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==Adaptations==<!-- This section is linked from [[Arley Hall]]. See [[WP:MOS#Section management]] -->

===Twentieth century===

====Silent films====
The book was filmed in 1920{{cn|date=September 2024}} and 1922.{{cn|date=September 2024}} There was also a silent film adaptation of ''[[The White Monkey]]'' (1925).

====1949 movie====
A 1949 adaptation, called ''[[That Forsyte Woman]]'' in its United States release, starred [[Errol Flynn]] as Soames, [[Greer Garson]] as Irene, [[Walter Pidgeon]] as Young Jolyon, and [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] as Philip Bosinney.

====1967 serial====
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[[File:The Forsyte Saga.jpg|thumb|[[Susan Hampshire]] and [[Eric Porter]] in the 1967 television adaptation of ''[[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)|The Forsyte Saga]]''.]]
A television adaptation by the BBC of ''The Forsyte Saga'', and its sequel trilogy ''[[A Modern Comedy]]'', starred [[Eric Porter]] as Soames, [[Joseph O'Conor]] as Old Jolyon, [[Susan Hampshire]] as Fleur, [[Kenneth More]] as Young Jolyon and [[Nyree Dawn Porter]] as Irene. It was produced by [[Donald Wilson (writer and producer)|Donald Wilson]] and was shown in 26 episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2. It was the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success, with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first British television programme to be sold to the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/forsytesaga/forsytesaga.htm|title=The Museum of Broadcast Communications – Encyclopedia of Television|work=museum.tv|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

==== Radio adaptations ====
There have been various BBC radio dramatisations. The first was probably a radio production of ''The Man of Property''  in 11 weekly parts commencing 9 December 1945 on the BBC Home Service. The music used as the opening and closing theme came from [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''[[Enigma Variations]]'', specifically the ''[[Enigma Variations#Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod"|Nimrod]]'' variation. This adaptation starred Leo Genn as Jo, Grizelda Hervey as Irene and Ronald Simpson as Soames.  It was adapted by Muriel Levy and produced by [[Val Gielgud]] and Felix Felton. Young Jolyons in later adaptations included [[Andrew Cruickshank]], [[Leo Genn]] and [[Guy Rolfe]]. Another production of the dramatised cycle, which had [[Rachel Gurney]] as Irene, [[Noel Johnson]] as Young Jolyon and [[Alan Wheatley]] as Soames, came soon after the 1967 television series. The version broadcast in 1990 comprised a 75-minute opening episode followed by 22 hour-long episodes, entitled ''The Forsyte Chronicles''. It was the most expensive radio drama serial ever broadcast, due to its length and its big-name cast, which included [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Diana Quick]], [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]] and [[Alan Howard (actor)|Alan Howard]]. This radio series was rerun on [[BBC 7]] radio in 2004, and has been released commercially.

In January 2016, [[BBC Radio 4]] began broadcasting a new radio adaptation by [[Shaun McKenna]] and Lin Coghlan under the title ''The Forsytes'', scheduled to continue until late 2017. The cast was led by [[Joseph Millson]] as Soames, [[Jessica Raine]] as Fleur, [[Juliet Aubrey]] as Irene, Harry Haddon Paton as Bosinney and Ewan Bailey as Young Jolyon.  It was directed by Marion Nancarrow and Gemma Jenkins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078j2pf|title=John Galsworthy – The Forsyte Saga |publisher=BBC Radio 4}}</ref>

===Twenty-first century===

====''The Forsyte Saga'' (2002)====
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In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude were adapted by [[Granada Television]] for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network, although, like the 1967 production, [[The Forsyte Saga (TV miniseries)|the miniseries]] took many liberties with Galsworthy's original work. Additional funding for this production was provided by American [[PBS]] station [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]], the BBC version having been a success on PBS in the early 1970s.

====''The Forsyte Saga: To Let'' (2003 serial)====
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Immediately following the success of the 2002 adaptation, a second series was released in 2003. It portrays the saga's last book ''To Let''. Much of the cast resumed their roles, but most of the first generation of Forsytes had died in the previous series. The principal characters played by [[Damian Lewis]], [[Gina McKee]], [[Rupert Graves]], and [[Amanda Root]] return. It has also been released on DVD.

====''The Forsyte Saga: Parts 1 & 2'' (2024 stage play)====
An adaptation of the ''Forsyte Saga'' for stage will be premiering at London's Park Theatre in October 2024, bringing unheard female voices to the fore. The two parts were adapted for stage by Shaun Mckenna and Lin Coghlan, starring Fiona Hampton, [[Joseph Millson]], and [[Flora Spencer-Longhurst]].