Episode #2.5 (9 Oct. 1977)

Ross and his men successfully bring Dwight back from Frace, but Drake is wounded severely, and Watleggan's son develops a serious case of the rickets.

Stars:

Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Duncan Lamont

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Robin Ellis	...	Ross Poldark
Angharad Rees	...	Demelza Poldark
Duncan Lamont	...	Tholy Tregirls
Kevin McNally	...	Drake Carne
Michael Cadman	...	Dwight Enys
Peter Diamond	...	Joe Nanfan
Forbes Collins	...	Zacky Martin
Terence Edwards	...	Tom Ellery
Brian Stirner	...	Hugh Armitage
Matthew Walters	...	French Sergent
Judy Geeson	...	Caroline Penvenen
Mary Chester	...	Mrs. Trelask
Eileen Way	...	Agatha Poldark
Jill Townsend	...	Elizabeth Warleggan
Mary Wimbush	...	Prudie

Storyline

Aunt Agatha's prophesy seems to be confirmed as Valentine is a sickly child,suffering from rickets and needing painful treatment. However Elizabeth,backed by Dwight,sees that the course of his discomfort is the treatment itself which she replaces with maternal love,improving the child's quality of life. Warleggan discovers that Aunt Agatha is two years short of a hundred and cancels her party. She counters by suggesting that Valentine is not his child. He shakes her violently and she dies but she has planted the seeds of doubt in his mind. As a reward for saving him Ross sets Drake up as a blacksmith whilst Morwenna,miserable at being duped into a loveless marriage,is pleased when her fifteen-year-old cousin Rowella arrives as her companion.Caroline and Dwight marry. Lieutenant Hugh Armitage is among the guests and Caroline notices that he is smitten by Demelza whilst his uncle,Sir Francis Basset,suggests that Ross stands for parliament.

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Plot Keywords:

rickets | aunt | motherly instinct | fever | nonagenarian | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 1977 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Cornwall, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Lionheart Television International, London Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

53 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Cadman as Dr. Enys has a line to Caroline when he meets her after being rescued: "I'm not the same man who went away!" In context that is both a figurative and a literal statement. In previous episodes he was played by Michael Morant.

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Quotes

George Warleggan: You let yourself be stampeded by ignorant fears, womanish instincts.
Elizabeth Warleggan: Yes, George. Instincts to a woman, they are knowledge.

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