Birth of a Forsyte

Queen Victoria’s isn’t the only death in this episode which also includes births, marriages, and divorce. Young Jolly dies in South Africa, while his sister Holly and Val Dartie marry and decide to remain there. Soames’s divorce is granted, uncontested, and he hurries to marry Annette and sire a son. His cousin Jo beats him to the punch when he marries Irene, who gives birth to their own son, Jon. On James’s deathbed, Soames tells a bold lie to allow his father to die in peace. Annette’s pregnancy is a difficult one; she can have no more children. Soames is introduced to the newest Forsyte, his one and only child, Fleur.

Directing

David Giles · Director

Writing

Lawrie Craig · Writer

Guest Stars (20)

Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene Forsyte née Heron

Kenneth More as 'Young Jolyon' Forsyte

Margaret Tyzack as Winifred Dartie

John Welsh as James Forsyte

Maggie Jones as Smither

John Barcroft as George Forsyte

Nora Nicholson as Aunt Juley Forsyte

Nora Swinburne as 'Aunt Hester' Forsyte

Fanny Rowe as Emily Forsyte

Kynaston Reeves as Nicholas Forsyte

Terence Alexander as Montague Dartie

Mischa De La Motte as Warmson

John Baskcomb as Uncle Timothy Forsyte

Sarah Harter as Francie Forsyte

Bridget Turner as Plunket

Anne de Vigier as Imogen Cardigan née Dartie

Ellen Pollock as Madame Lamotte

Dalia Penn as Annette Forsyte née Lamotte

Lee Fox as Doctor Gumming

Cameron Miller as Judge