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.
Beatie Edney who plays Prudie Paynter had previously filmed at Trenwith (Chavenage House in Tetbury, Gloucestershire). The same location also featured as Styles Court in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", where she played Mary Cavendish.
In the opening, Poldark is asked the rhetorical question "Isn't that what you enlisted for?" Officers did not enlist, but were granted commissions.
English, Cornish