley and Steven Hensley, Bruce Shelly, Sandra Kay Siegel, Gil Grant, Karen I. Hall, and Hindi Brooks, who soon became the show's long-time story editor. In-house directors included Philip Leacock, Harry Harris, and Irving J. Moore. As an in-joke, the character name of one of Nicholas Bradford's best friends was Irving Julius Moore, a nod to the director of the same name whose middle name was in fact Joseph.
Music[edit]
Theme[edit]
For the show's first two seasons, an upbeat instrumental piece written by Fred Werner was used as the show's opening theme. Beginning with the show's third season, this was replaced by a slowed-down vocal theme titled "Eight Is Enough," which was sung by series co-star Grant Goodeve. The song had music by Lee Holdridge and lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin, and was first heard in a longer arrangement on the last episode of the second season titled "Who's on First?", which was also performed by Goodeve.
Score[edit]
Early episodes had instrumental music by Fred Werner and the prolific Alexander Courage, but the show's real musical stamp came from veteran composer Earle Hagen, who had a knack of composing memorable cues as he had previously been the in-house composer on The Andy Griffith Show. He composed a love theme for Tom and Abby, a theme that permeated the show in various incarnations throughout the remainder of the series. Some later episodes were scored by John Beal and Miles Goodman.
In 1980 there was a writer's strike in Hollywood, and one of the offshoots of this industry problem was making cost cutting measures in the music department on the show. Some of the later episodes were tracked with a combination of uncredited library music and with some original music by those of the aforementioned Messrs. Hagen, Beal, and Goodman.
Reception and cancellation[edit]
The series jump-started acting careers for several of its young stars. It cemented teen idol status for Grant Goodeve (David), Willie Aames (Tommy), and Ralph Macchio, who played Abby's orphaned nephew Jeremy later in the show's last season. Aames would go on to star with Scott Baio in Charles in Charge. Goodeve started a minor singing career, following his rendition of the show's theme song (see "Theme music") and initially hosted HGTV's If Walls Could Talk. Macchio would gain the most fame in feature films such as The Karate Kid and its sequels, as well as My Cousin Vinny.
After the end of the show's fifth season (112 hour episodes), production costs and declining ratings caused the show to be canceled, along with seven other shows that season (including The Waltons). Variety's headline on the cancellation stated, "Eight Shows In, Eight Shows Out". In a 2000 episode of E! True Hollywood Story, Dick Van Patten stated that no one contacted him to inform him of the cancellation. Instead, he read about it in a newspaper.[2]
The series had two reunion movies on NBC. In An Eight Is Enough Reunion on October 18, 1987, Mary Frann replaced Betty Buckley as Abby; Buckley had been filming Frantic during its production. This was followed by An Eight Is Enough Wedding on October 22, 1989, this time with Sandy Faison as Abby. By coincidence, both movies aired opposite game two of the World Series on ABC.
Nielsen Ratings[edit]
1977 - #23
1977-1978 - #12
1978-1979 - #11
1979-1980 - #12
1980-1981 - Not in Top 30
Series overview[edit]
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
1
9 March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15) August 10, 1977 (1977-08-10)
2
24 September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14) May 10, 1978 (1978-05-10)
3
25 September 6, 1978 (1978-09-06) May 23, 1979 (1979-05-23)
4
26 September 5, 1979 (1979-09-05) April 30, 1980 (1980-04-30)
5
21 October 29, 1980 (1980-10-29) May 23, 1981 (1981-05-23)
Episodes[edit]
All airdates have been compiled from either TV listings in the Los Angeles Times or publicity photos. Unless otherwise specified, all episodes, including the pilot, were standard hour-long ones.
Nº = Overall episode number
Ep = Episode number by season
Season 1 (1977)[edit]
Nº
Ep
Title
Directed by:
Written by:
Original air date
1
1 "Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense" E.W. Swackhamer William Blinn March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15)[3]
Pilot episode: After 15-year-old Elizabeth is arrested for the possession of narcotics, Tom and Joan Bradford are faced with the dual problems of raising money for her defense and trying to understand why 21-year-old David Bradford moved away from home after objecting to the way they handled the drug bust.
