All Episodes of Poldark

Season 1

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  8.5/1039 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

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  8.4/1040 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

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  8.3/1042 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

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  8.3/1038 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

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  8.3/1040 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

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  8.2/1038 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

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  8.2/1039 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

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  8.2/1034 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

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  8.2/1036 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

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  8.1/1046 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

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  8.1/1044 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

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  8.1/1038 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

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  8.0/1055 votes

  Episode 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

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  7.9/1046 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

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  7.9/1044 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

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  7.9/1035 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