Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.
Episode 1 7.6
Air date: 2015-03-08
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.
Episode 2 6.6
Air date: 2015-03-15
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: Ross plans to reopen his family mine with Francis. Demelza struggles to fit in at Nampara.
Episode 3 6.1
Air date: 2015-03-22
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: Rumours spread of a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.
Episode 4 7.4
Air date: 2015-03-29
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.
Episode 5 6.3
Air date: 2015-04-05
Runtime: 56 min
Overview: Demelza gives birth. Ross welcomes old friend Dr Dwight Enys to Cornwall.
Episode 6 6.4
Air date: 2015-04-12
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: With Jim gravely ill in jail, Ross and Dwight launch a desperate mission to save him.
Episode 7 6.7
Air date: 2015-04-19
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.
Episode 8 6.7
Air date: 2015-04-26
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: George expands the Warleggan empire, launching a new ship and bankrupting Carnmore.
