FORSYTE SAGA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION [7 DISCS]

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• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The miniseries that started it all!; In 1969, an internationally acclaimed BBC show began airing on the fledgling public broadcasting network. The Forsyte Saga, in telling the remarkable story of a nouveau riche English family, introduced America to a new kind of TV. Millions of Americans devoted the next half-year of their lives to following the frank treatment of all sins, foibles and peccadilloes of the Forsytes and their circle.; ; The passing decades can never erase the memory of their extraordinary evenings with the Forsytes: Kenneth More as Jo, the philosophical outsider; Eric Porter as Soames, the grasping man of property; Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene, 'born to be loved and to love' and in later episodes, Susan Hampshire in an Emmy-winning performance as Fleur, Soame's 'restless' daughter. The series was so popular that Masterpiece Theatre was created to meet the new demand for great literary adaptations. With 150 characters, 2000 separate costumes and over 100 sets, this sprawling yet intimate saga continues to move, provoke and entrance viewers today.
• Cast: Eric Porter, Margaret Tyzack, Nyree Dawn Porter, June Barry, Kenneth More, Maggie Jones, Susan Hampshire, Nicholas Pennell, John Welsh, John Barcroft, Suzanne Neve, Nora Nicholson, Fanny Rowe, Cyril Luckham, Julia White, Lana Morris, Terence Alexander, Nora Swinburne, Kynaston Reeves, Joseph O'Conor, Jonathan Burn, Martin Jarvis, Mischa De La Motte, Clifford Parrish, Anne De Vigier, Dalia Penn, George Woodbridge, Fay Compton, A.J. Brown, George Benson, Karin Fernald, Hugo Keith-Johnston, Bridget Turner, Bart Allison, John Bennett, Olwen Brookes, John Baskcomb, John Bailey, Caroline Blakiston, Brenda Cowling, Sarah Harter, Terry Scully, Geraldine Sherman, Jenny Laird, Ursula Howells, Campbell Singer, Garry Marsh, Richard Armour, Christopher Benjamin, David Cargill, Ian Fleming, Derek Francis, Donald Gee, Hal Hamilton, Henry B. Longhurst, Robin Phillips, Ellen Pollock, Alan Rowe, Michael Mulcaster, Deddie Davies, Susan Pennick, Jackie Smith, Hilda Barry, Raymond Clarke, Peter Copley, Geoffrey Denton, Tenniel Evans, Christopher Hodge, Godfrey James, Petricia Leventon, Pauline Loring, Bryan Marshall, John Phillips, Maurice Quick, Derek Smith, Michael York, Pat Gorman, James Cellan Jones
• Director: James Cellan Jones
• Runtime: 21:40
• Company: BBC Warner
• Media Format: Series