The Power Of Poldark

Aidan Turner tells us why Cornish hero Ross Poldark is heading to Westminster…

- Sarah Selwood

Dust off your tricorn hats – the wait is finally over!

And if there’s anyone more excited than us about the return of BBC1’s Cornish costume saga Poldark for a fourth series, it’s leading man Aidan Turner, who says it’s his favourite to date.

It’s now 1796, Prime Minister William Pitt has called an election and, as uncertainty grips the country, our swashbuckling hero Ross Poldark is watching his beloved Cornwall suffer under Truro’s power-hungry MP, his old nemesis George Warleggan.

Risking everything he holds dear, Ross realises the only way to make a difference is to embark on a political journey to Westminster.

Here, TV Times meets Aidan, 34, to talk plots, politics and the potential end of Poldark…

Ross has so far resisted going into politics. What changes?

He realises that an opportunity to get to London represents the only way he can make change happen. Cornwall is too far away from where the decisions are made.