Poldark. The complete second season

Author

Debbie Horsfield

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Full UK-length edition.

Languages

In English, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ruby Bentall, Caroline Blakiston, Beatie Edney, Jack Farthing, Luke Norris, Heida Reed, Kyle Soller, Gabriella Wilde, Phil Davis, John Nettles.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2016]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (approximately 600 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Ross Poldark returns home following his arrest. It's 1790 and there is riot and revolution in the air. Ross must fight for his freedom when George Warleggan tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary. While Francis and Elizabeth watch on in horror, can Demelza save Ross from himself? Crippled by debts, Ross and Francis try to heal old wounds be joining forces in a new mine free of the Warleggans. Ross and Elizabeth are thrown together by unforseen circumstances, and Ross risks everything in a desperate smuggling venture. Amid catastrophic losses, significant triumphs, and shattered relationships, they must learn to settle their differences once and for all, but at what cost?

Notes

Based on the Poldark novels by Winston Graham.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes in the UK on BBC One and in the US on PBS as part of the series Masterpiece in 2016.

Bonus features: The making of Poldark ; Portrait of a marriage ; Tour of the Nampara set with Eleanor Tomlinson ; About the show ; Aidan Turner (Ross Poldark) ; Eleanor Tomlinson (Demelza Poldark) ; Jack Farthing (George Warleggan) ; Heida Reed (Elizabeth Poldark).