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With an Early Season 3 Renewal, PBS Is Betting Big on 'The Forsytes'
Get ready to spend a lot of time with this sprawling nineteenth-century family.
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'The Forsytes' Trailer Promises a Sprawling Tale of Family, Ambition & Love
Masterpiece has released the trailer for its forthcoming new adaptation, The Forsytes, which aims to update the classic story of The Forsyte Saga for a new generation. John Galsworthy's Nobel Prize-winning book series has already been adapted for television twice, both of which are still generally considered to
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'Outlander' Star Joins 'The Forsytes' as Season 2 Filming Begins
Masterpiece has confirmed that its forthcoming period drama The Forsytes will be sticking around for a while. Though this new adaptation of John Galsworthy's Nobel Prize-winning book series The Forsyte Saga has yet to premiere on either side of the pond — and won't for a few
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'The Forsytes' Officially Rechristened with Season 2 Commission
Coverage of the Channel 5 rebrand rollout on March 12, 2025, focused heavily on the U.K. network's original offerings like The Madame Blanc Mysteries and the mass import of Paramount+ series that the streaming service is picking up along with the merging of linear Channel 5 and
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The 'Showtrial' Season 2 Trailer Deals Head On With Police Violence
One of the BBC's more surprising hits during the lockdown era was Showtrial, a five-episode series that, while not particularly subtle in its themes, was a propulsively watchable legal drama, diving into the kind of case that gets called "Trial of the Century," even when there
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Masterpiece Completes Its Sprawling 'The Forsyte Saga' Cast
Though many of us may poke gentle fun at shows like HBO's The Gilded Age for their constantly expanding cast rosters the truth is that part of the appeal of period drama, as a genre, is its expansive sense of scope. From recreating the technical details of specific
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The First Look at 'The Forsyte Saga' Sees 'Doctor Who' Companion Millie Gibson Step Back In Time
Period dramas can run the gamut when it comes to scope, tone, and subject. However, there are a handful that are continually held up as examples of the best of what the genre can be and do: Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth'
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'Showtrial' Season 2 Releases First Images of New Case
Showtrial made a huge splash when it debuted in the fall of 2021 on the BBC. The five-part series had a relatively simple premise: every few years, a new "Crime of the Century" grips the nation, so instead of waiting for the next major trial to hit the
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'The Forsyte Saga' Remake Cast Revealed with Francesca Annis & Millie Gibson
The first signs of a new remake of The Forsyte Saga appeared on production listings at the beginning of April 2024. While there had been rumors before about the series returning to television, the pre-production announcements were the first sign the project was getting off the ground, with Mammoth Productions
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What to Watch Now 'World on Fire' Season 2 is Finished
If you're hungry for more stories and information from the World on Fire series, look no further. From Polish resistance to British women's changing roles, and the role of soldiers from the British Empire, there is lots to explore, and there are aspects of wartime life
Actors and Actresses
In Memoriam: Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon, born into a working-class family in Cabra, a suburb of Dublin, did not seem destined for an acting career. He left school at 15 to become an apprentice with an engineering company. His first contact with the theater was when his father, a communist sympathizer, told him to
Mystery
'Flesh & Blood' Finale Recap
After a year of nearly all-male all-procedural mysteries on PBS, Flesh and Blood has felt like a breath of fresh air. As viewers round into the finale, we still don't know who to suspect or who the victim is. But, as one might imagine, after sitting with Mary,