When the original Poldark 8 Episodes aired on PBS nearly 40 years ago, millions watched and Masterpiece Theater was born. This hit remake stars Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) as the gallant redcoat captain who returns to windswept Cornwall after the American Revolutionary War to find his father dead, his lands ruined, and his former fiance about to marry his first cousin. Based on a series of novels by Winston Graham, it's impeccably produced (Entertainment Weekly) and eminently watchable (Philadephia Post-Inquirer). 8 episodes, 8 hours on 3 discs. It's 1783, and Ross Poldark has returned home from the American Revolutionary War to find England in the grip of recession and his beloved Cornwall on its knees. His father is dead, his family's land and copper mines are in ruins, and his childhood sweetheart is about to marry his first cousin.