Poldark: Series 3

2017

Created by Debbie Horsfield, Winston Graham
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9 episodes
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Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are... More

Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.

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Where to watch Poldark: Series 3

Poldark: Series 3 is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on TVNZ+ and Acorn.

Poldark: Series 3 episodes

Episode 1

Ross and Demelza look to forget the past and rebuild... More their marriage, but new arrivals threaten their fragile reconciliation.

Episode 2

Sam and Drake provoke Trentishoe and Ross's stubbornness gives George... More the upper hand. Meanwhile, a great naval battle leaves Dwight's fate in question.

Episode 3

Ross is ordered to leave Roscoff under threat of execution.... More He travels with Tholly to meet his contact in France, but finds information about Dwight's fate comes at a high price. Sam leads a congregation of methodists in protest outside the church - only to face broken promises from George, who revokes their lease on the meeting house, which leads them to turn to Elizabeth for help. Geoffrey Charles has some words of advice for Drake, who has shared a moment of intimacy on the beach with Morwenna.

Episode 4

George proves merciless as the new magistrate, and Clowance is... More christened. Ross discovers the means to both help Dwight and combat Cornwall's famine.

Episode 5

While George makes political manoeuvres at home, Ross sails to... More France to rescue Dwight from the French Revolution.

Episode 6

Drake finds himself in the Warleggans' firing line as George... More moves to secure his connection to the nobility, and Ross provides some local aid.

Episode 7

George pursues a vacant seat in Parliament as Agatha plans... More for her hundredth birthday, and Ross is given a proposition. Meanwhile, there is a new arrival at the Whitworth vicarage.

Episode 8

Ross is adamant George will lose in the election and... More determines to get a headstone made for Agatha's grave, something Trenwith has neglected. George, meanwhile, questions Dwight over Valentine's legitimacy and - paranoid and jealous - shuts himself to Elizabeth, as Rowella begins to seduce Osborne Whitworth and Demelza receives tokens of Hugh's affection. Sam continues to pine after Emma, as Dwight instructs Osborne to forego intercourse with Morwenna and Cary informs Lord Falmouth that the Warleggans will be opposing Falmouth in the election. Ross returns from his mine to discover Hugh Armitage at Nampara with Demelza - and this time Hugh's attention does not go unnoticed..