

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.

Caroline Enys

Sam Carne

Drake Carne

Zacky Martin

Tess Tregidden

Kitty Despard

Ned Despard

Valentine Warleggan

Morwenna Carne

Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.
Aired: 3/8/2015
Ross plans to reopen his family mine with Francis. Demelza struggles to fit in at Nampara.
Aired: 3/15/2015
Rumours spread of a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.
Aired: 3/22/2015
News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.
Aired: 3/29/2015
Demelza gives birth. Ross welcomes old friend Dr Dwight Enys to Cornwall.
Aired: 4/5/2015
With Jim gravely ill in jail, Ross and Dwight launch a desperate mission to save him.
Aired: 4/12/2015
Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.
Aired: 4/19/2015
George expands the Warleggan empire, launching a new ship and bankrupting Carnmore.
Aired: 4/26/2015