{"id":2001,"date":"2025-09-04T19:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/2001\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:11:07","slug":"masterpiece-pbs-drops-first-trailer-for-costume-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterpiece PBS Drops First Trailer For Costume Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/pbs-masterpiece\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PBS Masterpiece<\/a> has released the first trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-forsytes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Forsytes<\/a>, its next costume drama that\u2019s set to premiere in the U.S. in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBritish viewers will get\u00a0The Forsytes\u00a0this year after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/03\/channel-5-joins-pbs-masterpiece-the-forsyte-saga-1236324082\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount-owned network 5 acquired the series<\/a>.\u00a0The drama, which is an adaptation of John Galsworthy\u2019s Forsyte Saga\u00a0novels, offers a sweeping portrait of a wealthy British family in 1880s London. It\u2019s led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/francesca-annis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francesca Annis<\/a>\u00a0(Lillie), who plays matriarch Ann.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDeadline revealed in June that a second season of The Forsytes was already ordered before its debut in the UK. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHere\u2019s the official logline for the drama: \u201cDesire, ambition and betrayal simmer at the heart of the\u00a0The Forsytes\u00a0which chronicles the lives, loves, trials and triumphs of a wealthy Victorian era stockbroking family, whose generations find themselves torn between tradition and self-sacrifice versus personal happiness and the pursuit of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe cast includes Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as Jolyon Forsyte Sr., Jack Davenport (The Morning Show) as James Forsyte, Danny Griffin (Fate: The Winx Saga) as Jo Forsyte Jr., Millie Gibson (Doctor Who) as Irene Heron, Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey: A New Era) as Frances Forsyte, Eleanor Tomlinson (One Day) as Louisa Byrne, Joshua Orpin (Titans) as Soames Forsyte and Josette Simon OBE (Anatomy of a Scandal) is Mrs. Ellen Parker Barrington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSeason 2 will add Richard Rankin (Outlander), Sarah Alexander (Pennyworth), and Nia Ashi (Bob Marley: One Love). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPoldark\u00a0writer Debbie Horsfield penned the adaptation. Executive producers are Debbie Horsfield, Meenu Gaur, Michael Ray, and Damien Timmer for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mammoth-screen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mammoth Screen<\/a>, part of ITV Studios; and Susanne Simpson for Masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Forsytes\u00a0is produced in association with ITV Studios, which handles international distribution, with PBS Distribution handling North American rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PBS Masterpiece has released the first trailer for The Forsytes, its next costume drama that\u2019s set to premiere&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,3076,111,139,69,3077,437],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-masterpiece-pbs","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-forsytes","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}