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From: The Northern Echo
Date: 20020408
Author:Steve Pratt

The Forsyte Saga (ITV) NO-one would dare to accuse this new adaptation of the John Galsworthy novels of being slow-moving.

London 1874 noted the first caption. And we were off: Bournemouth, nine years later. London (again). Six months later. Two years later. All within the space of a 90-minute episode.

When someone said "The Forsytes go on forever", you couldn't help thinking that was a little optimistic. At the rate they were moving, they'd have to pause for breath at some point.

Much has been made of ITV daring to remake one of the BBC's most spectacular successes, which attracted audiences ...

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