TV series
Poldark
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2015-03-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 43 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- Mammoth Screen, GBH
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark
- Eleanor Tomlinson as Demelza Poldark
- Jack Farthing as George Warleggan
- Beatie Edney as Prudie Paynter
- Tristan Sturrock as Zacky Martin
- Barley as Garrick (uncredited)
- Luke Norris as Dwight Enys
- Heida Reed as Elizabeth Warleggan
- Gabriella Wilde as Caroline Enys
- Pip Torrens as Cary Warleggan
- Ruby Bentall as Verity Blamey
- Caroline Blakiston as Aunt Agatha
Creators and crew
- Debbie Horsfield - Creator
- Winston Graham - Creator
- Damien Timmer - Executive Producer
- Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer
- Karen Thrussell - Executive Producer
- Debbie Horsfield - Executive Producer
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