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Month: July 2018

Poldark Four: Episode Six

Poldark Four: Episode Six

4/5 Ross has a prior engagement, with Prime Minister Pitt the Younger  Ross’s poor relief scheme has succeeded in Cornwall and won the approval of Prime Minister. Pitt gives Ross a commission: ‘Your impulse is sound, and I believe it’s time will come…help those who […]

‘Downton still stands and the Crawleys are still in it’

‘Downton still stands and the Crawleys are still in it’

* Spoilers if you haven’t watched the last series of Downton including the Christmas Finale (aired in 2015). Although if you haven’t, quite frankly, what have you been doing with your time?! Get on Amazon Prime immediately. No spoilers about the film. * The long-anticipated […]

Series Four: Episode Five

Series Four: Episode Five

4/5 Dramatic, traumatic, full of heartbreak but full of hope? Ross and George are back in London with letters once again the only communication between the Poldarks. People in Cornwall are dying, Ross is talking about it in Westminster while Demelza and Dwight are doing […]

Series Four: Episode Four

Series Four: Episode Four

4/5 *Spoilers if you haven’t watched this episode!* A return to brilliance, but such heartbreaking brilliance. The episode starts back on Holywell beach. Caroline has taken to motherhood with all the aplomb that you would secretly expect of her. Meanwhile, Dwight stands with tears in […]

Poldark Four: Episode Three

Poldark Four: Episode Three

3.5/5 A good episode which again sets up much for next week, but it didn’t quite reach the dizzy heights of brilliance seen in the last episode and was occasionally over laboured. Letters from October, November, January and March indicate that Ross is away for […]