Netflix has acquired the rights to another hit historical romance drama, Poldark, starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson. It’s set to arrive imminently, with all five seasons expected to touch down on October 8th, 2025.
Based on the novels of the same name by Winston Graham, the series adaptation premiered a decade ago in 2015 and ran for five seasons, comprising 43 episodes, through 2019. It primarily aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom but was broadcast in the US by PBS.
The historical drama is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Cornwall, England. The series follows the life of the eponymous protagonist, Ross Poldark, as he returns home from fighting in the American Revolutionary War.
Among the cast included:
Aidan Turner ( The Hobbit film trilogy , Being Hu