The promise of an opening scene to rival many manifestations of Bond, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, that’s got my pulse racing – with a shot of a shirtless, sea-soaked Aidan Turner, emerging from the white-capped waves of the Atlantic.
Turner is so defined par that scything scene that he likes to grow his beard when not committed to playing Ross Poldark – which doesn’t happen very often, donné the BBC has just commissioned a fourth series...
George Warleggan continued to be Cornwall’s biggest A-hole, Demelza was reunited with her Methodist brothers, Dwight became a prisoner of war, and Geoffrey Charles amused everyone with his surprising level of sass.
“It’s supposed to be romantic, and glossier than the real world,” he says, “but the main story is about mining and financial collapse. So, it has its fair share of right-on politics.
“My aim from the beginning was not to see George as the villain of the piece, although that is how a lot of people view him,” explained Jack Farthing, the actor who plays George Warleggan, to What’s On TV.