NEW FORSYTE SAGA
ANNOUNCES CAST AT PBS MASTERPIECE
PBS Masterpiece and
Mammoth Screen have announced work on new TV series version of famous
THE FORSYTE SAGA with six episodes based on
John Galsworthy famous novel. In the story that follows a rich British family in 1880s London
Francesca Annis will play formidable Forsyte
matriarch Ann.
Stephen Moyer is Ann’s eldest son, Jolyon Senior, head of the family stockbroking firm Forsyte & Co.
Danny Griffin plays his bohemian son Jo, while
Tuppence Middleton is his status-driven wife
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Danny Griffin, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joshua Orpin will star
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Frances.
Jack Davenport plays Ann’s competitive younger son James.
Joshua Orpin stars as James’ shrewd son Soames, with
Millie Gibson as his love interest.
Tom Durant Pritchard plays Monty Dartie, James’ son-in-law.
Eleanor Tomlinson plays Louisa Byrne, a Soho dressmaker and Jo’s first love.
