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Poldark

Drama: Historical

Brooding drama set in 18th century Cornwall. Adapted from Winston Graham's novels

Bloody conflict, bitter rivalry, brooding romance. Ross Poldark returns to his Cornwall home a changed man, but old enemies await. Starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson.

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Aidan Turner

Eleanor Tomlinson

Heida Reed

Warren Clarke

Tim Delap

Darcy Vanhinsbergh

Mary Woodvine

Harriet Ballard

Robert Daws

Kyle Soller

Caroline Blakiston

Ruby Bentall

Sally Dexter

Beatie Edney

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Tristan Sturrock

Matthew Wilson

Ed Browning

Gracee O'Brien

Alexander Arnold

Emma Spurgin Hussey

Jack Farthing

Pip Torrens

Julian Seagar

Mark Frost

Winston Graham

Debbie Horsfield

Eliza Mellor

Edward Bazalgette

Poldark: Series 1: Episode 1

Drama: Classic & Period

Episode 1

BBC One - Poldark, Series 1, Episode 1

Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.

Drama set in 1780s Cornwall. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead, the estate in ruins and his sweetheart Elizabeth engaged to his cousin.

Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead, the estate in ruins and his sweetheart Elizabeth engaged to his cousin. On impulse, Ross rescues young urchin Demelza and resolves to forge a new life in the face of hostile forces.

Poldark: Series 1

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In 1783 Ross Poldark returns from war to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins.

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.

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