The Forsyte Saga: The Complete Collection [7 Discs]

Director: David Giles

Overview

"This seven-disc set contains all 26 episodes of the BBC miniseries The Forsythe Saga. Each episode is presented in the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include interviews, vinta

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2005
UPC:	0794051171627
Original Release:	1967
Rating:	NR
Source:	Bbc Warner
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	21:40:00
Sales rank:	23,794

Special Features

Closed Caption;From the Rehearsal Room (from Late Night Line-Up of January 7, 1967); Interviews Behind the Scenes (from Late Night Line-Up of July 4, 1967); Soames vs. Irene (Late Night Line-Up of February 10, 1969); The Forsyte Phenomenon (Talkback of February 18, 1969); Deleted and alternate scenes; Outtakes; Cast bios

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joseph O'Conor	Jolyon Forsyte Sr.
Kenneth More	Jolyon `Jo' Forsyte
Michael York	Jolyon `Jolly' Forsyte
Eric Porter	Soames Forsyte,Irene Forsyte
Susan Hampshire	Fleur Mont
Margaret Tyzack	Winnifred Dartie
Nicholas Pennell	Michael Mont
Fay Compton	Aunt Ann Forsyte
Lana Morris	Helene Forsyte
Martin Jarvis	Jon Forsyte
John Welsh	Uncle James Forsyte

Technical Credits

Donald Wilson

Donald Wilson

Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 -- Episodes 1-4
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. The Backbone of England [3:35]
3. Jo's Home Life [4:51]
4. Value for Money [6:47]
5. To Be a Mistress [4:51]
6. A House in Chelsea [6:51]
7. Sound Investments [4:36]
8. Tittle Tattle [6:10]
9. Typical Forsyte [2:09]
10. A Forsyte Wedding [5:50]
11. So Happy [2:31]
12. End Credits [:52]
1. Opening Credits [:47]
2. Condemned [6:56]
3. After the Wedding [2:03]
4. Right and Honorable [8:14]
5. English Lesson [7:31]
6. Cut Out of the Will [6:15]
7. Irene [6:18]
8. To Wed [2:00]
9. A Valuable Connection [3:29]
10. A Soft Spot for Jo [3:02]
11. Monty's Secret [2:12]
12. End Credits [:55]
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. Confrontation [3:23]
3. Birth of "Jolly" [5:26]
4. No Divorce [3:16]
5. Riding to Hounds [5:15]
6. Dogs Take Advantage [9:00]
7. At Odds [3:19]
8. Fathers and Sons [2:56]
9. Proposal [6:24]
10. Refusals [5:51]
11. Conditions and Reservations [3:15]
12. End Credits [:52]
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. June at Seventeen [4:08]
3. Philip Bosinney [6:57]
4. Family News [4:38]
5. Harmony [4:11]
6. No Balance [3:02]
7. Wild Buccaneer [6:55]
8. Heights and Depths [2:45]
9. Overtures [7:21]
10. Abandon All Hope [5:38]
11. Planning to Build? [2:44]
12. End Credits [:55]
Side #2 -- Episodes 5-8
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. The Most Fateful Day [6:07]
3. A Risky Business [4:23]
4. A Gentleman's House [5:04]
5. Unexpected Caller [6:57]
6. Charm [5:05]
7. Whispers [2:27]
8. Spoiled Treat [3:46]
9. Riding With Swithin [8:01]
10. The Nucleus [4:15]
11. A Family Funeral [2:01]
12. End Credits [1:02]
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. In Love [4:23]
3. Tension at Tea [10:24]
4. War of Words [3:23]
5. Warnings [5:43]
6. A Wife's Duty [6:28]
7. Starving Artists [5:23]
8. Completely Sure [1:40]
9. Legal Action [2:45]
10. Strange Chap [4:55]
11. Rape [2:57]
12. End Credits [:51]
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. Guilty Conscience [2:02]
3. I Have Left Soames [7:58]
4. Raving Lunacy [5:31]
5. Alone [5:15]
6. Change of Will [5:08]
7. No Sign of Bosinney [6:42]
8. Judgement [5:51]
9. Buy Robin Hill [2:45]
10. Dreadful News [4:09]
11. At the Morgue [2:40]
12. End Credits [:51]
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. Dreadful News [3:01]
3. You're Still My Wife [5:39]
4. Poor Woman [6:33]
5. Women These Days [4:19]
6. Irene at Robin Hill [4:02]
7. Chopin [7:43]
8. Visiting Irene [4:59]
9. Sunday Lunches [3:07]
10. Letters From Home [5:27]
11. Anticipating Irene [3:26]
12. End Credits [:52]
Side #3 -- Episodes 9-12
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. June's Departure [4:21]
3. Irene's Inheritance [2:07]
4. Helene's Illness [3:47]
5. Rumors [4:50]
6. Money Troubles [6:29]
7. Grounds for Divorce [4:03]
8. A Property in Soho [4:19]
9. Cousins [3:48]
10. Divorce Plans [10:19]
11. Nothing to Lose [4:10]
12. End Credits [:51]
1. Opening Credits [:48]
2. War With South Africa [4:03]
3. Distant Cousins [4:16]
4. Come Back With Me [4:20]
5. Up at Oxford [8:45]
6. A Small Gallery [5:42]
7. Discreet Service [2:28]
8. Dartie vs. Dartie [6:55]
9. Paris [6:11]
10. Now We're Engaged [2:50]
11. Wonderful Weeks [2:41]
12. End Credits [:52]
1. Opening Credits [:47]
2. Elderly Rapture [2:18]
3. Altruism [2:57]
4. Unlikely Soldier [4:59]
5. Tactics [6:30]
6. Confrontation [3:20]
7. Pro-People [6:16]
8. Monty's Return [7:56]
9. Let Me Go [4:51]
10. Soames Takes Steps [4:57]
11. Alive Again [4:11]
12. End Credits [:52]
1. Opening Credits [:47]
2. Parting Shots [2:39]
3. A Telegram [1:53]
4. Divorce and Marriage [5:13]
5. Awkward [3:50]
6. Proposals [7:46]
7. Passing of an Age [7:58]
8. Second Wife [3:17]
9. Expectations [4:56]
10. Dilemma [7:46]
11. Ma Petit Fleur

