The Forsytes began broadcast today on BBC Radio 4, and if you missed the 90 minute opening episode, it is available to catch up on BBC iPlayer. Radio 4 plan a 2 year dramatisation of all 9 books by John Galworthy, and there are 7 episodes recorded so far, which will continue broadcast daily next week. Check out the timings on the BBC website for the show.  

John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga — nine books in all, spanning the years 1886 to 1936 — begins a two-year dramatisation on Radio 4, with former Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine as the narrator. It begins with a two-part, 90-minute Saturday drama, and five 15-minute weekly slots.

The cast, writer, composer and producers are all to be congratulated for delivering a hard-hitting, emotionally devastating but entirely compelling piece of radio theatre. Radio Times