All Episodes of Poldark
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Season 1
8.0/1060 votesEpisode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/1975
In 1783, Ross Poldark returns from the American wars to his native Cornwall to find his home in shambles and his betrothed Elizabeth engaged to another.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Jack Pulman
- 8.0/1051 votes
Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1975
Ross determines to put Nampara back on track and get his mine Wheal Leisure running again. Ross decides to take young Demelza Carne into his house as a servant.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Jack Pulman
- 8.1/1050 votes
Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1975
Demelza has taken over running Nampara; Elizabeth and Francis now married have had a child; Ross has to defend Jim Carter in court but to no avail as he is sent to prison.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Jack Pulman
- 8.1/1048 votes
Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1975
After another infidelity from Francis, Elizabeth decides to leave Francis for Ross after his father's death — but Demelza's pregnancy complicates everything.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Jack Pulman
- 8.0/1048 votes
Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1975
Ross and Demelza, now married, celebrate the birth of their daughter, Julia. A travelling troupe of performers stages a play at Nampara, and Mark Daniel falls for a young actress named Keren.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Paul Wheeler
- 8.3/1045 votes
Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1975
When Jim Carter becomes seriously ill in prison, Ross worries that he'll die before completing his sentence.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Paul Wheeler
- 8.4/1041 votes
Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1975
Young Geoffrey Charles is stricken with a serious illness; when Francis also falls ill, Demelza assists Elizabeth in caring for him.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Paul Wheeler
- 8.4/1043 votes
Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1975
Mark Daniel learns of Keren's affair with Dwight Enys; Ross helps Mark avoid capture by the authorities.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Paul Wheeler
- 8.3/1042 votes
Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1975
After Ross is released on bail on charges of looting a wrecked ship, the Warleggans stubborn witnesses in order to have him legally executed.
Director: Kenneth Ives
Writer: Peter Draper
- 8.5/1041 votes
Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1975
Francis' botched suicide attempt leaves him in deep melancholia as the Warleggans' parade of suborned witnesses darkens Ross' prospects for acquittal.
Director: Kenneth Ives
Writer: Peter Draper
- 8.1/1041 votes
Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1975
Ross rehires Jud, reestablishes his friendship with Francis, and becomes involved with smugglers in the hope of raising money to exploit a new vein.
Director: Kenneth Ives
Writer: Paul Wheeler
- 8.4/1043 votes
Episode 12
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1975
Warleggan's minions beat Jud to death in revenge for his changing his testimony. Francis and Ross plan to open Wheal Grace using Warleggan money.
Director: Kenneth Ives
Writer: Peter Draper
- 8.2/1041 votes
Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1975
After the birth of Ross and Demelza's son, Francis accidentally drowns in Wheal Grace after supposedly discovering a new vein of precious copper.
Director: Kenneth Ives, Paul Annett
Writer: Jack Russell
- 8.2/1037 votes
Episode 14
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1976
Ross tries to locate Mark Daniel in hopes that he will remember the location of the copper vein he found while hiding in Wheal Grace.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Jack Russell
- 8.3/1039 votes
Episode 15
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1976
Ross's hopes for a new vein of copper are shattered, and his distress amplifies when he finds out Elizabith is to wed Warleggan, resulting in the break of their vows.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Jack Russell
- 8.0/1038 votes
Episode 16
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1976
Warleggan evicts hundreds of tenant families in his efforts to exert power, and Ross discovers a valuable vein of tin in his depleted copper mine, Wheal Grace.
Director: Paul Annett
Writer: Jack Russell