Masterpiece Theater

The coming of age story chronicle of a Puerto Rican girl in early 1960's New York.

Behold the Forsytes!

Irene and architect Philip Bosinney only have eyes for each other, and Bosinney's heartborken fiancee sees it.

""Irene's affair with architect Philip Bosinney reaches a crossroads as this eight-our adaptation of John Galsworthy's Victorian-family drama reaches its midway point. As the episode opens, Bosinney is awaiting the judge's ruling in Soames' lawsuit against him. But he and Irene plan to run off together no matter what. After all, he tells her 'respectability won't keep you warm at night.' Soames, however, won't give his wife up with out a fight. Meanwhile, Old Jolyon wants to ""retire from London"" and take Young Jolyon and his family--June included--with him.""--From TV Guide

""Irene has left Soames and it has been left to June to bury Bossiney. But there are also ""new beginnings"": Old Jolyon (Corin Redgrave) buys Robin Hill, the house Bosinney designed for Soames, and moves there with June, Young Jolyon (Rupert Graves) and his family. Five years later, the now-lonely Old Jolyon meets Irene, who's now a music teacher. She has suffered through hard times since leaving Soames. ""We can be pathetic together,"" he tells her.""--from TV Guide

""The Forsyte Saga,"" Part 5. Old Jolyson's bequest finally gives Irene financial security. Twelve years later, Soames (Damian Lewis) decides to divorce her. ""We're two peas in a pod---both abandoned,"" he tells his sister, Winifred (Amanda Root), when her blackguard husband, Dartie (Ben Miles), leaves her after one losing night too many at the gaming table. Irene: Gina McKee.--from TV Guide.

""The Forsyte Saga,"" Part 6. It's 1899, and Soames (Damian Lewis), 43, decides he wants a child. And since he can't divorce Irene, he wants her to be the mother. As usual, he won't take no for an answer. As for Irene (Gina McKee), she has found a friend in Young Jolyon (Rupert Graves). Meanwhile, Dartie (Ben Miles) has returned from South America, and Winifred (Amanda Root) has taken him back. But their son Val (Julian Ovenden) isn't so forgiving. Val has also fallen in love, with Jolyon's daughter Holly (Amanda Ryan), much to the distress of Holly's brother Jolly (Christian Coulson).--from TV Guide. NOTE: According to Russel Baker, Soames is 44. Click to subscribe to theforsytesaga2002

The dawn of a new century doesn't necessarily bring an end to old conflicts as the Forsyte family chronicle ends---for now. Masterpiece Theatre's dramatization of the first two novels in John Galsworthy's original Forsyte trilogy did not disappoint. Another set of stories, encompassing the third novel, is currently filming in England. Soames is desperate for a son---""on any terms!"" he screams to Irene. But for that to happen, Soames must divorce Irene. And Irene, as it happens, is growing ever closer to Young Jolyon. She finds any thought of reconciliation with Soames a ""degredation."" His private investigators, however, have led him to the conclusion that she and Jolyon are having an affair. Upon stumbling upon them at Robin Hill, he insists that they stay away from each other or he will divorce her with ""all degredation."" They show no sign of obliging, and falsely admit to having an affair. Soames, then procedes with the divorce. He mentions to Winnifred that it is a sad conc

He's a writer nosing for scandal. She's a prime minister looking for love. When they meet, neither is disappointed. Robson Green plays aspiring novelist Liam Marple, who makes his living as a faceless showbiz gossip columnist writing under the moniker "Mrs. Jones." Politics is the last thing on Liam's mind until he is assigned to get the dirt on Britain's controversial new leader. Caroline Goodall (Schindler's List, The Princess Diaries) co-stars as the object of this seedy mission: Prime Minister Laura Bowden, a selfless public servant and mother of two who ascended to the top job a few months earlier when the previous PM died. Now Laura faces her first general election and grim prospects from an electorate that considers her stiff and humorless. In addition, she faces brewing scandal from the not-so-subtle philandering of her husband.

1992. Millat (Christopher Simpson) is now a juvenile delinquent attending a progressive school with Archie's beautiful daughter, Irie (Sarah Ozeke). Busted for dope along with nerd Josh Malfen (James McAvoy), the three are sentenced to study sessions with Josh's intellectual parents, Marcus (Robert Bathurst), a controversial geneticist, and Joyce (Geraldine James), a famous gardener. When Samad torches Millat's possessions in a bonfire of teenage vanities, Millat moves in with the Malfens. But he is lured away by the Keepers of the Eternal and Victorious Islamic Nation (KEVIN) -- an Islamic sect with an acronym problem. Josh also turns radical, joining Fighting Animal Torture and Exploitation (FATE) -- an animal rights group targeting his father for crimes against mice. To Samad's horror, when long-absent Magid (also Christopher Simpson) finally returns from Bangladesh, he is more English than the English. Magid immediately goes to work for Marcus on FutureMouse, a transgenic Franken-s