Poldark · Season 1 · BBC One / PBS Masterpiece
Poldark Season 1
Poldark Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.0/10. 8 episodes on BBC One / PBS Masterpiece from 8 March 2015.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Poldark arrived on BBC One in March 2015 as a prestige period drama with a star at its centre who the network had been quietly building for years. Aidan Turner's Ross Poldark - brooding, principled, and perpetually windswept on Cornish clifftops - became the season's dominant television image. Critics scored the first series at 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with The New York Times calling it 'sweeping, stirring, rousing good stuff' and Variety praising Turner's 'swoon-worthy qualities' and the production's 'gorgeous photography.' The Hollywood Reporter's Keith Uhlich labelled it 'trash done ecstatically well,' which was not intended as a complaint - the show wore its romance-novel DNA proudly. The BAFTA Audience Award followed. A confident, pleasurable debut.
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The Room
“Like an epic romance novel come to life, Poldark offers a sumptuous visual feast, from gorgeous scenery to a charming, handsome lead.”
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Episode 18.0
Ross Poldark rides home from war to find his estate in ruins, his father dead, and the woman he loved engaged to his cousin. Debbie Horsfield's adaptation of Winston Graham's novel establishes the period, the stakes, and the man in a single confident hour. Turner commands the screen from the opening sequence.
The moment: Poldark's first survey of his ruined Nampara estate - the visual statement of what he has come back to.
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