Threes

Yesterday evening we finished what I think is our third viewing of the 1967 BBC version of the Forsyte Saga, all 26 episodes of it, glowingly written up at reference 1. With an extra viewing for BH who took in the original at the time it was first transmitted, and when it was the subject of earnest discussion among fellow candidates for A level in GCE English, on the upstairs of the bus to school.

It did us quite well for a third viewing in around two years of a fifty year old, black and white original. Quality black and white, rather than the rather unreliable colour of the same period.

One of the twists in the plot is the lady first right forgiving her husband, the gentleman second right, for lapsing with his former (unconsummated) love, the by then married lady (with a young child by her husband) fourth right. As it happens, something of the same sort happened in the story just noticed at reference 3, with the detective lady forgiving her fiancé for lapsing with the menopausal lady. In both cases the forgiving ladies blame the other women, both bad, albeit in rather different ways.

Another curiosity was quite liking the series, while disliking more or less everybody in it. The only decent people seemed to be the servants - and that was probably only because we did not get to see so much of them. The snap above, turned up by Bing, includes the upstairs part of the cast needed for the second half of the series. Downstairs out of sight, as is proper.

PS: and another three in that after a blank Sunday-Monday, a trap was sprung for a middle size mouse Monday-Tuesday, making a total of three mice in the series. Pretty little animals, even if they are a pest near houses. With Joey's help we will get there in the end.

Reference 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forsyte_Saga_(1967_TV_series).

Reference 2: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/search?q=forsyte. The main event looks to have been in the middle of 2018. I can't find any record of purchase in Amazon, so perhaps it was a fiver for the box from Computer Exchange (presently closed to personal shoppers).

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/03/token-lady.html.