The Forsyte Saga (1967)
- Directed by
- David Giles, James Cellan Jones
- Genre
- drama film, historical drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 26 episodes
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This series follows the upper middle class Forsyte family across decades. It focuses on their relationships, especially the strained marriage between Soames and Irene.
slow-burnmelancholicrestrainedclassyemotionally complexmeasuredintimatepoignant
What happens
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. Donald Wilson adapted the novels for television and produced the series. It was originally shown in 26 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 the channel. It was therefore the Sunday night repeat run on BBC1, starting on 8 September 1968, that secured the programme's success, with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. The Forsyte Saga 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Mary Barton (1964)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.