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The Forsyte Saga

8.2 26 Eps Drama   1967
BBC Television Centre  

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.

  

Seasons (1)

Season 1

Season 1

26 Episodes

Casts of Season 1

Eric Porter

as Soames Forsyte

Susan Hampshire

as Fleur Mont née Forsyte

Nyree Dawn Porter

as Irene Forsyte née Heron

Kenneth More

as 'Young Jolyon' Forsyte

Fay Compton

as 'Aunt Ann' Forsyte

Lana Morris

as Helene Hillmer

Margaret Tyzack

as Winifred Dartie

John Welsh

as James Forsyte

Joseph O'Conor

as 'Old Jolyon' Forsyte

Terence Alexander

as Montague 'Monty' Dartie

John Baskcomb

as Timothy Forsyte

John Bennett

as Philip Bosinney

Martin Jarvis

as Jolyon 'Jon' Forsyte

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