Series 1

Season 1 · 2015 · 8 episodes

In 1783 Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, his house wrecked and his sweetheart engaged.

1Episode 1Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.
2Episode 2Ross plans to reopen his family mine with Francis. Demelza struggles to fit in at Nampara.
3Episode 3Rumours spread of a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.
4Episode 4News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.
5Episode 5Demelza gives birth. Ross welcomes old friend Dr Dwight Enys to Cornwall.
6Episode 6With Jim gravely ill in jail, Ross and Dwight launch a desperate mission to save him.
7Episode 7Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.
8Episode 8George expands the Warleggan empire, launching a new ship and bankrupting Carnmore.

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