Note: In the Pilot, David was played by Mark Hamill, Nancy was played by Kimberly Beck, and Tommy played by Chris English. When ABC picked up the show, they were recast respectively with Grant Goodeve, Dianne Kay, and Willie Aames.
2
2 "Schussboomer" David Moessinger Norman Lessing March 22, 1977 (1977-03-22)
Tom and Joan are reluctant to let Susan go away for an unchaperoned ski weekend.
3
3 "The Gipper Caper" William F. Claxton William Blinn March 29, 1977 (1977-03-29)
Filming date: February 23 – March 4, 1977[4][5]
A football game becomes a blood and guts event.
Note: This episode's working title was "What Hath Roone Arledge Wrought?"
4
4 "Pieces of Eight" Reza Badiyi Greg Strangis April 5, 1977 (1977-04-05)
Tom is forced to face a newspaper strike, a wife who wants a job, and a daughter who wants to become a model.
5
5 "Women, Ducks, and the Domino Theory" TBA TBA April 12, 1977 (1977-04-12)
Tommy falls in love for the first time and learns life's most difficult lesson.
6
6 "Turnabout" TBA TBA April 19, 1977 (1977-04-19)
David's romance with an older woman becomes a topic for argument.
Note: Adrienne Barbeau guest stars.
7
7 "Quarantine" TBA TBA April 26, 1977 (1977-04-26)
When Mary's new boyfriend is hospitalized with an exotic illness, the Bradford family and a visitor are questioned by the health department.
8
8 "V Is for Vivian" TBA TBA May 3, 1977 (1977-05-03)
Tom's swinging sister comes for a visit and the family is impressed.
Note: Janis Paige guest stars.
9
9 "Hit and Run" TBA TBA August 10, 1977 (1977-08-10)[6]
Tom finds that daughter Joanie has been blackmailed into asking for a retraction in his newspaper column after she crumples the fender on a classic sports car.
Notes: Peter Coffield and Molly Dodd guest star. This was held back by ABC until the show moved to Wednesday nights, after a 13-week-hiatus.
Season 2 (1977–78)[edit]
Nº
Ep
Title
Directed by:
Written by:
Original air date
10
1 "Is There a Doctor in the House?" TBA TBA September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14)[7]
Tom and the temporary single Doctor Maxwell try their luck as middle-aged swinging singles.
11
2 "Trial Marriage" TBA TBA September 21, 1977 (1977-09-21)
Tom disapproves when his oldest daughter moves in with her new boyfriend. Enter a teacher named Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott (Betty Buckley's first appearance), who is needed to sort all this out, and is also Tommy's tutor who wants to teach Tom a thing or two.
12
3 "Triangles" TBA TBA September 28, 1977 (1977-09-28)
David's roommate dates both Joanie and Susan.
13
4 "Double Trouble" TBA TBA October 5, 1977 (1977-10-05)
Problems develop when Tom and Abby break up and he begins dating Ellen Manning, a divorcee.
14
5 "Mortgage Burnin' Blues" TBA TBA October 19, 1977 (1977-10-19)
A party at the Bradfords' spirals out of control.
15
6 "Dark Horse" TBA TBA October 26, 1977 (1977-10-26)
Tom and Abby decide to get married after having put aside their own problems to help Mary run for the board of education.
16
7 "The Bard and the Bod" TBA TBA November 2, 1977 (1977-11-02)
Joanie is all excited about winning the lead in a Shakesperean production, but Tom is not.
17
8 "Children of the Groom" TBA TBA November 9, 1977 (1977-11-09)[8]
Tom and Abby decide to marry despite complications caused by his children.
Note: This was a special 2-hour episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out.
