The Forsyte saga [videorecording] :the complete series / producer, Donald Wilson ; BBC.
Contributor(s): More, Kenneth | Porter, Eric | Porter, Nyree Dawn | Hampshire, Susan | Pennell, Nicholas | Wilson, Donald | Giles, David | Cox, Constance | Craig, Lawrie | Tilsley, Vincent | Jones, James Cellan | Steven, Anthony | Galsworthy, John. Forsyte saga | BBC Video (Firm) | Warner Home Video (Firm) | British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Visual materialPublisher: Burbank, CA : BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2002, c1967Edition: Standard format.Description: 7 videodiscs (ca. 1300 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0790773422.Subject(s): Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) -- Drama | Middle class families -- Great Britain -- Drama | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction | Middle class families -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Forsyte family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction | Middle class -- Great Britain -- Fiction | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | Closed caption video recordingsGenre/Form: Love stories. | Melodrama. | Television adaptations. | DVD-Video discs.DDC classification: [Fic] | 823/.912 DVD.
Closed-captioned.
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Kenneth More (1-15), Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter (2-15, 20, 23-26), Susan Hampshire (13-26), Nicholas Pennell (16-26).
Film cameraman, Ken Westbury (1-9, 11-12, 16), Tony Leggo (13-15, 20-21) ; film editor, Peter Pierce (1-9), Larry Toft (10, 13-14), David Taylor (11-12, 15-16), Ronald Bowman (19), Geoffrey Fry (20-21) ; music, Marcus Dods.
Based on the books by John Galsworthy.
Originally produced as episodes of the television program The Forsyte saga in 1967.
Disc 7 includes two production featurettes, Soames vs. Irene featurette, The Forsyte phenomenon featurette, deleted and alternate scenes, outtakes, and cast biographical notes.
The Forsytes, an upper-middle-class British family, are caught between the conflicting demands of their own passions and the strict social and moral codes of the Victorian Era in this multigenerational family drama.
disc 1. episode 1. Family festival / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- episode 2. Family scandal / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- episode 3. Pursuit of happiness / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- episode 4. Dinner at Swithins / dramatised by Constance Cox ; directed by David Giles -- disc 2. episode 5. Man of property / dramatised by Constance Cox ; directed by David Giles --
episode 6. Decisions / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- episode 7. Into the dark / dramatised by Constance Cox ; directed by David Giles -- episode 8. Indian summer of a Forsyte / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- disc 3. episode 9. In chancery / dramatised by Lawrie Craig ; directed by David Giles -- episode 10. Challenge / dramatised by Lawrie Craig ; directed by David Giles -- episode 11. In the web / dramatised by Lawrie Craig ; directed by David Giles --
episode 12. Birth of a Forsyte / dramatised by Lawrie Craig ; directed by David Giles -- disc 4. episode 13. Encounter / dramatised by Vincent Tilsley ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- episode 14. Conflict / dramatised by Vincent Tilsley ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- episode 15. To let / dramatised by Vincent Tilsley ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- episode 16. Family wedding / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by James Cellan Jones --
disc 5. episode 17. White monkey / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- episode 18. Afternoon of a dryad / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- episode 19. No retreat / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- episode 20. Silent wooing / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by James Cellan Jones -- disc 6. episode 21. Action for libel / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by David Giles --
episode 22. Silver spoon / dramatised by Anthony Steven ; directed by David Giles -- episode 23. Strike / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- episode 24. Afternoon at Ascot / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- disc 7. episode 25. Portrait of Fleur / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles -- episode 26. Swan song / dramatised by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles.
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