The Forsyte Saga

Series 1

2002 · 6 episodes · 6h 52m in all · 9.3/10

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

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   7 Apr 2002 · 75 min · 9.5/10

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

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   2. Episode 2

   14 Apr 2002 · 71 min · 9.0/10

   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.

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   3. Episode 3

   21 Apr 2002 · 70 min · 9.0/10

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

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   4. Episode 4

   28 Apr 2002 · 69 min · 10.0/10

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

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   5. Episode 5

   5 May 2002 · 71 min · 9.0/10

   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 Soho. Soames calls on Young Jolyon, trustee of the legacy his father left Irene, to ask if she can provide him with grounds for divorce.

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   6. Episode 6

   12 May 2002 · 56 min · 9.0/10

   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.