18
9 "I Quit" TBA TBA November 16, 1977 (1977-11-16)[9]
Tom Bradford "resigns" as father when the kids accuse him of being a dictator.
19
10 "All's Fair in Love and War" TBA TBA November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23)
Tom's liberal attitudes are put to the test when he surprises a romance between Mary and the black son of his old Navy friend.
20
11 "The Return of Auntie V" TBA TBA November 30, 1977 (1977-11-30)
Turmoil strikes the Bradford household when Tom's flamboyant sister gives the newlyweds the down payment of a new mansion.
Note: Janis Paige guests.
21
12 "Yes, Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus" TBA TBA December 14, 1977 (1977-12-14)
A present hidden by Joan before her death restores the Bradfords' spirit after a Christmas burglar (dressed up as Santa Claus) steals their gifts.
Note: This was a special 2-hour episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out. Will Geer and Judy Strangis guest star.
22
13 "Dear Miss Dinah" TBA TBA December 21, 1977 (1977-12-21)
Tom doles out sage advice in the hometown newspaper's advice to the lovelorn column, but loses his cool when Elizabeth asks if she should take "The Pill".
23
14 "A Hair of the Dog" TBA TBA January 11, 1978 (1978-01-11)
Tommy Bradford and his father Tom have a man-to-man talk on his father's birthday.
24
15 "Author! Author!" TBA TBA January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18)
Tom Bradford decides to write a novel and receives unexpected resistance from his family.
25
16 "Much Ado About Garbage" TBA TBA January 25, 1978 (1978-01-25)[10]
Tom has been suspended from his job without pay after accusing the city officials and garbage company of corruption and refusing to reveal his sources to a grand jury.
26
17 "Seven Days in February" TBA TBA February 1, 1978 (1978-02-01)
Nancy decides to convert to Judaism when she falls in love with a man she thinks is Jewish.
27
18 "Hard Hats and Hard Heads" TBA TBA February 8, 1978 (1978-02-08)
Encouraged by his friend's success, David trades in his hard hat for a newsman's notepad.
28
19 "The Boyfriend" TBA TBA February 15, 1978 (1978-02-15)
Abby and Susan's boyfriend are suspected of having an affair when they work together on a project.
29
20 "Great Expectations" TBA TBA February 22, 1978 (1978-02-22)[11]
Tommy cheats in school in order to meet his father's expectations.
30
21 "Long Night's Journey into Day" TBA TBA March 1, 1978 (1978-03-01)[12]
Members of the Bradford family are forced to take shifts to keep Abby awake for 24 hours after she falls and suffers a concussion.
31
22 "Poor Little Rich Girl" TBA TBA March 22, 1978 (1978-03-22)
Filming date: February 8–17, 1978[13]
The self-assured daughter of a prominent contractor showers David Bradford with expensive gifts in an attempt to buy his affections.
32
23 "The Lost Weekend" TBA TBA May 3, 1978 (1978-05-03)
The Bradford children quickly transform an idyllic holiday away from parents.
33
24 "Who's on First?" TBA TBA May 10, 1978 (1978-05-10)
The Bradfords stage a show to support a local orphanage.
Note: The first appearance of the season three theme song.
Season 3 (1978–79)[edit]
Nº
Ep
Title
Directed by:
Written by:
Original air date
34
1 "Nine Is Too Much" TBA TBA September 6, 1978 (1978-09-06)[14]
When Abby manages Nicholas' Little League team, Tom provides unwanted coaching from the bleachers, and America's favorite pastime becomes the Bradford's biggest headache.
35
2 "Here We Go Again!"
"Oh No--Not Again!" TBA TBA September 13, 1978 (1978-09-13)
All the Bradfords wonder if there is going to be a new Bradford.
36
3 "Who's Crazy Here?" TBA TBA September 20, 1978 (1978-09-20)[15]
Abby is convinced Tom is having an affair with another woman.
37
4 "Cinderella's Understudy" TBA TBA September 27, 1978 (1978-09-27)[16]
Joanne's debut as an actress becomes a conflict of interests for Tom, torn between his role of proud parent, and his unexpected role as theater critic.
