Quite why this absurd Mills & Boon-esque farrago is one of the Beeb's flagship events every time it comes back around is a mystery, though I suppose it's solid proof of the value of giving the viewers what they want.
It's an absorbing, atmospheric antidote to the spray tans and gymbots preening all over our screens on summer staples like Love Island and Big Brother.
A bit like the average distance between humans and rats, in Poldark you are never far from birth, marriage or death. In this first episode of the third series, there was a full house, the emphasis being very much on death.
