US Preview Screenings of Episode 1 of 'Poldark' S4

Poldark series four premieres in the US on Sunday 30 September but some lucky fans can get to see the first episode days earlier at one of the preview screenings held by PBS stations. Here are some of them. Follow the links to register.

East Tennessee PBS is holding a free screening at Paramount Bristol, Bristol on Thursday 27 September at 7 pm (doors open at 6 pm).

KUED's free screening is on on Wednesday 12 September, 7 -9 pm at The Broadway Cinema, Salt Lake City, with competitions and a chance for pics with cutouts of Ross and Demelza.  RSVP by 10 September.

Nashville Public TV guests can pose for a photo with a life-size cutout of Ross at their preview on Thursday 13 September, 6 pm. There's also free admission to the Frist Art Museum.

Rhode Island PBS Studios, Providence,  has a free screening on Thursday 13 September at 6.30 pm, with refreshments and a special Poldark raffle.

WTCI-PBS has a free screening on Thursday 13 September 6 - 7.30 pm at The Palace Theater, Chattanooga.

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Basin PBS has a free screening on Thursday 13 Sept. at 5.30 pm at the Midland Centennial Library, Midland

PBS Charlotte is holding a free screening with tea, scones and some Poldark trivia at Commonwealth Avenue, Charlotte on Monday 24 September at 10.00 am

East Tennessee PBS is holding a screening at Pollard Technology Conference Centre, Oak Ridge on Monday 24 September, 2.00 pm

Georgia Public Broadcasting's free preview is at Georgia PB, Atlanta on Sunday 23 Sept. at 4.00 pm

LakelandPBS have two free screenings: one at Bemidji on 20 Sept.  and one on 21 Sept. at Brainerd. Both start at 10.00 am.  RSVP 218-333-3018  or  [email protected]

LPB has a Poldark, Popcorn and Punch evening on Thursday 20 Sept. at 6.00 pm. The event at The Oaks of Louisiana, Shreveport is free.

Montana PBS's free screening is on Tuesday 25 Sept at 6.30 pm in Bozeman

WHRO is holding a free preview screening on Thur 13 September at 6.30 for 7.00 pm at WHRO TV Norfolk

WIPB-TV's free screening is on Wednesday 19 September, 7pm at Legacy Commons Event Hall,
Muncie.

WVPT/WHTJ PBS has a free preview on Friday 21 September 8 pm at the Paramount Theater, Charlottesville.



WHYY are holding a Poldark Premiere Party on Cruiser Olympia at the Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia. The party, which includes a preview screening, costs $50. Tickets for the screening only cost $15.  The party is on Wed 26 September at 6.00 pm

Poldark S4 Preview Screening in Utah

KUED are screening the first episode of Poldark Series 4 in Salt Lake City. The screening will be at The Broadway Cinema on 12 September, 7-9 pm. There will also be competitions and a chance to have you pic taken with Ross and Demelza cutouts.   Seating is limited so RSVP tp [email protected] by Monday 10 September if you'd like to book a place.

Click here for more information.

'Poldark' S3 Preview in Nashville

Photo: Evie Bowman for Poldarked

Here's a chance to see the first hour of Poldark series three before it airs in the US on 1 October. Nashville Public Television is holding a preview screening on 28 September at the Frist Center for Visual Arts. Entrance is free but you do need to RSVP .  And we'd love to see your pics if you pose with the life-size cut-out of Ross Poldark that will be there!!!

The event is on Thursday 28 September, 6-7pm CDT. Find out more and register here.

Other preview venues:
KCTS 9 have said they'll be holding a screening in Seattle but no details are available yet.
WTCI are holding a preview in Chattanooga. There are still spaces available for members.

Poldark S3 begins with a two hour premiere on Sunday 1 October at 8pm on Masterpiece.

Pamela Haddock: Making-Up Ross

Pamela Haddock via Bristol 24/7

Pamela Haddock had a job that was the envy of people across the country: that of Aidan Turner’s make-up artist on Poldark S2. And BAFTA nominated Pamela certainly appreciated the work: ‘He is so beautiful that it was a pleasure to make up such a handsome man every day. When people found out I was doing Poldark, out of all of the projects I’ve ever worked on, they'd get this stunned face and one person actually asked me if I touch Aidan…. Obviously I have to touch him otherwise I can’t make him up. Every age group of woman seems to have fallen in love with him. As a result, I had a certain status for a while because I was looking after one of the most handsome men around which is nice and did help get me up every morning.’

Enjoyable though making-up Aidan may be were there still challenges for her? 

‘With Aidan,’ she says, ’it is about the scar which will naturally fade and eventually,  in years to come, almost fade away like scars do. I was very nervous to be taking that on. It’s always there but in some lights it picks up and some lights it doesn’t which is what a natural scar does.’

And what about the make-up for the fight scenes?  As Pamela explains,‘Ross gets into lots of scrapes. I love applying injuries and bruising - it’s one of my favourite aspects of the job. I love the changing bruising patterns that happen in real life and again, with Aidan I didn’t want it to look fake  but I wanted people to see the bruising and wonder if he has actually hurt himself. Sometimes on camera I have to darken his bruising but I don’t want it to be obvious. Aidan is so attractive he even looks handsome with a black eye!’

Yet when we come to watch Poldark Pamela hopes her work will go unnoticed. ‘All I ever want is for people to believe it and not really notice the make-up. They shouldn’t be looking at the make-up and the hair; they should be enjoying it so much they don’t notice those things and they just believe it is real.’

Poldark returns to BBC One on Sunday 4 September at 9 pm.

Source: BBC Media

'Poldark' Preview Screenings in the US

A number of venues are holding preview screenings of Poldark prior to it airing on Masterpiece on 21 June.

Charleston: Digital Sky Theatre, 1 Clay Square. Thursday 11 June, RSVP here.  They also have posters to give away!

Nashville: Public Television, Franklin Theatre.  Thursday 11 June, 7pm  Free but booking required.  Book here

Worthington, Minnesota: Centre for Active Living, 211 11th Street, Thursday 11 June, 5pm for 5.45pm. Contact Nicole Zempel for more info.

Urbana, Illinois:  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library, 1408 W Gregory Dr.  Friday 12 June at 6.30 pm CDT for 7.15 start. Book here

Pittston, PA: Sordoni High definition Theater ,WVIA Studios, 100 WVIA Way, Sunday 14 June, 3pm  Book here

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: LPB British Dramedy Society, Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge, LA70801. Tuesday 16 June, 7pm  Book here

Binghamton: WSKG screening, Wednesday 17 June, 6pm. RSVP

Seattle:  KCTS 9 , 401 Mercer Street.  Thursday 18 June, 6.30 pm for 7.30 pm  screening.  Free event but RSVP required. Book here.