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For Poldark fans, a double treat this weekend. Not only does their favourite TV show return tonight but in the cinema comes a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s melodrama My Cousin Rachel (12A) HHH which, like Poldark, is set in England in a similar-looking period and shares all sorts of familiar features. There’s a handsome leading man (Sam Claflin), a mysterious beauty (Rachel Weisz, pictured), lots of galloping along clifftops, male skinny-dipping… heck, there’s even a scything scene. Yes, really.

Having been orphaned at an early age, Philip has been raised by his wealthy cousin Ambrose, who, as the story properly begins, is not in the best of health. He travels to Italy for the sun, falls in love with a distant cousin, Rachel (Weisz), and promptly marries her. But Ambrose’s health