The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga
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The Forsyte Saga

7.9 / 10
2002
2 seasons
10 episodes
Drama

The Forsyte Saga is a British-American drama television serial based on John Galsworthy's novel series of the same name. Taking place from the 1870s to the 1920s, three generations of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family are explored.

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The Forsyte Saga Trailer - ITV1 2002

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Adapted from The Man of Property (1906), the interlude "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" (1918), and the novel In Chancery (1920).

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    9.5
    07-04-200275m

    Emotionally aloof Soames Forsyte, a well-to-do solicitor, becomes enamoured at first sight of Irene Heron, but she declines his marriage proposal,

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    9.0
    14-04-200271m

    Irene consents to marry Soames on the proviso that he will make her happy. When it is apparent that she is not, he hires Phillip Bisonney to design them a unique country house.

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    9.0
    21-04-200270m

    Realising he has lost Irene, a vengeful Soames sets out to ruin Bosinney's architectural career by charging him with mismanagement.

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    10.0
    28-04-200269m

    Soames forces himself on Irene just before his lawsuit with Bossiney comes to court, with tragic consequences.

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    9.0
    05-05-200271m

    Many years have passed since Irene left, and Soames has now decided that he wants a divorce. He's met attractive young Annette Lamotte, who, with her mother, runs a restaurant in S...

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    9.0
    12-05-200256m

    Soames sends Jolyon to Irene in order to secure a divorce so he can remarry a French girl, but the cousins have a falling out.

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