The Forsyte Saga
About The Forsyte Saga
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.
ITV1's The Forsyte Saga is a drama series. Damian Lewis stars as Soames Forsyte, Rupert Graves as Jolyon Forsyte Jr, Gina McKee as Irene Forsyte (née Heron), and Alistair Petrie as George Forsyte.
It ran for 2 seasons and 10 episodes between April 2002 and June 2003. That is around 5 episodes a season. The story is adapted from a novel.
Shelv files it under 20th century, 1900s, upper class, and 19th century. It streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, and PBS in the United States.
East of Eden, Lillie, and And Quiet Flows the Don make useful companions to The Forsyte Saga.