38
5 "Milk and Sympathy" TBA TBA October 11, 1978 (1978-10-11)
Nicholas falls head-over-heels in puppy love with his fourth grade teacher.
39
6 "The Flunked and the Funked" TBA TBA October 18, 1978 (1978-10-18)
Nancy drops out of school to get a job and finds that excitement and wealth are not part of the life of an unskilled worker.
40
7 "Cops and Toddlers" TBA TBA October 25, 1978 (1978-10-25)
Nancy brings home a group of toddlers, and Susan goes into basic training as a police cadet.
41
8 "The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone" TBA TBA November 1, 1978 (1978-11-01)
Mary is banished from the Bradford household after making her father angry.
42
9 "Fast and Loose" TBA TBA November 8, 1978 (1978-11-08)
David struggles to cope with the loss of a close friend, and ends up being arrested for bar-room brawling.
43
10 "War Between the Bradfords" TBA TBA November 15, 1978 (1978-11-15)
Abby's schoolboard speech on modern women in society creates a Bradford battle of the sexes.
44
11 "All the Vice-President's Men" TBA TBA November 22, 1978 (1978-11-22)
Thanksgiving for the Bradford clan arrives in a storm of red tape when the nation's Vice-President accepts an invitation from Nicholas to visit their home for the holiday.
45
12 "You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore" TBA TBA November 29, 1978 (1978-11-29)
When Nicholas accidentally starts a fire that destroys the celebration of Tom and Abby's first anniversary, the unhappy youngster leaves home in search of a new family.
Notes: This was a special 2-hour episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out. Jack Elam guest stars.
46
13 "Alone at Last" TBA TBA December 6, 1978 (1978-12-06)
After bundling their brood off to the mountains for a camping trip, Tom and Abby soon find their romantic weekend alone disturbed by too much peace and quiet.
47
14 "The Yearning Point" TBA TBA January 10, 1979 (1979-01-10)
Elizabeth's dream of going to a posh Eastern school conflicts with the Bradford household budget.
48
15 "Moving Out"
"Mother's Rule" TBA TBA January 17, 1979 (1979-01-17)
When Tom gets upset about Susan's boyfriend taking a shower in the upstairs bedroom, Joannie coming in after curfew, and Nancy sunbathing topless in the backyard, the girls move out of the house into their own apartment.
Note: This was a special 2-hour episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out.
49
16 "Inlaws and Outlaws" TBA TBA January 24, 1979 (1979-01-24)[17]
The mutiny by Susan, Joannie, and Nancy continues, and Abby's parents announce their marital estrangement.
50
17 "Horror Story" TBA TBA January 31, 1979 (1979-01-31)
When a thunderstorm causes power failure, the Bradford children use their vivid imaginations to transform the old homestead into a hysterical Haunted House.
51
18 "Just the Ten of Us" TBA TBA February 14, 1979 (1979-02-14)
When David and his girlfriend decide to live together, their decision threatens Tom's chance to win the "Father of the Year" award, along with an all-expense-paid-trip to Hawaii for the entire Bradford family.
52
19 "Best of Friends" TBA TBA February 21, 1979 (1979-02-21)
Tommy rocks the Bradford family foundation with the shocking news of his impending marriage and fatherhood.
53
20 "The Kid Who Came to Dinner" TBA TBA February 28, 1979 (1979-02-28)
When Nicholas Bradford discovers that his new playmate has no parents, the youngest Bradford tries to turn friendship into brotherhood.
54
21 "The Better Part of Valor" TBA TBA March 7, 1979 (1979-03-07)
Abby finds her relationship with Tommy threatened when she returns to teaching and flunks a failed basketball star, causing Tommy peer-group problems.
55
22 "Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers" TBA TBA March 28, 1979 (1979-03-28)
When Tom forbids Joannie to see her new boyfriend, she runs away from home to be with the handsome young writer she loves.
