Forsytesagan
(1967)
Originaltitel: The Forsyte Saga
Release: 1967-01-01
TV-bolag: BBC Two
Längd per avsnitt: 60 min min
Status: AVSLUTAD
Welcome to The Forsyte Saga (1967) guide at TV Tome. The Forsyte Saga so captured the imagination of end of the decade TV viewers that it inspired what is today known as the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to create a series called Masterpiece Theater. Originally broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1967, the Forsyte Saga crossed the pond in 1969, airing on Sunday nights. It not only inaugurated the arrival of the British drama to the US but also the dramatic form of the mini-series.... (TheTVDB)
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A Family Festival
1967-01-07
A Family Festival
1967-01-07
The elder generation of Forsytes gather at Uncle Timothys to exchange gossip about two of the younger members of the family: Jamess daughter Winifred is engaged to the charming but financially questionable Montague Dartie, while Jolyons married son, Jo, commits adultery with the Austrian governess,...
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A Family Scandal
1967-01-14
A Family Scandal
1967-01-14
Young Jo’s decision to divorce his wife to live with Helene and their child shocks the family, and causes Old Jo to adjust his will in favor of his granddaughter June. Elsewhere, stuffy lawyer Soames Forsyte is enchanted with young but penniless Irene Herrin, whose ethereal beauty will be the...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
1967-01-21
The Pursuit of...
1967-01-21
Two sons are born. Winifred and her profligate husband Monty must appeal to her father James to ease Monty’s debts, as Winifred gives birth to her son, Val. The accidental death of Young Jo’s first wife allows Jo and Helene to legally marry. Helene gives birth to the third generation of Jolyon...
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Dinner at Swithin's
1967-01-28
Dinner at Swithin's
1967-01-28
Several years have passed, and the family is abuzz over the engagement of young June Forsyte to bohemian architect Phillip Bosinney. June’s best friend and confidante, Irene, endures an icy marriage to Soames, but sexual sparks fly when she and Bosinney meet. In the poorer part of town,...
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A Man of Property
1967-02-04
A Man of Property
1967-02-04
Winifred’s spendthrift husband Monty continues to rack up debts, while Soames has bigger marital problems. Attempting to improve his disastrous marriage, Soames engages Bosinney to build a mansion for Irene at Robin Hill, a country estate far removed from London. June suspects what Soames does...
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Decisions
1967-02-11
Decisions
1967-02-11
As the affair between Irene and Bosinney becomes more and more public, Soames threatens legal action against the architect regarding cost overruns at Robin Hill. June hides her confusion with stubborn allegiance to Bosinney, while, enraged and frustrated, Soames violently asserts his marital rights.
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Into the Dark
1967-02-18
Into the Dark
1967-02-18
A thick fog envelops London, masking tragedy. Irene waits to run away with Bosinney, who is driven to distraction when hearing the news of Irenes rape. The next day, the Forsyte men gather en masse to support Soames, as the case of Forsyte vs. Bosinney is heard in court. The defendant is nowhere to...
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Indian Summer of a Forsyte
1967-02-25
Indian Summer of a...
1967-02-25
Distraught, destitute, and alone, Irene returns to Soames for one last night, then deserts him for good. Four years later, Jolyon and his family have settled into the house at Robin Hill. While the others are in Spain, Old Jo comes upon a melancholy Irene, sitting in the copse and remembering her...
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In Chancery
1967-03-04
In Chancery
1967-03-04
Eight more years pass, during which Helene dies and June, now financially independent, strikes out on her own. Monty continues his profligate ways, stealing Winifred’s pearls and sailing for Buenos Aires with a Brazilian dancer. On the advice of her brother Soames, Winifred begins divorce...
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The Challenge
1967-03-11
The Challenge
1967-03-11
The South African Boer War creates anxiety for James, while Winifred and Soames attempt to extricate themselves from their marriages. Soames hires a private investigator to follow Irene, in hopes of gathering evidence for a divorce. Irene flees to Paris, where Jo joins her and begins to fall in...
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In the Web
1967-03-18
In the Web
1967-03-18
Investigators shadowing Irene in Paris detect her growing affection for Jo, and gather enough evidence to proceed with Soames’s divorce. Val and Holly secretly become engaged, while Monty returns from Argentina, burnt out and broken. Against family advice, Winifred takes her wayward husband back....
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Birth of a Forsyte
1967-02-25
Birth of a Forsyte
1967-02-25
Queen Victoria’s isn’t the only death in this episode which also includes births, marriages, and divorce. Young Jolly dies in South Africa, while his sister Holly and Val Dartie marry and decide to remain there. Soames’s divorce is granted, uncontested, and he hurries to marry Annette and...
