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CF: |
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| Character | Actor |
| Ross Poldark | Robin Ellis |
| Demelza Poldark | Angharad Rees |
| George Warleggan | Ralph Bates |
| Elizabeth Poldark Warleggan | Jill Townsend |
| Francis Poldark | Clive Francis |
| Caroline Penvenan Enys | Judy Geeson |
| Verity Poldark | Norma Streader |
Plot synopses for first season
| 1. WRITER: Jack Pulman With:-
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Ross is back in Cornwall from America and is shocked to
discover his house in disarray and his fiancee Elizabeth
engaged to his cousin Francis.
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| 2. WRITER: Jack Pulman With:- |
Ross determines to put Nampara back on track and get his
mine Wheal Leisure running again. Ross also decides to take
young Demelza Carne into his house as a servant.
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| 3. WRITER: Jack Pulman
With: Peter Beton - Clerk of the Court |
Demelza has taken over the running of 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. Note: John Ringham co-starred with Clive Francis some 20 years later in The Piglet Files.
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| 4. WRITER: Jack Pulman
With:
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After spending the night with Demelza Ross decides
to send her away, she returns to her family home but then
Ross discovers she is pregnant and tracks her down.
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| 5. WRITER: Paul Wheeler
With: |
Demelza gives birth to a daughter, Ross later tries to
introduce his wife to society, Ross also tries to set up
a smelting company for his mine, while Demelza tries to reunite Verity and Captain Blamey. A team of strolling
players visits the district and mine worker Mark Daniel
falls for actress Keren.
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| 6. WRITER: Paul Wheeler
With:
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Ross decides to break a seriously ill Jim Carter out of prison;
Ross's good friend Doctor Dwight Enys begins an affair with Mark
Daniel's wife Keren.
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| 7. WRITER: Paul Wheeler
With:
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Elizabeth and Francis's son Geoffrey Charles contracts the morbid
sore throat, Demelza helps nurse him but then tragedy strikes with
their own child.
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| 8. WRITER: Paul Wheeler
With: |
When Mark Daniel murders his wife over her affair with Dwight
Ross decides to help him escape the clutches of the law and ends
up putting his own life in danger.
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| 9. WRITER: Peter Draper With:
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Ross is arrested when a ship wrecked and then looted by the
village, the law (with a little help from the Warleggans) try
to persuade Ross's servant Jud to turn evidence against his
master. It then looks like Francis Poldark may give evidence against Ross.
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| 10. WRITER: Peter Draper With:
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It is Ross's trial and Francis is desperate enough to
contemplate suicide. Dwight meets Caroline Penvenen for
the first time.
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| 11. WRITER: Peter Wheeler With:
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Ross is found not guilty on all charges and makes it up with
Francis, they become partners in Wheal Grace. Demelza falls
pregnant again.
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| 12. WRITER: Peter Draper
With:
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Ross is being paid to turn a blind eye to smuggling on his
land. Jud is feared after an accident but has a surprise in
store for everyone.
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| 13. WRITER: Jack Russell With: |
Demelza, heavily pregnant, begins labour pains while out
fishing alone, she gives birth to son Jeremy. Francis, whilst
searching for signs of copper at Wheal Grace has an accident
and ends up being killed. END OF CLIVE FRANCIS' ROLE IN THE SERIES.
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| 14. WRITER: Jack Russell With: |
A mysterious benefactor has agreed to finance Ross's investigations
into Wheal Grace. Ross also resorts to having the smuggler's booty
hidden at Nampara which almost leads to a catastrophe when Captain
MacNeil gets suspicious.
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| 15. WRITER: Jack Russell With: |
Dwight is fined for warning the smugglers of the soldiers approach.
Ross has plans to blast a new tunnel in Wheal Grace and is determined
to stop Elizabeth marrying George Warleggan much to the disgust of Demelza.
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| 16. WRITER: Jack Russell
With: |
Ross and Demelza's marriage is on the verge of collapse thanks
to his obsession with Elizabeth but Wheal Grace is found to be
full of tin; Warv is then declared with France as events move
to a climax with Ross fighting it out with Warleggan.
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