Poldark is the original version of the BBC television series adaptation of the novels of the same title written by Winston Graham.

In the first series we encounter Dr Dwight Enys, a forward-thinking young man who prefers to serve poor local communities rather than the rich.

Geoffrey Charles begins a friendship with Demelza's brother Drake Carne, whom he and his governess, Elizabeth's cousin Morwenna, meet in the woods on the Warleggan estate.

Pining for Morwenna, Drake puts his energies into building his blacksmith business and helping his brother Sam, a devout Methodist.

Rowella's husband, Arthur Solway, discovers his wife's adultery and attacks Osborne, who is dragged to death by his frightened horse.

However, the emphasis remains with Ross and Demelza, and the series concludes with the death of Elizabeth Warleggan after the birth of her and George's daughter Ursula.

Elizabeth takes a potion to bring on labour early so Warleggan will be led to think that she habitually delivers her children a few weeks prematurely; Elizabeth had delivered Valentine, born eight months after her wedding to George, after she took a supposed accidental fall on the stairs, which, it is implied only, was intentional on her part because she felt the labour coming on.

In 2008 the BBC made a half-hour programme entitled "The Making of Poldark" as part of its series called The Cult of Sunday Night.

The series was referenced by Reeves and Mortimer, presenting Poldark on Mopeds as a rejected comedy programme in an advert for TV Licensing.

The series, starring Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as Demelza, began transmission on Saturday, 7 March 2015, on the BBC One.