Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead.

Ross plans to reopen his family mine with Francis. Demelza struggles to fit in at Nampara.

Rumours spread of a scandalous relationship between Ross and Demelza.

News of Ross and Demelza's marriage spreads, damaging Wheal Leisure's prospects.

Demelza gives birth. Ross welcomes old friend Dr Dwight Enys to Cornwall.

With Jim gravely ill in jail, Ross and Dwight launch a desperate mission to save him.

Francis wrongly blames Ross for helping Verity elope with Andrew Blamey.

Needing money to open a mine free of George's influence, Ross strikes a deal with a local smuggler. Dwight, meanwhile, tries to diagnose an epidemic and receives help from an anonymous benefactor.

Ross joins a smuggling trip in the Isles of Scilly in order to meet Mark Daniel but, in his absence, George moves in on Elizabeth. Caroline convinces Dwight they must elope for a new life in Bath, and Captain McNeil plans to ambush the smugglers on their return.