Airdate: The Forsytes | TV Tonight
Get out your stiff collar shirts and parasols for a new period drama that has just premiered in Britain. No social distancing in those days.
The six-part UK period drama The Forsytes premieres this Sunday on ABC. Inspired by John Galsworthy’s Forsyte Saga novels, The Forsytes follows the lives, loves, trials, and triumphs of a wealthy late Victorian stockbroking family. Their story explores the tensions between tradition and self-sacrifice versus personal happiness and the quest for love.
Cast
- Francesca Annis
- Fiona Button
- Jack Davenport
- Tom Durant-Pritchard
- Stephen Moyer
- Millie Gibson
- Joshua Orpin
The series debuted in the UK in October.
Episode 1 Overview
Cousins Jolyon and Soames Forsyte, rival heirs to the family firm, experience chance encounters that trigger events threatening their lives and family reputation. Married Jolyon reconnects with a former lover, while bachelor Soames falls for a penniless dancer. Both face the difficult choice: uphold duty or follow the heart.
“Each is faced with an impossible dilemma: do your duty or follow your heart.”
Watch at 8:50pm Sunday, November 9 on ABC.
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Author’s summary
This richly woven period drama captures the Forsyte family’s struggle between social expectations and personal desires in Victorian England.