| The Forsyte Saga | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | John Galsworthy |
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| Theme music composer | Eric Coates |
| Opening theme | 'Halcyon Days' from The Three Elizabeths |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Producer | Donald Wilson |
| Production companies | BBC Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television |
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| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 7 January – 1 July 1967 |
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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.[1]
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 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.[1]
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.[1][2]
- ^ a b c The Forsyte Saga Archived 9 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine at PBS Masterpiece Theatre, retrieved 12 October 2009
- ^ The Forsyte Saga Archived 9 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine at televisionheaven.co.uk, retrieved 12 October 2009