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

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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