The Forsytes (2026)

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2026

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Historical drama

The lives, loves, trials and triumphs of a wealthy late Victorian stockbroking family whose generations are torn between tradition and self-sacrifice versus personal happiness and the pursuit of love.

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2025– Series 1 Season 6 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, April 12 New

Season 1 • Episode 4

Jo recommits to his family; Soames and Irene's Parisian honeymoon is cut short.

Monday, April 13

Season 1 • Episode 4

Jo recommits to his family; Soames and Irene's Parisian honeymoon is cut short.

Tuesday, April 14

Season 1 • Episode 4

Jo recommits to his family; Soames and Irene's Parisian honeymoon is cut short.

Saturday, April 18

Season 1 • Episode 4

Jo recommits to his family; Soames and Irene's Parisian honeymoon is cut short.

Sunday, April 19 New

Season 1 • Episode 5

Disaster strikes at Forsyte & Co. as Soames ends Irene's Paris dreams; Louisa faces eviction.

Monday, April 20 New

Season 1 • Episode 5

Disaster strikes at Forsyte & Co. as Soames ends Irene's Paris dreams; Louisa faces eviction.

Tuesday, April 21

Season 1 • Episode 5

Disaster strikes at Forsyte & Co. as Soames ends Irene's Paris dreams; Louisa faces eviction.

Saturday, April 25

Season 1 • Episode 5

Disaster strikes at Forsyte & Co. as Soames ends Irene's Paris dreams; Louisa faces eviction.

Sunday, April 26 New

Season 1 • Episode 6

Soames commissions a country house as Jo decides his future; Ann reveals a dark secret.

Monday, April 27 New

Season 1 • Episode 6

Soames commissions a country house as Jo decides his future; Ann reveals a dark secret.

Tuesday, April 28

Season 1 • Episode 6

Soames commissions a country house as Jo decides his future; Ann reveals a dark secret.

Matt Roush

Matt Roush says...

Masterpiece returns yet again to the voluminous John Galsworthy classic known as The Forsyte Saga for a lavish period drama (set in 1877) that uses as its starting point events that predate the novels. Thus, we find younger versions of rival cousins Soames (Joshua Orpin) and Young Jolyon (Danny Griffin)—Soames being the ruthless one, Jo the would-be artist—as they conduct business while affairs of the heart threaten the composure of the wealthy banking family. (Jack Davenport and Stephen Moyer play their respective fathers, James and Jolyon Sr.) In the premiere, Young Jo has an unexpected encounter with his first love, the dressmaking widow Louisa (Eleanor Tomlinson), at his daughter June’s (Justine Moore) coming-out ball, while the stuffy Soames is smitten by the penniless Irene (Millie Gibson), whose ballet dreams will be put aside when she joins this family. As matriarch Ann (Francesca Annis) advises June, “A Forsyte is someone who knows the value of stock, and family, and repute. … Never ever fail to come up to scratch.” Downton Abbey‘s Dowager Countess would have loved Ann, and shows like Downton, Upstairs Downstairs, and even The Gilded Age owe a debt to The Forsyte Saga, whose first dramatization was one of the first British serial dramas to make a splash in the U.S. in the late 1960s.

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MASTERPIECE The Forsytes -- Episode Four Sunday, April 12 at 9/8c on PBS Jo recommits to his family, James is furious with Soames and Irene and Soames’ Parisian adventure ends early. Shown L-R: Philip (Jamie Flatters), June (Justine Moore), Frances (Tuppence Middleton), Jolyon Jr (Danny Griffin) -- For editorial use only. Photographer: Sean Gleason -- Courtesy of Mammoth Screen & MASTERPIECE
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 Episode Three Sunday, April 5 at 9/8c on PBS Jo hopes to fulfill newfound obligations while James’s attempts to sabotage him intensify. June seeks solace with Philip. Soames promises Irene a move to Paris and support for her dancing. Shown L-R: Irene (Millie Gibson) and Soames (Joshua Orpin) For editorial use only. Photographer: Sean Gleason Courtesy of Mammoth Screen & MASTERPIECE
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‘The Forsytes’: Soames Makes His Move — Against Jo and for Irene

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 MASTERPIECE The Forsytes Episode Two Sunday, March 29 at 9/8c on PBS After a family night at the opera, Jo makes a life-changing discovery, while Soames, smitten with Irene, makes a hasty decision. Shown: Frances (Tuppence Middleton) For editorial use only. Photographer: Sean Gleason Courtesy of Mammoth Screen & MASTERPIECE
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How Is ‘The Forsytes’ Different From ‘The Forsyte Saga’?

 MASTERPIECE: THE FORSYTES Episode 3 Shown L-R: Irene (Millie Gibson) and Soames (Joshua Orpin) Credit: Sean Gleason; THE FORSYTE SAGA, Eric Porter, 1967; THE FORSYTE SAGA: TO LET, (aka THE FORSYTE SAGA II), Damian Lewis, 2003, © WGBH / Courtesy:

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