Episode 14: A mysterious benefactor has agreed to finance Ross’s investigations into Wheal Grace. Ross also resorts to having the smuggler’s booty hidden at Nampara which almost leads to a catastrophe when Captain MacNeil gets suspicious.
Episode Cast: Robin Ellis (Ross Poldark), Clive Francis (Francis Poldark), Norma Streader (Verity Poldark), Nicholas Selby (Nicholas Warleggan), Angharad Rees (Demelza), Judy Geeson (Caroline Penvenen), Ralph Bates (George Warleggan), Jill Townsend (Elizabeth Poldark), Richard Morant (Doctor Dwight Enys), Mary Wimbush (Prudie), Paul Curran (Jud), Jonathan Newth (Captain Blamey), Christopher Benjamin (Sir Hugh), Stuart Doughty (Jim Carter), Milton Johns (Matthew Sanson), Forbes Collins (Zacky Martin), Cynthia Grenville, Barry Jackson, David Garfield, Pip Miller, Peta Mason, Alan Leith, Martin Fisk, Patrick Holt, Ken Plested, Donald Douglas, Joe Dunlop, Maureen Morris, Pam Scotcher
Writer: Jack Russell / Director: Paul Annett
Airdate: 4 Jan 1976 on BBC-1
Series: Poldark Season 1 Episode 14
Show Info: Period drama series. In the 18th century Cornish Squire Ross Poldark returns home from America to find his estate in taters, putting things to rights he meets the fiery Demelza and crosses swords with the evil George Warleggan.