Encounter

Twenty years have passed (the Great War slips by here) as the third generation of Forsytes takes center stage. Jon has grown into an earnest and naive young man who decides to train as a farmer at Holly and Val’s horse farm in Surrey. Fleur has become an impetuous, beautiful, thoroughly spoiled young woman. A chance meeting at June’s art gallery sets the stage for the relationship which will affect the remainder of the series. Fleur manipulates a visit to Holly and Val’s, where she and Jon become infatuated. Aware that a feud exists between their families, but ignorant of the specifics, they promise to hold onto their love forever.

Directing

David Giles · Director

Writing

Vincent Tilsley · Writer

Guest Stars (14)

Susan Hampshire as Fleur Mont née Forsyte

Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene Forsyte née Heron

Kenneth More as 'Young Jolyon' Forsyte

Margaret Tyzack as Winifred Dartie

June Barry as June Forsyte

Maggie Jones as Smither

Nicholas Pennell as Michael Mont

John Barcroft as George Forsyte

Jonathan Burn as Val Dartie

Dalia Penn as Annette Forsyte née Lamotte

Suzanne Neve as Holly Dartie née Forsyte

Martin Jarvis as Jon Forsyte

John Dunn-Hill as Bramling

Christopher Benjamin as Prosper Profond