Menu

Side #1 -- Episodes 1-4
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Episode 1 - A Family Festival
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Episode 2 - A Family Scandal
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Episode 3 - The Pursuit of Happiness
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Episode 4 - Dinner at Swithin's
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Side #2 -- Episodes 5-8
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Episode 5 - A Man of Property
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Episode 6 - Decisions
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Episode 7 - Into the Dark
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Episode 8 - Indian Summer of a Forsyte
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Side #3 -- Episodes 9-12
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Episode 9 - In Chancery
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Episode 10 - The Challenge
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Episode 11 - In the Web
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Episode 12 - Birth of a Forsyte
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Side #4 -- Episodes 13-16
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Episode 13 - Encounter
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Episode 14 - Conflict
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Episode 15 - To Let
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Episode 16 - A Family Wedding
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Side #5 -- Episodes 17-20
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Episode 17 - The White Monkey
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Episode 18 - Afternoon of a Dryad
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Episode 19 - No Retreat
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Episode 20 - A Silent Wooing
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Side #6 -- Episodes 21-24
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Episode 21 - Action for Libel
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Episode 22 - The Silver Spoon
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Episode 23 - Strike
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Episode 24 - Afternoon at Ascot
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Side #7 -- Episodes 25-26 and Special Features
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Episode 25 - Portrait of Fleur
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Episode 26 - Swan Song
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Special Features
From the Rehearsal Room
Interviews Behind the Scenes
Soames vs. Irene
The Forsyte Phenomenon
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Outtakes
Cast Biographies
Jolyon "Jo" Forsyte
Soames Forsyte
Irene Heron
Fleur Forsyte
Michael Mont
June Forsyte
Prosper Profond
Phillip Bosinney
Aunt Ann Forsyte
Frances Forsyte
Jolyon "Jon" Forsyte
Sir Lawrence Mont
Helene Forsyte
Old Jolyon Forsyte
Aunt Hester Forsyte
Winifred Forsyte
Uncle James Forsyte
Jolyon "Jolly" Forsyte

Editorial Reviews

Long before American TV's Dallas, there was The Forsyte Saga, the British serial that took England and the world by storm in 1966-67. "Saga" is the right word for this, too, as the series is told in 26 hour-long episodes that follow the lives and loves of the moneyed Forsyte clan over more than four decades. The story begins in 1879, centering on two cousins, Soames (Eric Porter) and Jo (Kenneth More), and the feud that develops between them over the beautiful pianist Irene (Nyree Dawn Porter). The second half follows their children Fleur (Susan Hampshire) and John as the feud continues into the 1920s. The Forsyte Saga was based on a series of novels written by John Galsworthy in the early 20th century, and while Galsworthy earned a Nobel Prize in recognition of these (and other) works, they play in this adaptation as pure soap opera, and spectacularly at that. Don't expect high production values, as each episode was turned out on a two-week production schedule. Yet the characters and performances are effusively engaging, and the Victorian sensibilities of the Forsytes make for some marvelous melodrama and teapot tempests. And while the novels were written over a period of decades, seen here as a unified work they maintain a dramatic arc that carries through the entire series. According to Forsyte lore, power companies in England could mark the airing of each episode by a sharp drop in electricity usage, and on TV talk shows, experts debated the relative merits of the various protagonists. If it all sounds a little crazy, just take a look. The Saga is utterly addictive.