56
23 "The Final Days" TBA TBA May 2, 1979 (1979-05-02)
Tom's editorial, on "Passing the torch to a younger generation", ignites a Grey Power demonstration by Sacramento's indignant senior citizens.
57
24 "Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy"
"The Two of Us" TBA TBA May 9, 1979 (1979-05-09)[18]
David, despite the family's concern and his father's objections, teams up with an outspoken female in a cross-country quest for new beginnings.
Note: This was a special 2-hour episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out.
58
25 "The Graduates" TBA TBA May 23, 1979 (1979-05-23)
Graduation is hardly what the Bradfords expected -- with Joanne upset over her future and Elizabeth suspended from her commencement exercises where her father is to be the guest speaker.
Season 4 (1979–80)[edit]
Nº
Ep
Title
Directed by:
Written by:
Original air date
59
1 "Merle the Pearl" TBA TBA September 5, 1979 (1979-09-05)[19]
Nicholas' plan to impress his little girlfriend backfires when star pitcher Merle (Brian Patrick Clarke) ignores him at the ballpark.
60
2 "The Cupid Crisis" TBA TBA September 12, 1979 (1979-09-12)
When Tom makes a "losers pay for the dinners" bet on a touch football game between his family and his neighbor's, it's a wild "hut, hut, hut".
61
3 "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" TBA TBA September 19, 1979 (1979-09-19)[20]
David and Janet set a wedding night, which turns out to be the same day Merle and Susan accommodate Merle's ball-playing career move.
62
4 "Ten Ships in the Night" TBA TBA 1979 (1979)
63
5 "The Night They Raided Bradfords" TBA TBA October 3, 1979 (1979-10-03)[21]
Merle's sister, Linda Mae, pays the Bradfords a visit. However, she is shocked when she finds out they are not who they seem.
64
6 "Letter to One Bradford" TBA TBA October 17, 1979 (1979-10-17)[22]
Because he broke a chain letter, Nicholas believes he is to blame for Tommy being rushed to the hospital for surgery.
65
7 "The Devil and Mr. Bradford" TBA TBA October 24, 1979 (1979-10-24)[23]
Tom Bradford makes a hasty exit from a movie theater with little Nicholas in tow after he discovers too late that the movie – "Snow White..." – is X-rated.
66
8 "Big Shoes, Little Feet" TBA TBA October 31, 1979 (1979-10-31)[24]
Nicholas plays hooky because his new teacher is holding him to ridicule because she feels he has not lived up to the academic standards of a Bradford.
67
9 "Fathers and Other Strangers" TBA TBA November 7, 1979 (1979-11-07)[25]
Aunt Vivian comes up with a plan to take the entire Bradford clan to Hawaii.
Notes: This was a special 2-hour episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out. Janis Paige and David Wayne guest star.
68
10 "Separate Ways" TBA TBA November 21, 1979 (1979-11-21)[26]
Susan and Merle reach an impasse regarding their careers when he wants to fly to Puerto Rico to play winter baseball and she wants to finish her last semester of college at home.
69
11 "Arrivals" TBA TBA 1979 (1979)
70
12 "Brotherhood, Sisterhood" TBA TBA 1979 (1979)
71
13 "Mary, He's Married" TBA TBA December 12, 1979 (1979-12-12)
Mary's friendship with a doctor begins to develop into a romance. Nicholas dabbles in sales with face cream. Joannie tries to produce a documentary on her family for a promotion at work.
72
14 "My Son, The Prom Queen" TBA TBA January 9, 1980 (1980-01-09)[27]
When Tommy gets embroiled in a battle of the sexes - he runs for the title of Prom Queen at high school – he gets some unexpected help from the female population at the school.
