War with Iraq and problems in other potential hot spots loom, the economy is depressing, the stock market woeful. With 2002 a throbbing ache, escape to the past is especially seductive. So right on ...

"I've just binged [it] for the first time. How had I never come across this before? Absolutely heartwrenching throughout." ...

NEW YORK — For many viewers, just the mention of "The Forsyte Saga" triggers images of a bygone age. It was an era of quaint customs and curious wardrobes, hardly understandable to us now — but so ...

If you’re among those who assume you’ve missed the pinnacle of television by failing to sign up for HBO, take heart. Even if you’ve declined the myriad channels of basic cable and have left your TV ...

MASTERPIECE THEATRE: THE FORSYTE SAGA. Sunday nights at 9, PBS (WNET/Ch. 13). 4 Stars. The last time television presented a long-form adaptation of John Galsworthy’s “The Forsyte Saga” novels, the ...

Period drama lovers can sink their teeth into another five-star rated show based on a series of novels by the same name. The Forsyte Saga follows the lives of three generations of an ...

“The Forsyte Saga,” originally a trilogy of novels by John Galsworthy, has translated well into other media. There have been three films, several radio plays and two successful television productions.

When the original "Forsyte Saga" aired on PBS in 1969, it was something of a phenom, helping to set the standard for miniseries and establishing the benchmark for the Masterpiece Theater skein. This ...

An uncommonly satisfying, lavish literary soap opera, “The Forsyte Saga” is a ratings winner for public television — twice. Its initial black-and-white, 26-episode run in 1969 helped introduce ...