With a storyline featuring more twists and turns than the Cornish coastline, catching up with the fourth series of Poldark might seem daunting – especially now that the story is rumoured to be shifting away, in parts, from scenic Cornwall to the fleshpots of Georgian London. But never fear, our trusty Poldark primer is here to give you all you need to know about the story so far.
Before the series
Debbie Horsfield’s adaptation of Winston Graham’s romantic sequence of novels about swashbuckling 18th century Cornish ex-soldier Captain Ross Poldark was a risky bet for the BBC. It was a series with history: in the 1970s an earlier version starring Robin Ellis and Angharad Rees won the nation’s hearts....