The Forsyte Saga (1967)

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.

The Forsyte Saga

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    From the rehearsal room

  • 0x2

    Interviews behind the scenes

  • 0x3

    Outtakes

  • 0x4

    Soames v irene

  • 0x5

    The forsyte phenomenon

  • 0x6

    Deleted and alternate scenes

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    A family festival

  • 1x2

    A family scandal

  • 1x3

    The pursuit of happiness

  • 1x4

    Dinner at swithin's

  • 1x5

    A man of property

  • 1x6

    Decisions

  • 1x7

    Into the dark

  • 1x8

    Indian summer of a forsyte

  • 1x9

    In chancery

  • 1x10

    The challenge

  • 1x11

    In the web

  • 1x12

    Birth of a forsyte

  • 1x13

    Encounter

  • 1x14

    Conflict

  • 1x15

    To let

  • 1x16

    A family wedding

  • 1x17

    The white monkey

  • 1x18

    Afternoon of a dryad

  • 1x19

    No retreat

  • 1x20

    A silent wooing

  • 1x21

    Action for libel

  • 1x22

    The silver spoon

  • 1x23

    Strike

  • 1x24

    Afternoon at ascot

  • 1x25

    Portrait of fleur

  • 1x26

    Swan song

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