Poldark

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Season 1
  • Network: PBS , BBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 21, 2015
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 42
  3. Negative: 5 out of 42
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  1. agagil
    Jun 22, 2015
    2
    It's basically a soap opera based in the late 18th century. The problem is that the characters aren't that interesting. This is not Downton Abbey or anything even close to that level and scale. Not every thing that comes out of the British Isles is worth the effort.

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#84 Best TV Season of 2015
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#76 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Jun 22, 2015
    80
    The sheer blissful goofiness of [Poldark and Demelza's] burgeoning romance (with swelling music, furtive glances, and Harlequin romance novel compositions) encapsulates the pleasures of the series as a whole. This is trash done ecstatically well.
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  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Tirdad Derakhshani
    Jun 22, 2015
    70
    Poldark doesn't rise to the dramatic heights of Downton Abbey. And though it sometimes takes itself too seriously, it is an eminently watchable yarn.
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  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jun 22, 2015
    70
    An enjoyable mix of romance, period adventure and serialized plot turns, Poldark proves an entertaining, 18th-century summer soap.
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