![]() ![]() The series re-ignited an interest in Galsworthy’s work, bringing the novels to a new generation of readers. It was a phenomenon in Britain: Soames and Irene’s marriage was the subject of national debate, and local vicars were reportedly asked to change the times of services so that their congregations could be home in time for ‘Forsyte.’ The final episode attracted over eighteen million viewers. ![]() The twenty-six-part series is widely considered to be the first modern TV costume drama. One of BBC TV’s greatest drama productions in the late sixties was the adaptation of John Galsworthy’s novels which make up The Forsyte Saga, the unfolding tale of an upper-middle-class family in London during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The Forsyte Saga David Stuart Davies looks at John Galsworthy’s classic novels that make up ‘The Forsyte Saga’ ![]()
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