The Best Episodes of Poldark

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8.8/10(1052 votes)
#1 - Episode 4
S1:E43/29/2015
News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.
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8.8/10(977 votes)
#2 - Episode 8
S1:E84/26/2015
George expands the Warleggan empire, launching a new ship and bankrupting Carnmore.
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8.8/10(598 votes)
#3 - Episode 10
S2:E1011/6/2016
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 locals to riot.
Director:Richard Senior
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Director:Richard Senior
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8.8/10(515 votes)
#4 - Episode 8
S4:E87/29/2018
Ross Poldark returns home after American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
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8.7/10(525 votes)
#5 - Episode 5
S3:E57/9/2017
While George makes political manoeuvres at home, Ross sails to France to rescue Dwight from the French Revolution.
Director:Stephen Woolfenden
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Director:Stephen Woolfenden
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8.6/10(654 votes)
#6 - Episode 2
S2:E29/11/2016
As the election leads to rioting, Elizabeth goes to Bodmin herself. Demelza tries to influence the case by making a personal appeal to the judge, but George has a number of tricks up his sleeve as the day of the trial arrives.
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8.6/10(597 votes)
#7 - Episode 5
S2:E510/2/2016
An informant in the smuggling ring poses a serious threat to all, and George buys Ross's debt to finally crush him. Meanwhile, Caroline returns to Cornwall to make an announcement, but it is Elizabeth who reveals a great secret.
Director:Charles Palmer
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Director:Charles Palmer
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8.5/10(520 votes)
#8 - Episode 9
S3:E98/6/2017
The Poldark family finds itself challenged on all fronts and threatened as never before.
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8.4/10(1002 votes)
#9 - Episode 3
S1:E33/22/2015
Rumours spread of a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.
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8.4/10(587 votes)
#10 - Episode 4
S2:E49/25/2016
Needing money to open a mine free of George's influence, Ross strikes a deal with a local smuggler. Dwight, meanwhile, tries to diagnose an epidemic and receives help from an anonymous benefactor.
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8.4/10(549 votes)
#11 - Episode 1
S3:E16/11/2017
Ross and Demelza look to forget the past and rebuild their marriage, but new arrivals threaten their fragile reconciliation.
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8.4/10(543 votes)
#12 - Episode 7
S2:E710/16/2016
Ross joins a smuggling trip in the Isles of Scilly in order to meet Mark Daniel but, in his absence, George moves in on Elizabeth. Caroline convinces Dwight they must elope for a new life in Bath, and Captain McNeil plans to ambush the smugglers on their return.
Director:Charles Palmer
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Director:Charles Palmer
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8.4/10(533 votes)
#13 - Episode 9
S2:E910/30/2016
Ross closes Wheal Grace for good. With Elizabeth wrestling with a life-changing decision, Demelza's world has been turned upside down. How will harmony be restored?
Director:Richard Senior
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8.4/10(479 votes)
#14 - Episode 7
S3:E77/23/2017
George pursues a vacant seat in Parliament as Agatha plans for her hundredth birthday, and Ross is given a proposition. Meanwhile, there is a new arrival at the Whitworth vicarage.
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8.4/10(416 votes)
#15 - Episode 7
S4:E77/22/2018
Joining the Enyses and Ross in London Demelza enjoys the city life and accompanies Ross to a charity ball thrown by Warleggan to celebrate his wife's pregnancy. Here she attracts Adderley's predatory attention, leading him to challenge Ross to a duel, the outcome of which makes Warleggan even more anxious to crush Ross. Whilst Demelza, overwhelmed by events, returns to Cornwall, Morwenna has a message for Drake and Geoffrey Charles makes an observation.
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8.3/10(1045 votes)
#16 - Episode 2
S1:E23/15/2015
Ross plans to reopen his family mine with Francis. Demelza struggles to fit in at Nampara.
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8.3/10(713 votes)
#17 - Episode 1
S2:E19/4/2016
Ross prepares for his trial as Demelza and Elizabeth try to help his cause. George does everything in his power to harm Ross, Francis wrestles with his conscience, and Dwight clashes with an entitled heiress, Caroline Penvenen.
Director:William Sinclair
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Director:William Sinclair
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8.3/10(606 votes)
#18 - Episode 8
S2:E810/23/2016
Ross and Dwight stand trial for their part in the smuggling. A new tin lode gives Ross renewed hope in Wheal Grace, but it is George who is there for Elizabeth when her mother falls ill and deals Ross a bitter blow.
Director:Charles Palmer
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8.3/10(478 votes)
#19 - Episode 6
S3:E67/16/2017
Drake finds himself in the Warleggans' firing line as George moves to secure his connection to the nobility, and Ross provides some local aid.
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8.3/10(462 votes)
#20 - Episode 8
S3:E87/30/2017
Ross is adamant George will lose in the election and determines to get a headstone made for Agatha's grave, something Trenwith has neglected. George, meanwhile, questions Dwight over Valentine's legitimacy and - paranoid and jealous - shuts himself to Elizabeth, as Rowella begins to seduce Osborne Whitworth and Demelza receives tokens of Hugh's affection. Sam continues to pine after Emma, as Dwight instructs Osborne to forego intercourse with Morwenna and Cary informs Lord Falmouth that the Warleggans will be opposing Falmouth in the election. Ross returns from his mine to discover Hugh Armitage at Nampara with Demelza - and this time Hugh's attention does not go unnoticed..
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8.2/10(422 votes)
#21 - Episode 4
S4:E47/1/2018
Ross is reunited with his family at home, but tragedy strikes in Cornwall. Dwight tells Caroline some devastating news about Sarah. Ossie is seen visiting Rowella by her husband Arthur, who grows suspicious. Emma returns to give Sam her answer, whilst Drake is persuaded into courting Rosina.
Director:Brian Kelly
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8.2/10(422 votes)
#22 - Episode 5
S4:E57/8/2018
George increases the strain on the struggling poor, driving Ross to make a risky gambit. The adversity the Poldarks face, however, may not be confined to Cornwall alone.
Director:Brian Kelly
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8.2/10(447 votes)
#23 - Episode 2
S4:E26/17/2018
The Poldarks determine to get their relationship on track and the Enyses announce they're expecting a baby. Hugh's worsening health threatens his chance to stand in the election, and the prospect of him remaining in Cornwall adds pressure to the Poldarks' fragile marriage. At the Sawle Feast, Tom Harry challenges Sam to a wrestling match. When Emma offers herself as the prize, Sam accepts.
Director:Joss Agnew
Writer:Debbie Horsfield
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Writer:Debbie Horsfield
8.2/10(471 votes)
#24 - Episode 4
S3:E47/2/2017
George proves merciless as the new magistrate, and Clowance is christened. Ross discovers the means to both help Dwight and combat Cornwall's famine.
Director:Stephen Woolfenden
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8.2/10(481 votes)
#25 - Episode 2
S3:E26/18/2017
Sam and Drake provoke Trentishoe and Ross's stubbornness gives George the upper hand. Meanwhile, a great naval battle leaves Dwight's fate in question.
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