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"POLDARK" SERIES THREE (2017) EPISODES ONE TO FIVE

Series Two of "POLDARK" ended on a dark note for me. The last six of its ten episodes featured the adaptation of Winston Graham's 1953 novel, "Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793". And if I must be brutally honest, I was not happy with it. Not one bit. Due to my low opinion of Series Two's second half, I did not look forward to Series Three.

The first five episodes of Series Three focused on showrunner Debbie Horsfield's adaptation of Graham's 1973 novel, "The Black Moon: A Novel of Cornwall, 1794-1795". That is correct. Following the publication...

"POLDARK" SERIES TWO (1977) EPISODES ONE TO FIVE

A very strange thing occurred some forty-four years ago. Twenty years following the publication of the fourth novel of his "POLDARK" series, "Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall, 1792-1793", Winston Graham's fifth novel in the series was published - namely "The Black Moon: A Novel of Cornwall, 1794-1795" (1973). Producers Morris Barry and Anthony Coburn had already adapted Graham's first four novels in 1975. The pair waited another two years before they adapted the next three novels in the series, including "The Black Moon"

Most of the cast managed...