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Catch up with the TV series that broke ground in Britain and U.S.(The Dallas Morning News)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20021217
Author:Sumner, Jane

Byline: Jane Sumner

Back in 1967, BBC's "The Forsyte Saga," based on John Galsworthy's epic Forsyte novels, emptied the pubs and churches on Sunday nights in Great Britain.

Shown in the United States, the seminal TV show drew a host of new fans to the then-fledgling Public Broadcasting System.

And three decades before "The Sopranos," the story of a late Victorian, fairly nouveau riche family making its emotionally rocky way into the modern age defined appointment TV.

It's estimated that the original 26-part yarn, which broke ground with both its audacity and a ...

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