73
15 "The Courage to Be" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
74
16 "Semi-Centennial Bradford" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
75
17 "The Commitment" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
76
18 "Seven More Days in February" TBA TBA February 6, 1980 (1980-02-06)[28]
Cupid runs amok in the Bradford household during Spring Break, causing Mary to fall for a young psychiatrist who really wants to be a stand-up comic, Nancy to swoon over an archaeologist on his way to his first dig, and Joannie to be swept away by an SAP (self-analysis programmer).
77
19 "The Return of Joe Simons" TBA TBA February 13, 1980 (1980-02-13)[29]
When Joe Simons returns promising Nicholas gold nuggets, Tom questions the motives of both Joe and his secretary (Mary Betten) as well.
78
20 "Bradford vs. Bradford" TBA TBA February 27, 1980 (1980-02-27)[30]
Janet and David's marriage is threatened when she starts working in overtime at the office with a handsome lawyer.
79
21 "Memories" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
80
22 "Official Positions" TBA TBA March 19, 1980 (1980-03-19)[31]
Merle recruits the girls for a charity basketball team, Tom is jealous when a publisher offers to publish Abby's thesis and Tom can't get his accepted, and Nicholas gets his friend's mom a job helping with the book.
81
23 "A Matter of Mentors" TBA TBA March 26, 1980 (1980-03-26)
Joannie gets an important assignment at work but Jeffrey believes that the boss will be expecting a favor in return. Joannie blows her chance at a big story. An experienced reporter makes her his partner and the result is an important scoop. Meanwhile, Nicholas has a problem with a bully that he can't hit back, and fed up with the way that Tom divvies up the family's discretionary funds, Tommy takes over budgeting for it.
82
24 "Roll Over Bradford" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
83
25 "A Little Triangle" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
84
26 "Grad Night" TBA TBA April 30, 1980 (1980-04-30)[32]
The Bradford clan vacates the house for Tommy, Ernie and their girlfriends on Graduation Night.
Season 5 (1980–81)[edit]
Nº
Ep
Title
Directed by:
Written by:
Original air date
85
1 "And Baby Makes Nine" TBA TBA October 29, 1980 (1980-10-29)[33]
A very pregnant Susan is in an automobile accident; Elizabeth moves in with her boyfriend and Merle pitches for the New York Mets.
Notes: This was a special 90-minute episode; syndicated versions of this episode split it into two hour-long parts, cutting some scenes out. This season started later than normal due to the actors' strike of 1980.
86
2 "Jeremy" TBA TBA November 5, 1980 (1980-11-05)[34]
There's trouble brewing when the newest member of the Bradford household (Ralph Macchio) shares a smoke with Nicholas.
87
3 "Welcome to Memorial Dr. Bradford" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
88
4 "Generations" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
89
5 "Holly" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
Tommy falls for a girl who's a lyricist. The garage is transformed into a small nursery for Susan & her baby.
90
6 "The Maltese Airline Bag" TBA TBA December 10, 1980 (1980-12-10)[35]
Nicholas and his friend Marvin (John Louie) split up the loot when they come into possession of an airlines bag a mysterious woman in a blonde wig gave them to deliver to an equally mysterious red-haired woman who ran off before they could finish their mission.
91
7 "Strike" TBA TBA 1980 (1980)
92
8 "Bradfordgate" TBA TBA January 7, 1981 (1981-01-07)[36]
Tom's nomination to the Board of Education makes him compromise his beliefs. Meanwhile, Joannie goes undercover as a TV reporter, and Nicholas tries to change his "cute" image.
93
9 "The Darlene Dilemma" TBA TBA January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14)[37]
Tommy has a new girlfriend; unfortunately, he isn't her only boyfriend - in fact, he isn't even her only boyfriend in his own house.
94
10 "Second Thoughts" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
95
11 "David's Rib" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
96
12 "Vows" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
97
13 "The Way We Were" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
Tommy tries to get back with Jill when she starts liking Ernie. David's depressed over his new bachelor apartment complex. Nicholas & Jeremy deliver papers for the Sacramento Tribune.
