Returning: Poldark

Patient Poldark fans your wait is nearly over with the series returning to ABC later this month.

Season 2 (which has only just debuted in the UK) will air from 8:40pm Sunday September 25.

Expect a moderate amount of shirtless beefy Aidan Turner, also sporting a new haircut which has sent British fans into a tailspin…

It’s 1790 and there’s riot and revolution in the air. Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) is fighting for his freedom when George Warleggan (Jack Farthing) tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary. While Francis (Kyle Soller) and Elizabeth (Heida Reed) watch on in horror, can Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) save Ross from himself? Crippled by debts, Ross and Francis try to heal old wounds by joining forces in a new mine free of the Warleggans. Ross and Elizabeth are thrown together by unforeseen circumstances, and Ross risks everything in a desperate smuggling venture. Meanwhile, the fate of the Poldarks is tied to Dr Dwight Enys (Luke Norris) and young heiress Caroline Penvenen (Gabriella Wilde) in unexpected ways. The Poldark clan must learn to settle their differences once and for all, but at what cost? In episode one, as George Warleggan builds his case against Ros, Pascoe forces Ross to prepare a will just in case, while Demelza hopes to gain an ally in their neighbour Ray Penvenen (John Nettles). Francis fails in his efforts to reconcile with Ross, and Elizabeth attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ross and George, persuading George to offer Ross his help in influencing the court. However, Ross rejects the offer as the price of friendship with George is too high. Francis is consumed with guilt for betraying Ross, while George offers to stand up for Ross in court if he’ll accept his friendship – but Ross refuses. And Demelza is prevented from speaking to the Justice. Ross begins to realise that he may well be hanged tomorrow…