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