THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 1

THE FORSYTE SAGA: A BBC RADIO 4 FULL-CAST DRAMATISATION

An epic BBC radio adaptation of John Galsworthy's complete Forsyte Chronicles, narrated by Dirk Bogarde and with an all-star cast. First broadcast in 1990, this monumental adaptation of John Galsworthy's Nobel Prize-winning novel series was a radio event. It was the most expensive drama serial ever produced, featured one of the biggest, most star-studded casts and dominated the Radio 4 schedules for over 5 months, attracting over a million listeners each week.Comprising all nine books in Galsworthy's Forsyte Chronicles, it spans 50 years - from 1886 to 1936 - and tells the irresistible story of an upper-class dynasty torn apart by a terrible feud.

THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 2

Book 2 of the Forsyte Saga: Includes 'In Chancery' & 'Interlude: Awakening'. The saga of the Forsyte family continues with the long running feud between Soames and his cousin 'Young' Jolyon. A new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions.

THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 3

Book 3 of the Forsyte Saga: Contains 'To Let'. The Cherrell sons have left their home of Condaford Grange to serve the state as soldiers, clergymen and administrators, but the 1930s bring uncertainty in a world of rapidly altering morals and unemployment.

THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 4

Book 4 of 'The Forsyte Saga: A Modern Comedy'. Contains 'The White Monkey'. A new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions.

THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 7

Book 1 of The Forsyte Saga: The Final Chapter. 'Maid In Waiting'. The story continues of the lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths of the fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians, the Forsytes.

THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 8

Book 2 of The Forsyte Saga: The Final Chapter. 'Flowering Wilderness'. This volume of the saga concerns the cousins of the younger Forsytes, the Cherrells. The story tells of the unconventional Wilfrid Desert, a Great War veteran and poet who renounced Christianity for Islam at pistol point, and his adoring fiancée, Dinny Cherrell, who was prepared to defy her world's moral code for him.

THE FORSYTE SAGA: VOLUME 9

Book 3 of The Forsyte Saga: The Final Chapter. 'Over The River'. Clare Cherrell has come home, fleeing the clutches of her violent husband, and sets about fighting him in bitter divorce proceedings. Dinny supports her sister, but she has her own heartache to conquer, which threatens to embitter her life for ever. Will the sisters make it safely over the river, or is the stream of painful memories destined to engulf their future?