Strained relations

Another Poldark enters the world this week as Demelza goes into labour, and Ross reaches out to his Aunt Agatha by inviting her to baby Clowance’s christening party. But when she doesn’t turn up, Ross takes advantage of George and Elizabeth’s absence to ride over to

Trenwith and find out why.

He soon discovers the dire conditions that his aunt is being kept under, but Aunt Agatha declines his invitation to move to Nampara – she was born at Trenwith and fully intends to die there. Can Ross do anything to make her life any easier?

Meanwhile, love’s young dream (Drake and Morwenna) continue to make gooey eyes at each other, so Demelza decides it’s time that she had a quiet word with Morwenna about how inadvisable it would be to pursue a relationship with him.