The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)

The Forsyte Saga
Genre	Drama
Created by	John Galsworthy
Written by	Donald Wilson Anthony Steven Constance Cox Lawrie Craig Vincent Tilsley
Directed by	David Giles James Cellan Jones
Starring	Kenneth More Eric Porter Nyree Dawn Porter Joseph O'Conor Susan Hampshire Nicholas Pennell
Theme music composer	Eric Coates
Opening theme	'Halcyon Days' from The Three Elizabeths
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	Donald Wilson
Production companies	BBC Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	7 January (1967-01-07) – 1 July 1967 (1967-07-01)
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The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene.^[1]

It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive the channel. It was therefore the Sunday night repeat run on BBC1, starting on 8 September 1968, that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969.^[1]

It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.^[1][2]