The BEST episodes written by Winston Graham

#1 - Episode 10

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 10

#2 - Episode 15

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 15

Elizabeth accepts an offer of marriage, although she knows it will appal Ross. when tragedy strikes at Wheal Grace the double blow creates in him an unreasoning and obsessive reaction.

#3 - Episode 29

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 13

Tragedy could be awaiting Ross, Elizabeth, and Demelza on their respective trips to London.

#4 - Episode 25

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 9

Ross is unable to help miners who are facing starvation because of a strike. Rowella blackmails Osborne.

#5 - Episode 19

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 3

Ross is captured as a spy when he goes to France in search of Dwight Enys.

#6 - Episode 17

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 1

Ross returns home to Cornwall from the war with the French and soon renews his feud with the Warleggans.

#7 - Episode 26

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 10

Ross gets elected to Parliament. Hugh Armitage dies of a brain tumor. Osborne tries to have Morwenna committed to an asylum.

#8 - Episode 14

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 14

Ross determines to find Mark Daniel who may be able to remember where he saw copper while hiding down Wheal Grace. To do so he must accompany Trencrom's smugglers to the Scilly Isles, which is dangerous as there is an informer amongst them.

#9 - Episode 22

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 6

Aunt Agatha's deathbed curse haunts George while Ross brings Dwight Enys and Hugh Armitage back to Cornwall.

#10 - Episode 24

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 8

Demelza discovers that Ross had a secret meeting with Elizabeth while fighting her own attraction to Hugh Armitage.

#11 - Episode 11

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 11

#12 - Episode 12

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 12

#13 - Episode 13

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 13

#14 - Episode 16

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 16

Ross goes to Trenwith to confront George for the last time.

#15 - Episode 27

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 11

George continues to scheme for more power by planning to bankrupt Ross.

#16 - Episode 28

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 12

Demelza takes a huge risk to help out an old friend. Drake wants to marry Morwenna now that she's free.

#17 - Episode 23

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 7

Ross decides not to stand for Parliament but George Warleggan decides to throw his hat into the ring.

#18 - Episode 9

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 9

#19 - Episode 20

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 4

Demelza gives birth to a daughter. George arranges a marriage between Morwenna and Osborne Whitworth unaware that she's in love with Drake Carne.

#20 - Episode 6

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 6

When Jim Carter becomes seriously ill in prison, Ross worries that he will die before completing his sentence.

#21 - Episode 4

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ross learns that Demelza is pregnant and goes looking for her. Demelza gets into terrible trouble with her Puritan father and step-mother who can't stand the scandal. Before this Elizabeth finally agreed to run away with Ross and leave Francis whom she doesn't love.

#22 - Episode 5

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 5

Ross decides to marry Demelza because she is pregnant to Elizabeth's great displeasure. Ross'daughter Julia is born and he holds a party to celebrate. Elizabeth is very unhappy and not nice to Demelza.

#23 - Episode 8

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 8

Mark Daniel learns of Keren's affair with Dwight Enys; Ross helps Mark avoid capture by the authorities.

#24 - Episode 7

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 7

Young Geoffrey Charles is stricken with a serious illness; when Francis also becomes ill, Demelza assists Elizabeth in caring for him.

#25 - Episode 2

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 2

Verity, Ross' cousin, is considered by everyone to be an old maid. They are all astonished when she attracts the attention of Captain Blamey at a ball. Unfortunately her father strongly disapproves of the match because the Captain is an ex-prisoner and former alcoholic. He forbids them to meet but Ross and Demelza take pity on Verity and encourage them to meet secretly so that Verity can get to know him better. Verity also tells Ross that Demelza is in love with him which amazes him. He still has feelings for the exquisite Elizabeth but he feels a growing affection for Demelza.

#26 - Episode 1

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 1

Ross returns from fighting for Britain in the American Revolution to his native Cornwall only to find his ex-fiance, Elizabeth, now engaged to his cousin Francis.

#27 - Episode 21

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 5

As Aunt Agatha prepares a party for her 100th birthday, Ross prepares to rescue Dwight Enys from French custody. Neither the rescue nor the party go as planned.

#28 - Episode 3

Poldark - Season 1 - Episode 3

Ross' former employee, Jim Carter, stands trial for poaching and Ross gives evidence in his defence. Demelza, taken in as a maid by Ross, falls in love with him but learns that Ross still loves Elizabeth. She seduces him and becomes pregnant, running away because she knows that he isn't likely to want the child.

#29 - Episode 18

Poldark - Season 2 - Episode 2

Elizabeth celebrates the birth of her son but worries that there was a Dark Moon at the time of his birth. Meanwhile, word arrives that Dwight Enys is missing at sea.