The Forsyte Saga
Separate sections of the saga, as well as the lengthy story in its entirety, have been adapted for cinema and television. "The Man of Property", the first book, was adapted in 1949 by Hollywood as "That Forsyte Woman", starring Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Robert Young. In 1967, the BBC produced a popular 26-part serial that dramatised "The Forsyte Saga" and a subsequent trilogy concerning the Forsytes, "A Modern Comedy". In 2002 Granada Television produced two series for the ITV network: "The Forsyte Saga" and "". Both made runs in the U.S. as parts of "Masterpiece Theatre". In 2003, "The Forsyte Saga" was listed as #123 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".