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The Forsyte Saga

Title
- Forsyte Saga
Attribution
British Broadcasting Corporation ; Turner Entertainment Co. ; an AOL Time Warner Company ; produced and dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles and James Cellan Jones
Publication Details
Video, BBC Video, 2002
Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) PR6013.A5 F672 2002 AVAILABLE
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Notes
- Videodisc recording of a program produced in 1967
- "The complete series"–Container
- Duration: discs 1-6 each ca. 200 min. ; disc 7 ca. 100 min. ; bonus features on disc 7 ca. 2 hr
- Bonus features over 2 hours: from the rehearsal room ; interviews behind the scenes ; Soames vs. Irene ; the Forsyte phenomenon ; deleted and alternate scenes ; outtakes ; cast bios
- Written by Donald Wilson, Constance Cox, Laurie Craig, Vincent Tilsley and Anthony Steven
- Kenneth More, Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, Joseph O’Conor
- BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy’s work, chronicling nearly 50 turbulent years of a wealthy English family
- Not rated
- DVD
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Contents
- disc 1. episodes 1-4. A family festival ; A family scandal ; The pursuit of happinesss ; Dinner at Swithin’s
- disc 2. episodes 5-8. A man of property ; Decisions ; Into the dark ; Indian summer of a Forsyte
- disc 3 episodes 9-12. In Chancery ; The challenge ; In the web ; Bith of a Forsyte
- disc 4 episodes 13-16. Encounter ; Conflict ; To let ; A family wedding
- disc 5. episodes 17-20. The white monkey ; Afternoon of a Dryad ; No retreat ; A silent wooing
- disc 6. episode 21-24. Action for Libel ; The silver spoon ; Strike ; Afternoon at Ascot
- disc 7. episodes 25-26. Portrait of Fleur ; Swan song ; Bonus features
ISBN
- 0790773422