The clinch that shows love rat Ross has finally been forgiven
THEIR torrid relationship was tested to the limit when he betrayed her for an old flame.
But the fiery passion between Ross Poldark and his wife Demelza has been rekindled – judging by their embrace in our exclusive pictures from the set of the next series of the BBC drama.
Heart-throb Aidan Turner, 33, who plays the troubled hero in the 18th Century Cornish saga, and 24-year-old Eleanor Tomlinson were filmed laughing and hugging joyfully before gazing deeply into each other’s eyes.
The scene from the third series of Poldark – set to be broadcast next year – was shot at a Grade II listed farmhouse near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, amid tight security.
The couple’s embrace suggests that Demelza has fully forgiven Ross for the adulterous night he spend with his former fiancee Elizabeth Warleggan, played by Heida Reed, in the last series.
Public opinion was divided over their controversial encounter and whether it showed consensual sex or rape.
Now it seems the Poldarks’ marriage is back on track despite a question mark over the paternity of Elizabeth’s unborn child.
The homecoming scenes show a brooding Ross galloping across wintry fields before leaping into Demelza’s arms.
Off-screen, Turner was spotted last week with his girlfriend – artist Nettie Wakefield, 28 – as they smoked cigarettes after leaving fashionable London restaurant Scott’s of Mayfair.