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Poldark

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Ross Poldark returns to England after fighting in the American Revolution. His family and friends thought he was dead. The woman he hoped to marry is now engaged to his cousin. His father is dead, and the property he has inherited has been allowed to deteriorate. It is the late 1700s in Cornwall, England. This is a family drama, but is also about the challenges and conflicts between the rich and the poor. It is a time when fishermen are not catching much fish, tin and copper mines are closing down because prices are too low, but the price of food and rents are high. Ross faces the challenge of making his land productive, caring for the tenants who rely on him, and trying to win back the woman he loved - or finding a reason to live without her.

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Aidan Turner
Ross Poldark
Eleanor Tomlinson
Demelza Poldark
Jack Farthing
George Warleggan

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Episode 1

Episode #5.1

Sun, Sep 29, 201958 mins

Ross can't resist responding to his dubiously-jailed former Virginia campaign CO and mate colonel Ned Despard's plea to help liberate him and fight the Mosquito Coast wood company conspirators who eliminated him as competition. Elisabeth's death 'in childbirth' embitters George further, near insanity, unable to tolerate even Valentine referring to his late mother, and even more eager for revenge on cuckolding Ross. he not only refuses to honor his pledge to pay for Geoffrey Charles's switch from academic to military education but plans to ally himself with Ned's nemesis company boss Ralph Hanson and maybe even his daughter Cecily, who seems to have her own dark plans. Ned's colored wife joins the abolition movement. Drake shows boundless patience when his wife Morwena remains unable to 'stand' physical intimacy. Ross finds a magistrate willing help Despard whom he failed to spare conviction, especially after the government asks Ross to do 'secret services' after he prevents an armed assassination attempt in theater. Left in charge of mine and estate as Ross is in London, Demelza hopes to appease bitter unemployed poor's female leader and arson-caller by hiring her, yet suffers a vicious arson attempt.

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Awards

  • 2015 - Gold Panda - Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated
  • 2015 - Gold Panda - Best Directing for a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated
  • 2015 - RTS Television Award - Best Make Up Design - Drama - winner
  • 2015 - RTS Craft & Design Award - Best Costume Design: Drama - nominated

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