The New Poldark

He looked pretty good on The One Show last week,mrsmopp

Blame it on the make up!

Sorry, I demoted him!

He has not aged well - he is hardly recognisable! What a shock!

Darn it; I'll have to watch it AGAIN now....

Oh, just checked and he was the judge. How awful, I didn't recognise him!

No, he wasn't! Was he?

No, Tegan Robin Ellis was the magistrate.

Finally got to see it. Saucy minx; she knew what she was doing with the laces scene . Other than that, I find this Demelza really sweet and vulnerable. Oh damn; would Robin Ellis be the vicar marrying them [I didn't notice the vicar and don't really want to watch it through again].

Thanks merlot, so much easier than trawling trough the whole episode!

Going to give at another go, shysal. I must point out that I was watching whilst lying down on the sofa after a very long, tiring day.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3008106/But-did-Viewers-left-scratching-heads-Demelza-managed-dress-ask-Poldark-unfasten-outfit.html

Here you are, shysal. We'd hate you to miss out!

Tegan, much as I love the programme, after reading this thread I am now aware that I must have nodded off briefly during the 'laces' scene, as I didn't see it. I thought I had been awake throughout! Thanks to GN, I don't think I need to bother watching it on iplayer.

Watched it twice on catchup last night and still didn't get to the end both times without falling asleep so I have to watch it again today [can you fast forward on catchup?]. Much as I'm enjoying it up to a point it isn't a patch on the adaption of Tess of the d'Urbevilles a few years back and I feel the colour of the production should be a bit more muted [they're probably overreacting because of Jamaica Inn]. I still think it's good but it could be better. My Game of Thrones fanatiscism has made me very critical of just about everything else I watch.

Fine actor though he is, Phil Davis wouldn't have quite the allure without his shirt!

Ross in the last episode baring his manly chest, reminded of the famous scene with Darcy and his wet shirt. We haven't recovered from that yet, have we? Weell, some of us have. It is so unnecessary.

I agree about the lacing - I was puzzling about that!

Yes, no proposal, not even a quick 'we'd better get married because...', just the sudden wedding with no witnesses apart from the vicar! Wouldn't the banns have to have been read in those days? Very odd!

I was chatting to my 16yr old DGD on facebook towards the end of the programme. A nice way of watching things together. She was saying how good it was but when they showed Ross and Demelza standing at the altar, all she could say type was...You Wot????

It was a bit quick!!

I think Ross would have been unlikely to strip off like that. Country people were well aware of the likelihood of sunburn and cuts and scratches and insect bites. I noticed that Jud kept his shirt on. They would probably have worn hats too in all that sun.

I can't take George Warleggan seriously: that actor was so idiotically good as Freddy Threepwood in the 'Blandings' series. I do like Ross but he does look so cross all the time. I thought the stripped off scene of him working in the field was a bit calculated and gratuitous -an attempt to create a buzz similar to the Darcy emerging from the lake scene.

That was the only comment my husband made about the programme!

That had crossed my mind too, merlot! It was perfectly laced up as well...

I think I might watch it again in careful detail because what I really want to know is....if she had to ask Ross to carefully tease apart the laces, how on earth did she manage to do up the dress in the first place?

#scheminglittleminx!

Tabith, I think I need to watch the scene again - perhaps more than once - before making up my mind on this.

And merlot, I agree too. It's so much more effective to leave the details to the viewer's imagination.