About
The Forsyte Saga is a British-American drama television serial based on John Galsworthy's novel series of the same name. Taking place from the 1870s to the 1920s, three generations of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family are explored.
Cast
Damian Lewis
as Soames Forsyte
Rupert Graves
as Jolyon Forsyte Jr
Gina McKee
as Irene Forsyte (née Heron)
Alistair Petrie
as George Forsyte
Gillian Kearney
as June Forsyte
Amanda Root
as Winifred Dartie
Ben Miles
as Montague Dartie
Julian Ovenden
as Val Dartie
Amanda Ryan
as Holly Dartie (née Forsyte)
Beatriz Batarda
as Annette Forsyte (née Lamotte)
Oliver Milburn
as Michael Mont
Emma Griffiths Malin
as Fleur Mont (née Forsyte)
Lee Williams
as Jon Forsyte
Michael Maloney
as Prosper Profond
Episodes
Series 1
Episode 1
Emotionally aloof Soames Forsyte, a well-to-do solicitor, becomes enamoured at first sight of Irene Heron, but she declines his marriage proposal,
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
Realising he has lost Irene, a vengeful Soames sets out to ruin Bosinney's architectural career by charging him with mismanagement.
Episode 4
Soames forces himself on Irene just before his lawsuit with Bossiney comes to court, with tragic consequences.
Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
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.
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