98
14 "If the Glass Slipper Fits" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
99
15 "The Best Little Telethon in Sacramento" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
Joanie organizes a telethon for Cannel 8. Jeremy tries to be Tommy's manager.
The episode features performances by Willie Aames, Connie Needham, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Dianne Kay & Adam Rich.
100
16 "Yet Another Seven Days in February" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
This time, the boys get weird dates.
101
17 "The Idolbreaker: Part 1" TBA TBA April 11, 1981 (1981-04-11)[38]
Tommy's band gets the biggest gig of its career when the group's agent signs them for a national tour with a top star.
102
18 "The Idolbreaker: Part 2" TBA TBA April 18, 1981 (1981-04-18)[38]
Tommy moves into Ellen's apartment and makes plans for their future wedding; a new sexy female reporter stirs jealousy in Joanie; Jeremy celebrates his 16th birthday.
103
19 "Starting Over" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
104
20 "Goals" TBA TBA 1981 (1981)
105
21 "Father Knows Best?" TBA TBA May 23, 1981 (1981-05-23)
Filming date: March 21-27, 1981[39]
Jeremy's father shows up to assert his parental rights. David's old high school classmates arrive for their reunion.
Post-series movies[edit]
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987)
An Eight Is Enough Wedding (1989)
Syndication[edit]
Reruns of all 112 episodes of Eight is Enough have aired sporadically since the show's syndication debut in September 1982.[40] The show aired on FX in 1994, on PAX in 1998, and as part of a 50th-anniversary Warner Bros. marathon on TV Land in 2005. Eight Is Enough also aired on the Chicago-based MeTV and MeToo, a sister station of MeTV, from 2008 to 2010[41][42][43] before MeTV spread to other markets around the U.S.
During its network run, the show was distributed by Worldvision Enterprises (also internationally in rebroadcasts), and later by Lorimar-Telepictures. All syndication rights are now held by (Lorimar successor) Warner Bros. Television.
International[edit]
In Italy, RAI public networks aired the first season of Eight Is Enough under the title Otto Bastano in 1978,[44] the literal Italian translation of the original title. The remaining seasons were aired in the 1980s on Retequattro, a commercial network from Fininvest (now Mediaset), under the title La Famiglia Bradford. The Italian version excludes the laugh track.
The French version, Huit, ça suffit! was a big success in the 1980s both in France and Quebec, Canada, and among all Francophone (French-speaking) Canadians.
In Spain, Eight Is Enough was aired also in the 1980s. RTVE (public network) aired all the seasons under the title Con Ocho Basta (the Spanish translation) in Friday's evening time.
In the Philippines, Eight Is Enough aired on GMA 7 from 1978 to 1981.
DVD releases[edit]
On April 17, 2012, Warner Home Video released the complete first season of Eight Is Enough on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[45] The release includes the pilot episode (featuring Mark Hamill in the role of eldest son David) and a cast reunion special. Several of the episodes have the wrong end credits, and the Lorimar Productions logo has also been edited out of the end credits.
On November 13, 2012, Warner Bros. released Season 2, Parts one and two on DVD-R via their Warner Archive Collection.[46] These are Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) releases and are available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. Season 3, Parts One and Two were released on April 30, 2013.[47]
Season 4, Parts one and two were released on August 13, 2013.[48] The fifth and final season was released on March 11, 2014.[49]
DVD name
Episodes
Release date
The Complete First Season 9 April 17, 2012
The Complete Second Season, Part 1 14 November 13, 2012
The Complete Second Season, Part 2 12 November 13, 2012
The Complete Third Season, Part 1 14 April 30, 2013
The Complete Third Season, Part 2 14 April 30, 2013
The Complete Fourth Season, Part 1 14 August 13, 2013
The Complete Fourth Season, Part 2 13 August 13, 2013
The Complete Fifth Season 22 March 11, 2014
See also[edit]
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Just the Ten of Us (1988)
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External links[edit]
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Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion on IMDb (1987 reunion movie)
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values: Восьми достаточно – Russian

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