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From: The Northern Echo
Date: 20030526
Author:Steve Pratt

The Forsyte Saga (ITV1) The Royal (ITV1) FROM the moment you see her, there's no doubt that Fleur Forsyte is going to be trouble. "I'm not your daughter for nothing - if I want something I generally get it," the forward little hussy told besotted father Soames Forsyte as a four-part adaptation of John Galsworthy's third book To Let got under way.

There are characters on TV you instantly like and hope all their dreams come true. Others, you feel like giving a good slap and wishing them the worst of times. Fleur falls into the latter category. "She needs someone to say no to her," an observer ...

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