Remake

Granada Television has re-adapted the first two Galsworthy novels (The man of property and In chancery) for a March 2002 airing on ITV. The US should see the remade series in the fall of 2002. IMDB has more details.

The remake aired on US PBS in the fall of 2002. Some fans of Damian Lewis have done a Lewis-focused episode recap that's fun reading. They've also got a Yahoo Group all about the remake and Lewis. The UK DVD was released in spring 2002, and the US DVD is also available. You might want to read my review of the remake.

The key casting decisions are Damian Lewis as Soames, Gina McKee as Irene, and Rupert Graves as Jolyon. (The Graves site has an unintentionally amusing interview with him about the series and his role.) I have no idea what Lewis looks like, never mind if he's got the heavy chops to handle the role. Eric Porter's performance will be hard to follow. Clearly the cast is skewing much younger than the original BBC cast of the 60s. This has good points and bad points. Ioan Gruffud, the Welsh actor who played Horatio Hornblower in those well-received miniseries will play Bosinney, and will likely be an improvement on the very odd-looking and -acting John Bennett.

Current Online has a good interview with the producer of the remake.

I've found these shots from the remake:

Damian Lewis as Soames. A bit of a change from the physical type described in the book, which was dark and chinny. Lewis might be able to pull off the dandified slim Soames, however.	Damian Lewis as Soames, in front of what one assumes is a painting from his collection.	Damian Lewis as Soames.	From left to right, Irene, Bosinney, June.
	Dinner at Swithin's.
		Left to right: Bosinney, Soames, Irene. McKee is a major departure from the novels' description of Irene as a full-figured blonde goddess.