[6] Forsyth has written four books featuring the fictional comic character Bob Servant: Delete This At your Peril (2007), Hero of Dundee (2010), Why Me?
[7] On the book’s reissue, Barry Fantoni wrote "'I have worked with a lot of funny men – Peter Cook, Spike Milligan, Harry Enfield.
San Carlos was Book of the Week in the Daily Mirror while The Herald said that Forsyth had shown a “different side to his talents” in the "pacy, unpretentious thriller.
Observer called it a “gorgeous and sumptuous half-hour” and noted it was a “great shame Beckett himself didn’t get to enjoy this delightful slice of life”.
[20] In 2017, Forsyth wrote Eric, Ernie and Me, a one-off drama about Morecambe and Wise from the point of view of their writer Eddie Braben.
Guilt received high viewing figures, a positive critical reception and was included by a number of publications in their pick of the year’s television.
[26] For his work on Guilt, The Times called Forsyth “a contender for Britain’s best plot weaver”[27] and The Guardian “one of the UK’s most gifted writers”.
The New York Times noted “Forsyth’s knack for creating characters who work their way into our affections, less by their actions than by their unconscious, soul-deep responses to life”.
It received very high viewing figures[32] and was hailed by many as one of the best British television dramas for years,[33] with The Radio Times noting Forsyth’s “storytelling genius”.
[35] In 2022, a Forsyth script about the life of Samuel Beckett was filmed by James Marsh and starring Gabriel Byrne with the title Dance First.