The Forsytes
The Forsytes is a six-part television series adaptation of the novels by John Galsworthy. The series is led by an ensemble cast which includes Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Millie Gibson, Danny Griffin, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Moyer, Joshua Orpin and Eleanor Tomlinson. It is broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 since 20 October 2025.
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The Forsytes
The Forsytes is a six-part television series adaptation of the novels by John Galsworthy. The series is led by an ensemble cast which includes Francesca Annis, Jack Davenport, Millie Gibson, Danny Griffin, Tuppence Middleton, Stephen Moyer, Joshua Orpin and Eleanor Tomlinson. It is broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 since 20 October 2025.
The renewal for second season was announced months before the series premiered.
Premise
The Forsytes
The series is set in late-Victorian England and follows the lives of an upper-class family of stockbrokers across four separate generations.
Cast
The Forsytes
• Francesca Annis as Ann Forsyte • Fiona Button as Clarissa Heron • Jack Davenport as James Forsyte • Tom Durant-Pritchard as Monty Dartie • Jamie Flatters as Philip Bosinney • Naomi Frederick as Emily Forsyte • Millie Gibson as Irene Forsyte (née Heron) • Danny Griffin as Jolyon Forsyte • Susan Hampshire as Lady Carteret • Owen Igiehon as Isaac Cole • Eleanor Jackson as Winifred Dartie (née Forsyte) • Tuppence Middleton as Frances Forsyte • Justine Moore as June Forsyte • Stephen Moyer as Jolyon Forsyte Snr. • Joshua Orpin as Soames Forsyte • Sharon Rose as Alicia Cole • Josette Simon as Mrs Ellen Parker Barrington • Tristan Sturrock as Professor Heron • Eleanor Tomlinson as Louisa Byrne
Production
The Forsytes
The six-part adaptation is written by Debbie Horsfield with Meenu Gaur and Annetta Laufer both directing episodes. Sheena Bucktowonsing and Debbie Horsfield, Meenu Gaur, Damien Timmer and Susanne Simpson are executive producers. It is the third television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga novels by John Galsworthy, after a version which aired in 1967 on the BBC and a second 35 years later that aired on ITV.
An ensemble cast includes Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Davenport, Millie Gibson, Stephen Moyer, Joshua Orpin, Tuppence Middleton, Francesca Annis, Jamie Flatters and Susan Hampshire. Hampshire, who starred as Fleur Forsyte in the original 1960s series, will play dowager Lady Carteret. More casting, including Fiona Button and Naomi Frederick, was announced in June 2024.
Filming started in Bristol in May 2024, with filming locations including Christmas Steps, Bristol. Filming was also scheduled to take place in Wales and Italy.
Filming of the second season also started in Bristol in June 2025.
Broadcast
The Forsytes
It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 on 20 October 2025. In the United States, the series premiered on 22 March 2026 on the drama anthology series Masterpiece on PBS.