(dramatic music) - This is our moment.
- I can hardly wait.
Care to give us a taster?
- [Ann] What is a Forsyte?
(dramatic music) - People say that we live three lives, a public life, a personal life, and then a secret life.
I feel like that's amplified in the world of The Forsytes.
- In terms of making epic drama and human drama, the 19th century was historically an extraordinary time.
- I just love going into this world and dipping into this era.
- There's lots of exciting things going on underneath the surface.
- Plenty of scandal in The Forsytes.
Yes, we love it.
- There are different shades of romance.
There's a very pure first love.
There is also passion, which becomes a very controlled kind of love.
There is a very stable love, which is then disrupted by past love.
(dramatic music) - There's a great tension in the show.
Succession is everything.
- You and not he are the man for the job.
- They wrestle with the constant sort of back and forth.
- Sparks are flying and you're really feeling the heat of that rivalry.
- The books are amazing, but they're very much written from a male perspective.
This is a great opportunity to redress the balance.
- Your wife has a mind of her own.
- It's that silent power, which is so interesting.
- You and I will work very well together.
(dramatic music) - I think one of the things that makes these costume dramas work is the possibility of this imaginary world.
- Beautiful hair, beautiful makeup, beautiful costumes, beautiful set, beautiful people.
- Glamorous, always put together, always pristine, which gives us an idea of how important appearance and standing is.
- There's horse riding and there's boxing, and there's office politics, and there's romance and affairs.
What more could you want?
- I think there's new characters that are going to steal the public's heart, and I can't wait for you to see who those people are.
- That's great drama.
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