The Forsyte Saga - Season 1

First aired: 4/7/2002 6 episodes

Adapted from The Man of Property (1906), the interlude "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" (1918), and the novel In Chancery (1920).

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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 4/7/2002

Emotionally aloof Soames Forsyte, a well-to-do solicitor, becomes enamoured at first sight of Irene Heron, but she declines his marriage proposal,

2. Episode 2

Aired: 4/14/2002

Irene consents to marry Soames on the proviso that he will make her happy. When it is apparent that she is not, he hires Phillip Bisonney to design them a unique country house.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 4/21/2002

Realising he has lost Irene, a vengeful Soames sets out to ruin Bosinney's architectural career by charging him with mismanagement.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 4/28/2002

Soames forces himself on Irene just before his lawsuit with Bossiney comes to court, with tragic consequences.

5. Episode 5

Aired: 5/5/2002

Many years have passed since Irene left, and Soames has now decided that he wants a divorce. He's met attractive young Annette Lamotte, who, with her mother, runs a restaurant in Soho. Soames calls on Young Jolyon, trustee of the legacy his father left Irene, to ask if she can provide him with grounds for divorce.

6. Episode 6

Aired: 5/12/2002

Soames sends Jolyon to Irene in order to secure a divorce so he can remarry a French girl, but the cousins have a falling out.