Based on John Galsworthy’s novels known collectively as “The Forsyte Saga” and adapted to television by Debbie Horsfield, PBS Masterpiece’s latest historical drama, “The Forsytes,” is a sweeping narrative revolving around love, ambition and duty. The series is set in late 19th-century London and follows four generations of the Forsytes, who have lived and thrived as members of the nouveau riche for five decades. However, as the show begins, the family’s pristine facade is just on the verge of crumbling. Intriguing and quite soapy, “The Forsytes” is a story about expectations and the courage needed to thwart them.
The series opens at a critical point in the Forsytes’ lineage. It’s
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