FORSYTE SAGA, THE {PART 2 OF 26}: A FAMILY SCANDAL (TV)
Summary
Part two of twenty-six adapted from a series of novels written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy. The series depicts the lives and loves of several generations of an upper middle-class British family from 1879 to 1926, revolving around two cousins, Jo and Soames Forsyte. In this episode, Soames meets and becomes enamored of Irene; Winifred returns from her honeymoon and announces that she is pregnant; and Jolyon disowns his son, Jo, because of his extramarital affair with a young governess, Helene.
The program is followed by an installment of "Behind the Scenes," a series of conversations with James Day, president of NET, and those associated with "The Forsyte Saga." In this installment, Day talks with Kenneth More, who plays Jo.
(This series first aired on 126 public broadcast stations in the U.S. from October 1969 to March 1970, and its immense popularity led to the creation of "Masterpiece Theatre" in 1971.)
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
- DATE: October 12, 1969 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:06
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T87:0126
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Literature - Adaptations; Families
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1969-1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Donald Wilson … Producer, Writer, Dramatised by
- David Giles … Director
- John Galsworthy … Writer, Based on the novels by
- Marcus Dods … Composer
- Tom McCall … Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Kenneth More … Cast, Jo Forsyte
- Susan Pennick … Cast, June
- Ursula Howells … Cast, Frances
- Eric Porter … Cast, Soames Forsyte
- de la Motte, Mischa … Cast, Warmson
- John Barcroft … Cast, George
- Fanny Rowe … Cast, Emily
- Joseph O'Conor … Cast, Jolyon
- Lana Morris … Cast, Helene
- Clifford Parrish … Cast, Gradman
- John Welsh … Cast, James
- Deddie Davies … Cast, Millie
- Jenny Laird … Cast, Mrs. Heron
- Nyree Dawn Porter … Cast, Irene
- Campbell Singer … Cast, Lomax
- Fay Compton … Cast, Aunt Ann
- Nora Nicholson … Cast, Aunt Juley
- Nora Swinburne … Cast, Aunt Hester
- Terence Alexander … Cast, Monty
- Margaret Tyzack … Cast, Winifred
- James Day