Pick of the week

The Forsytes

Virgin Media One, 9pm

With I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! reaching its conclusion on Sunday evening, there is, at last, room in the schedules each evening for other programmes. The best among them this week is a lavish new six-part adaptation of John Galsworthy’s beloved trilogy, penned by Poldark screenwriter Debbie Horsfield.

It’s not the first time it’s been adapted for the screen, of course. The most recent version until now came in 2002, but Horsfield is keen to point out that her take is different to those that came before: “Our show is in part a prequel to the events of the first book, but also an opportunity to expand the world and place the women of the family centre stage.

“It’s a love letter to the original story while offering an exc

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