The Forsyte Saga - BBC TV Series - 1967 - The First 10 Episodes.

The Forsyte Saga' was a landmark in the history of television, not just in the UK, but globally. It was apparently the first miniseries to be produced anywhere. It was produced in part to start up the BBC's highbrow BBC2 channel. It was the BBC's most ambitious and expensive series up to that time. It was also the BBC's last major production in black and white, although plenty of color publicity stills were shot for it and BBC2 was intended to inaugurate color television in Britain. The series was originally aired in early 1967 on BBC2, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of author John Galsworthy's birth. It was so popular that it was quickly repeated on the more popular BBC1 channel. The series' popularity was phenomenal. The entire country seemed to rearrange its collective schedule around the show and the streets were empty when it was on.

The Forsyte Saga' had a profound influence on the careers of its cast. It greatly boosted the fortunes of Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, and Margaret Tyzack, made Susan Hampshire the uncrowned queen of BBC2, and gave Michael York and Martin Jarvis their big breaks. The series gave Kenneth More his best role during the long and inexplicable twilight of his career. On the other hand, June Barry, Dalia Penn, and Nicholas Pennell all had prominent parts in the series, but were little seen in subsequent years.

Watch this original b/w 1967 British version of The Forsyte Saga instead of the 2002 mini-series. You cannot compare the two; the modern version has terrible casting, lacks charm, and has a terrible script. The actors in that version try but do not reflect the authenticity of the characters in this Galsworthy classic. A total of 26 episodes that will be posted here on this blog with the links to YouTube, with English subtitles available.

I will post the fist ten episodes now and the others to follow.

The links are below:

Episode 1: https://youtu.be/r4tBC1CTXvw

Episode 2: https://youtu.be/JwrjA68FG4s

Episode 3: https://youtu.be/jQvm92BtoCs

Episode 4: https://youtu.be/-NzsZFwwASo

Episode 5: https://youtu.be/uE2iqXVtoUU

Epsiode 6: https://youtu.be/4Yu-QjFwPdw

Episode 7: https://youtu.be/IE2zbOI6Axs

Episode 8: https://youtu.be/CNqwHV-MbLU

Episode 9: https://youtu.be/T6jAYro4_ww

Episode 10: https://youtu.be/T6jAYro4_ww

Série épica que narra a saga de uma família de classe média inglesa ao longo de três gerações, sendo carregada de suspense, drama e paixão. Baseada na obra do Nobel da literatura, John Galsworthy.