The Forsyte Saga

1967 NR 50m 8.5

The extended Forsyte family lives a more-than-pleasant upper-middle-class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England. The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon Forsyte. Soames is a solicitor, all proper and...

The extended Forsyte family lives a more-than-pleasant upper-middle-class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England. The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon Forsyte. Soames is a solicitor, all proper and straight-laced. His love for beautiful Irene is his only weakness, as is his beautiful daughter Fleur. Young Jolyon is the opposite, a free-thinking artist who abandons his wife to live with his children's nanny. Their lives and their children's lives will intersect over 30 years, bringing happiness to some and tragedy to others.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 A Family Festival

1. A Family Festival

Aired: Jan 6, 1967

In 1879 London, we are introduced to the rich upper middle class Forsyte fami...

Episode 2 A Family Scandal

2. A Family Scandal

Aired: Jan 13, 1967

Young Jolyon's affair with his former nanny is now widely known and he asks h...

Episode 4 Dinner at Swithins

4. Dinner at Swithins

Aired: Jan 27, 1967

It is now 1886 and with her grandfather's permission, 17 year-old June Forsyt...

Episode 5 A Man of Property

5. A Man of Property

Aired: Feb 3, 1967

Soames hires Philip Bosiney to build him a house at Robin Hill. He accepts th...

Episode 6 Decisions

6. Decisions

Aired: Feb 10, 1967

Rumors abound that Irene Forsyte and Philip Bosinney are having an affair.You...

Episode 7 Into the Dark

7. Into the Dark

Aired: Feb 17, 1967

After Soames forced his way into her bed, Irene packs her bags and has moved ...

Episode 9 In Chancery

9. In Chancery

Aired: Mar 3, 1967

It's a time of change in the for many in the Forsyte clan. Jolyon has inherit...

Episode 10 The Challenge

10. The Challenge

Aired: Mar 10, 1967

Jolyon and Holly visit Jolly at Oxford and he's invited Val to dinner, even t...

Episode 11 In the Web

11. In the Web

Aired: Mar 17, 1967

Jolyan returns hurriedly from Paris, sad at leaving Irene for whom he has dev...

Episode 12 Birth of a Forsyte

12. Birth of a Forsyte

Aired: Feb 24, 1967

Irene and Jolyon are named as co-respondents by Soames in divorce proceedings...

Episode 13 Encounter

13. Encounter

Aired: Mar 31, 1967

The story jumps ahead several years. World War I has come to an end and of th...

Episode 14 Conflict

14. Conflict

Aired: Apr 7, 1967

Fleur and Jon continue to see one another and believe they are very much in l...

Episode 15 To Let

15. To Let

Aired: Apr 14, 1967

Fleur meets Jon as scheduled at Holly's house and tells him that they must ma...

Episode 16 A Family Wedding

16. A Family Wedding

Aired: Apr 21, 1967

Fleur Forsyte and Michael Mont are married - her mother is absent and still l...

Episode 17 The White Monkey

17. The White Monkey

Aired: Apr 28, 1967

Wilfrid Desert tell Michael Mont that he is madly in love with Fleur and will...

Episode 18 Afternoon of a Dryad

18. Afternoon of a Dryad

Aired: Mar 5, 1967

Michael is told by June Forsyte in a somewhat casual way that Fleur and her y...

Episode 19 No Retreat

19. No Retreat

Aired: May 13, 1967

Michael Mont gets a visit from an outraged Bicket who now knows that his wife...

Episode 20 A Silent Wooing

20. A Silent Wooing

Aired: May 20, 1967

Jon now lives in North Carolina, and the beautiful Anne Wilmot is in love wit...

Episode 21 Action for Libel

21. Action for Libel

Aired: May 27, 1967

Fleur's letters to her friends results in her being sued for libel by Marjori...

Episode 22 The Silver Spoon

22. The Silver Spoon

Aired: Jun 3, 1967

Unable to negotiate a satisfactory settlement, the libel action against Fleur...

Episode 23 Strike

23. Strike

Aired: Jun 10, 1967

Having lost her court case, Marjorie Ferrar turns to her grandfather to help ...

Episode 24 Afternoon at Ascot

24. Afternoon at Ascot

Aired: Jun 17, 1967

Fleur and Jon meet again after 7 years when she stops in at her Aunt Winifred...

Episode 25 Portrait of Fleur

25. Portrait of Fleur

Aired: Jun 24, 1967

Fleur goes to Harold Blade's studio for her portrait sitting but she sees Jon...

Episode 26 Swan Song

26. Swan Song

Aired: Jul 1, 1967

Fleur makes a point of seeing Jon at Harold Blade's studio and invites him to...

Info about The Forsyte Saga

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Drama, Romance