thumb|Susan Hampshire and Eric Porter in the 1967 television adaptation of 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 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.
thumb|susan hampshire and eric porter in the 1967 television adaptation of 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 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