Poldark's Final Season Premieres This Weekend
Poldark's final season commences this weekend. Before you tune in, here's everything we know about the story's final episodes so far. (Fair warning, spoilers ahead if you aren't caught up on the series):
Masterpiece recently released a first trailer for the show's final season.
Watch the dramatic clip right here:
The season will premiere on Sunday, September 29 in the States, so set your DVR.
Masterpiece PBS revealed the news in an Instagram post.
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At this point, it's unclear if it will air first in the U.K.
Filming officially wrapped on the season months ago.
Masterpiece PBS confirmed the news with an Instagram post.
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"That’s a wrap 🎬" reads the caption. "Today was the final day of shooting on #PoldarkPBS season five... and we’ve got all the feels 😭"
The official Poldark account posted another photo from the last day on set. See that one below:
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Actress Eleanor Tomlinson, who played Demelza on the show also share a heartfelt goodbye to the series. " Goodbye Poldark. Thank you to the incredible cast and crew that have made this series over the last 5 years. What a family we are ♥️" she captioned the photo:
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In season 5, viewers will see Ross "challenge the establishment again."
"It is a new century and with it comes the promise of a hopeful future, but the past casts a long shadow over Cornwall. Following the death of Elizabeth, Ross Poldark resolves to put Westminster behind him and spend more time with the people he loves," reads a summary of the season. "However, when an old friend emerges with a plea for help, Ross is compelled to challenge the establishment again.
Tomlinson, who plays Demelza on the series, has also said leaving the show is “bittersweet."
"I don’t feel sad because I’ll carry Demelza with me as she’s shown me so much about who I am," she said in an interview with Harper's Bazaar UK. "It sounds corny, but I don’t see it as a goodbye. We have to edit, do the post production, then there’ll be screenings. And also, because we’re best mates. I’ll see the actors and crew again, so it doesn’t feel like goodbye, more like see you on the next project or in the pub for a glass of wine rather than a wet Cornish clifftop. Maybe I won’t be wearing a corset."
Poldark Writer Debbie Horsfield confirmed to Radio Times that the fifth season will be the show's last last summer.
“As far as we’re concerned it’s going to be the last,” she said. Actor Aiden Turner, who stars as Ross Poldark in the drama has also shared that season five will be the final one, at least for the time being.
Turner told the Independent that he has "mixed feelings" about the Cornwall-set show ending.
"I think we’ve done really well with Winston’s books and I hope he’d be really proud," Turner said. "But it’s nice when things naturally come to an end, you don’t want things to go on really long."
That said, Turner would be open to coming back and reprising his role down the line. "I think next year might be the last one, certainly for a while," he said. "We may come back, who knows. There’s a huge gap in the books, about 15 years."
"I wouldn’t age up, I’d come back in 10 years," he continued. "I’d revisit it the right way, I’m not putting grey in my hair or anything like that."
Masterpiece PBS, which airs the show in the States, also confirmed the news.
"Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece have announced today that the fifth season of Poldark, which just began filming, will be the series’ last," reads a statement. "Stars Aidan Turner (Ross Poldark) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Demelza Poldark) will both return for the final season."
There will be some new faces in the cast in season 5.
Lily Dodsworth Evans, Kerri McLean, Sofia Oxenham, Vincent Regan, Peter Sullivan, and Freddie Wise will all appear on the show in new roles.
After Poldark, Horsfield will be developing a TV adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.
“There are several new projects I’m working on, but following our five-year collaboration on Poldark, I’m thrilled to be continuing my relationship with [executive producers] Damien Timmer and Karen Thrussell at Mammoth Screen by developing The Count of Monte Cristo with them," she told Radio Times.
Need to catch up?
Previous seasons of Poldark are available to stream on Amazon.
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