Ross and Demelza's marriage shocks Trenwith with Charles' amusement at the union causing a fatal heart attack. On his passing-bed he asks Ross to look after Francis for him. Verity visits Nampara and despite Demelza's concerns that she is too common for her the two quickly become good friends.
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.
Poldark - Series 1, Episode 4 Synopsis and Schedule