Forsyte Saga - Series 1

Release Date: 2002-10-08, Rating NR (Not Rated),

An All-new Adaptation Of John Galworthy's Classic Tale Of A, Rich & Powerful English Family Rocked By Sexial Jealousies,, Infidelities & The Turbulent Transition To The Modern Age.

Release Date: 2002-10-08, Rating NR (Not Rated),

DVDs. Forsyte Saga - Series 1

Drama - general DVD - The Forsyte Saga was a remake of the classic 1960s British miniseries which put the PBS anthology Masterpiece Theatre on the map. Whereas the original version covered all of John Galsworthy's novels about the upper-crust Forsyte clan, requiring 26 episodes to do so, the remake took in only the first two books, running five episodes in Great Britain and seven episodes when it was exported to the U.S. (several sequels were, however, promised should this "trial balloon" prove successful). This was more than ample time to detail the fortunes and follies of the Forsytes as they made the sometimes painful transition from the Victorian to the Edwardian era. The focus was on frosty, tradition-bound Soames Forsyte (Damian Lewis), whose sincere but sterile relationship with his beloved wife Irene (Gina McKee) was complicated by Irene's fondness for iconoclastic architect Bosinney (Ioan Gruffudd). And in another branch of the Forsyte family, Old Jolyon Forsyte (Corin Redgrave) was vexed by the bohe