Character: Alan Fleming
Actor: Colin Tierney
Episode: The White Feather

Colin Tierney underwent a change of image to play Alan Fleming in Foyle's War.

"Alan wears very tailored three piece suits - elegant sharp pin-stripes in town and country suits at the country hotel. It's not my normal style at all - I am very casual - but it helped me feel more the part."

Fleming is an aide to Guy Spencer (Charles Dance) and helps organise the meetings of his pro-Hitler organisation, The Friday Club. But Fleming is not everything he appears.

"He is shadowy and ambiguous and you find yourself thinking 'who is this guy?' I think the real him is quite serious - always dotting the Is and crossing the Ts. He is organised, watchful and probably quite resilient. It's only in the final scene with Michael Kitchen that you realise how serious he is about what he does."

Adds Colin: "I've played more bad guys than good, but I don't know why I always get these dark characters - maybe it's the cut of my jib!"

Colin's credits include The Vice, Tough Love, Cracker, Holby City, Mersey Beat, Midsomer Murders and Between The Lines. He appeared in Jack Rosenthal's film Bye, Bye Baby and recently lent his voice to the radio play Anthony and Cleopatra.

September 2002; Publicity Release