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Encounter
1967-04-01
Encounter
1967-04-01
Twenty years have past (WWI slips by here) as the third generation of Forsytes takes center stage. Jon has grown into an earnest and naive young man who decides to train as a farmer at Holly and Val’s horse farm in Surrey. Fleur has become an impetuous, beautiful, thoroughly spoiled young woman....
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Conflict
1967-04-08
Conflict
1967-04-08
The elder Forsytes continue to hide the details of the family feud from Jon and Fleur. Michael Mont, the perky son of a baronet, courts Fleur and gains the respect of Soames, while Jo hides his ill health from Irene. Belgian profligate Profond discovers the truth behind the feud, courtesy of...
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To Let
1967-04-15
To Let
1967-04-15
The annual cricket match between Eton and Harrow facilitates awkward encounters. Fleur scrambles to get Jon to the altar before he learns the truth behind the family feud. Before he dies, Jo finally tells Jon the entire story of his mother’s first marriage, her adultery, and her rape. Jon chooses...
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A Family Wedding
1967-04-22
A Family Wedding
1967-04-22
Jon and Irene relocate to Canada. On the rebound, Fleur marries Michael Mont, who assumes narration of the series. Two years and more pass, during which a new cast of characters arrives on the scene. Michael’s father Sir Lawrence (“Bart”) invites Soames to join the board of directors of an...
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The White Monkey
1967-04-29
The White Monkey
1967-04-29
Wilfred confesses his love of Fleur to Michael, as Soames lobbies for a grandchild. The board of directors is slow to act, while Elderson’s subordinate Butterfield confirms Soames’s suspicions. Without her husband’s knowledge, Victorine Bicket agrees to pose nude for artist Aubrey Greene.
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Afternoon of a Dryad
1967-03-06
Afternoon of a Dryad
1967-03-06
As Michael is tortured by the thought that Fleur may be interested in Wilfred, he encounters June, who lets slip some family history: Fleur was on the rebound from her first great love when she married Michael. All negative thoughts are buried, however, when at long last, Fleur becomes pregnant....
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No Retreat
1967-05-13
No Retreat
1967-05-13
Both Michael and Tony address issues of trust in their marriages. The Bickets leave the squalor of their London slum in favor of a new life in Australia. Elderson admits his larceny, then flees the country, leaving Soames and Bart facing charges at a contentious stock holders’ meeting. Holly...
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A Silent Wooing
1967-05-20
A Silent Wooing
1967-05-20
The scene shifts briefly to the Carolinas, where Jon and Irene are guests of young Ann Wilmot and her brother Francis. A gentle romance blooms, and Jon marries Ann. Back in London, Michael is now a member of Parliament and is anxious to advance a new social program called Fogartism. Fleur busies...
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Action for Libel
1967-05-27
Action for Libel
1967-05-27
Marjorie Ferrar’s threats of libel action against Fleur are meant to extract money and a public apology, but Soames contrives to turn the tables and prove Marjorie guilty of immorality. American Francis Wilmot is torn between loyalty to Fleur and infatuation with Marjorie, who strings him along...
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The Silver Spoon
1967-06-03
The Silver Spoon
1967-06-03
Michael and Fleur drift further apart as last ditch efforts to settle the libel case fail, and Ferrar vs. Mont is heard in court. The episode is dominated by the bruising cross-examination of Marjorie by Fleur’s attorney, who reveals the plaintiff’s true views on morality, views secretly shared...
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Strike
1967-06-10
Strike
1967-06-10
Social fallout from the Ferrar case drives Fleur and Soames on a trip around the world. Michael joins them in Washington, DC, at the very moment when Irene, Jon, and Ann arrive. Soames narrowly averts a close encounter. Back in England, the General Strike of 1926 creates challenges and...
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Afternoon at Ascot
1967-06-17
Afternoon at Ascot
1967-06-17
June lobbies for Soames to commission a portrait of Fleur. Michael buries himself in social work, but cannot mask his anxiety regarding his marriage. Likewise, Ann fears she is no match for Jon’s first true love, Fleur. Stainford appears at Val’s, asking for a hand-out, and is seen lurking...
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Portrait of Fleur
1967-06-24
Portrait of Fleur
1967-06-24
This moody episode illuminates Fleur’s restlessness, and Soames’s feelings of mortality. Looking toward the future, Soames installs young Butterfield in his law office to oversee Forsyte affairs, and alerts Fleur where he wishes to be buried. June’s current protege finishes a portrait of Ann,...
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Swan Song
1967-07-01
Swan Song
1967-07-01
The final episode of the series begins with an adulterous consummation, and ends in death. Jon succumbs to Fleurs seduction and immediately regrets his infidelity to his wife, Ann. Its apparent that Fleur will never give up, so Irene intercepts her at Junes studio. Giving her a look at what the...
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