Poldark Season 1 Plot
In 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.
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Season 1 Episodes
8 episodes
1
75
Episode 1
Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.
2
66
Episode 2
Ross plans to reopen his family mine with Francis. Demelza struggles to fit in at Nampara.
3
63
Episode 3
Rumours spread of a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.
4
78
Episode 4
News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.
5
66
Episode 5
Demelza gives birth. Ross welcomes old friend Dr Dwight Enys to Cornwall.
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63
Episode 6
With Jim gravely ill in jail, Ross and Dwight launch a desperate mission to save him.
7
72
Episode 7
Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.
8
71
Episode 8
George expands the Warleggan empire, launching a new ship and bankrupting Carnmore.