6 unmissable POLDARK MOMENTS

SERIES 1 Hot scything

We like a man who takes pride in his work – especially when it involves him toiling while topless, tanned, toned and tousled of locks. Even when the BBC released a photo of the make-up artist contouring the biceps of Aidan Turner (aka Ross) to make them look bigger, we didn’t care.

That first kiss

The chemistry between our hero and his wide-eyed housemaid Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) had been simmering for a couple of weeks before they finally got it together. What started as a ticking-off – he upbraids her for snooping – turned into a smooch before Ross kindly helped her slip out of her blue dress and corset.

SERIES 2 Cruel demise

Ross’s cousin Francis (Kyle Soller) was a bit wimpy but he was one of the good guys. We gasped in horror when he fell into the mine’s murky water while desperately digging for copper to save the struggling business. Ross arrived too late to rescue him. Sob.

Fateful union

Don’t do it! Don’t do… Oh, she did it. Ross’s first love Elizabeth (Heida Reed) emerged from grieving her husband Francis’s death to marry Poldark’s pantomime villain – and Ross’s nemesis – George Warleggan. What could have possibly attracted this beautiful young woman to powerful millionaire George? It’s a decision she (and her son Geoffrey Charles) soon live to regret.

SERIES 3 Au revoir, Aunt Agatha

A fond farewell to the brilliantly grumpy Poldark family matriarch who took endless delight in winding up George. Aunt Agatha (Caroline Blakiston) managed to land one final blow on her enemy, using her last breath to tell him that his beloved baby son and heir might have been fathered by his arch-enemy Ross.

Sand-dune shenanigans

Ross may be easy on the eye but imagine living with him: the stubbornness, the moodiness, the accidental sleeping with his ex. So we let out a cheer when his long-suffering wife Demelza finally succumbed to temptation to enjoy a romp in a sand dune with brooding aristocratic war hero Hugh Armitage (Josh Whitehouse).