The BBC has released the first footage from the third season of Poldark. The award-winning Cornish saga returned to BBC One this autumn, with 5.1 million viewers and a 22.7 percent audience share for the first episode of Season 2, which concluded earlier this month. Buy the complete Season 1-2 box set on Amazon here. The next season began filming in … >
Who is Ross Poldark to you? Is he selfless or selfish? To be admired or admonished? An idol or an idiot? Sexy or sexist? I’m running out of alliteration now, so hopefully you’ve made up your mind and we can move on to the next paragraph. The fact is he’s all of these things, it’s … >
The new season of Cornish period drama Poldark concludes on BBC One this weekend. In the final episode of Season 2, Dwight enlists in the navy to forget Caroline, and Demelza visits Verity to spend some time apart from Ross. While Ross considers rejoining his regiment, Elizabeth and George settle into married life, but George’s plans provoke the … >
Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) returns to BBC One this autumn as Ross Poldark, alongside Eleanor Tomlinson as his wife Demelza, in ten new episodes of the Cornish period drama. Ross Poldark is back to settle his differences, but at what cost? Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon here. Pre-order Season 2 on Amazon here. Episode … >
After last week’s episode the Internet jury is still out on whether Ross Poldark is a rapist. Some of the audience think not, others think so. A drama about sexy mining has suddenly become a sex-offending minefield. Seeing the reaction over the past week has been like watching 12 Angry Men, if 12 Angry Men … >
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If there’s one thing to learn from tonight’s Poldark, it’s this: there just aren’t enough gun-toting old women on TV. So thank goodness for Aunt Agatha, the pistol-packing pensioner who’s ready for anything. Provided that that ‘anything’ needs to be shot at, or have a biting quip that would make Noel Coward cock an eyebrow … >
Poldark is back! Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) is back as Ross Poldark, alongside Eleanor Tomlinson as his wife Demelza, in ten new episodes of the Cornish period drama. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon here. Buy Season 1 digitally on BBC Store here. The second season is airing at 9pm on Sunday nights on BBC … >
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! Comes earlier every year, doesn’t it? It’s been announced that ITV’s Victoria is getting a Christmas special in December 2017, but Poldark is the drama that’s bold enough to bring you Christmas in October, just like all the big shops do. No Christmas trees though, because as history buffs will … >
We’re going to start at the end this week, and with a warning: be careful what you wish for. A couple of weeks ago, in my Episode 3 review I said this: ‘This is twice in two weeks that we’ve thought someone dead only for them not to be. The next time someone appears to kick … >