Scripted series · BBC One
Poldark
Loyalty. Bravery. Passion.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aidan Turner
Ross Poldark
43 eps
Eleanor Tomlinson
Demelza Poldark
43 eps
Kyle Soller
Francis Poldark
19 eps
Jack Farthing
George Warleggan
43 eps
Luke Norris
Dwight Enys
39 eps
Beatie Edney
Prudie Paynter
43 eps
Pip Torrens
Cary Warleggan
29 eps
Phil Davis
Jud Paynter
15 eps
Tom York
Sam Carne
25 eps
Harry Richardson
Drake Carne
25 eps
Tristan Sturrock
Zacky Martin
43 eps
Gabriella Wilde
Caroline Enys
35 eps
Sofia Oxenham
Tess Tregidden
8 eps
John Hollingworth
Captain Henshawe
22 eps
Josh Whitehouse
Hugh Armitage
12 eps
Kerri McLean
Kitty Despard
8 eps
Vincent Regan
Ned Despard
8 eps
Woody Norman
Valentine Warleggan
8 eps
Ellise Chappell
Morwenna Chynoweth / Morwenna Whitworth
25 eps
Caroline Blakiston
Aunt Agatha
28 eps
Ed Browning
Paul Daniel
22 eps
Lily Dodsworth-Evans
Cecily Hanson
8 eps
Peter Sullivan
Ralph Hanson
8 eps
Harry Marcus
Geoffrey Charles
9 eps
Freddie Wise
Geoffrey Charles
8 eps
Wensdae Gibbons
Clowance Poldark
8 eps
Oscar Novak
Jeremy Poldark
8 eps
Turlough Convery
Tom Harry
16 eps
Anthony Calf
William Wickham
8 eps
Louis Davison
Geoffrey Charles
8 eps
Barley
Garrick (uncredited)
43 eps
Heida Reed
Elizabeth Warleggan
39 eps
Ruby Bentall
Verity Blamey
29 eps
Henry Garrett
Captain McNeil
6 eps
Lewis Peek
Ted Carkeek
7 eps
Harriet Ballard
Ruth Teague
6 eps
Crystal Leaity
Margaret
8 eps
Stuart Davidson
Warleggan Footman
14 eps
Gracee O'Brien
Jinny Carter
8 eps
Tim Dutton
Joseph Merceron
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Poldark actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Poldark reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 43 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20158 episodes
6.9IMDbIn 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.
Best episode · S01E04 Episode 4
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
201610 episodes
6.6IMDbThe year is 1790 and there is riot and revolution in the air. Ross Poldark must fight for his freedom when George Warleggan tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary.
Best episode · S02E05 Episode 5
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
20179 episodes
7.6IMDbIt is 1794, and Ross must traverse new family, new loves and new battles, as the French Revolution casts a shadow over life in Cornwall.
Best episode · S03E02 Episode 2
Season 4 · Complete
Series 4
20188 episodes
6.9IMDbIt is 1796. To defend Cornwall and those he loves from an empowered George, Ross must play the political game on a journey that takes him to the nation's capital and into new perils.
Best episode · S04E01 Episode 1
Season 5 · Complete
Series 5
20198 episodes
5.3IMDbBest episode · S05E01 Episode 1
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E02
Episode 2
Sam and Drake provoke Trentishoe and Ross's stubbornness gives George the upper hand. Meanwhile, a great naval battle leaves Dwight's fate in question.
S04E01
Episode 1
As the Poldarks look to rebuild their marriage and the Enyses to increase their family, Cornwall struggles under the Warleggans, whose power threatens all they hold dear.
- Directed by Joss Agnew
- Written by Debbie Horsfield
S03E01
Episode 1
Ross and Demelza look to forget the past and rebuild their marriage, but new arrivals threaten their fragile reconciliation.
S01E04
Episode 4
News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.
S01E01
Episode 1
Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.
S01E07
Episode 7
Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Karen ThrussellExecutive Producer
- Tom MullensProducer
- Elizabeth KilgarriffExecutive Producer
- Tom MullensExecutive Producer
- Damien TimmerExecutive Producer
- Debbie HorsfieldExecutive Producer
Writing
- Debbie HorsfieldWriter
Direction
- Stephen WoolfendenDirector
- Joss AgnewDirector
- Charles PalmerDirector
- William SinclairDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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