iPlayer figures for 'Poldark' S2

Series Two of Poldark got off to a terrific start on BBC iPlayer with over 1.25 million requests for episode one, beating the premiere of Series One by 64,000!  The only episode across both seasons to receive more requests is number five of Series One with over 1.4 million (it aired Easter Sunday).

Poldark went head to head with ITV's Victoria for its first six episodes but Victoria premiered in August so, by the time Poldark aired, Victoria was on its third episode. This may, in part, have affected the number of iPlayer requests for the Poldark premiere, with some people choosing to watch Victoria live and Poldark on demand.

The iPlayer report focuses on the top twenty episodes and the most requested episode per programme for each month. Poldark appears in the report for episodes one, five and ten. One and ten are the premiere and finale. Five gives us the death of Francis and also Ross in the bath tub. At the time five aired it was the least watched episode of the series, with viewing figures of 5.95m (seven day consolidated). It may be that many people caught up with it later, helping to make five the most popular episode of Poldark on iplayer in October, with 872k requests.

Poldark Series Two finished with the good overnight viewing figure of 5.8m (6.9m seven day consolidated) taking it back to the levels seen for Series One. It's hardly surprising then, that the number of requests on iPlayer were more modest at 697k. Nevertheless, it was the twelfth most requested programme in November.

Here are the tables which should be read alongside the Notes and Glossary:

Source of request figures: BBC Digital Analytics
Source: BBC iPlayer Performance Report

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Viewing Figures for 'Poldark' S2 Episodes 8 and 9

Episode 9 gave Poldark it's best overnight viewing figure this season, reaching for the first time the sort of levels seen for series one. OvernightsTV reported an audience of 5.4 million (24.3%. share), taking the show over the 2014 pre-Poldark average of 5m for this Sunday night slot.

The seven day consolidated figure for episode 8 held up well too and at 6.4m, was the third largest for this series. Poldark was BBC One's second best performing drama of the week after The Missing with 7.1m viewers.  Other shows with larger audiences include The Great British Bake Off, Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice, Countryfile and Eastenders. (Barb figures exclude iplayer)

Viewing figures continued their upward trend in Australia reaching 532k for episode 6 in the five city metro area: a series best, according to TVTonight.

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Viewing Figures for 'Poldark' S2 Episodes 7 and 8

The second series of Poldark gained its highest share of the television audience this season with its controversial episode on Sunday. Episode eight won a 23.8% share of viewers according to OvernightsTV. The audience numbers continued their steady week by week climb from a low of 4.7 million for episode five to 5m this Sunday, making it the third most popular episode this series.

Barb's seven day consolidated viewing figures for episode seven, which do not include BBC iplayer, were down slightly on the previous week's from 6.2m to 6.14m. Poldark was eleventh in the ranking of  BBC One's shows for the week, with the drama The Missing coming fourth. Other shows in the top ten were The Great British Bake Off, Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice, Eastenders and Countryfile.

Catching up with the ratings in Australia for the five city metro area, episode 4 of Poldark was watched by 468k on 16 October rising to 482k for episode 5 last Sunday, its second best showing of the season after episode 3 (502k) according to TVTonight.

CLIP: Poldark S2 Episode 9

"Would you like me to help you pack?"

Vote for 'Poldark' in the National Television Awards

Who can forget the surprise and excitement of the National Television Awards 2016 when Aidan Turner won the TV Moment of the Year Award for Poldark?

Now the nominations are out for the National Television Awards 2017 and Poldark, Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson and Heida Reed are all contenders!

You can vote for Poldark   in the following categories:

• Period Drama
• Drama Performance:  Aidan Turner or Eleanor Tomlinson or Heida Reed

How to vote:

• Vote online once per email address 
• Vote by phone or post

You can vote in as many categories as you like, but can only vote for one nominee in each category.

Voting closes at 11 pm on 23 October.  

This is the long list of nominees from which the short list will be drawn for a second round of voting, probably in January, 2017. In previous years, votes from the long list and short list have been added together to decide the winners, so please vote now to help Poldark win!

Useful links:
Vote online  http://www.nationaltvawards.com/vote
Voting Guidelines  http://www.nationaltvawards.com/terms

The NT Awards are voted for by the public. The winners will be announced at the National Television Awards ceremony on 25 January, 2017 to be broadcast live on ITV. Tickets for the event at the O2 in London are available from the NTA.

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Viewing Figures for Poldark S2

Photo: Official Poldark

Poldark S2 Episode 6 got the series its third best viewing figures last night with 4.9 million watching, which is a 22.5% share of the audience according to OvernightsTV. Episodes 1 and 4 have had the best audiences so far for the current series with over 5 million apiece.

The seven day consolidated figure for Poldark S2 Episode 5 was 5.95 m, its lowest figure ever.  The Series 1 low was 6.8m (episode 7) and Series 2 premiered with 6.7m.

The 7 day consolidated figures are produced by BARB; the data gives the number of people watching a programme on the day plus those who recorded it and played it back within a seven day period. The figures do not include iplayer: these should be available from the BBC at a later date.

Last night's finale of Victoria was watched by 5.5m (25.5% share), the best figure since the premiere according to OvernightsTV.  Victoria's seven day consolidated figure for the previous week's episode was 7.3m.

It was good news from Australia where Episode 3 of Poldark S2 aired last night to an audience of 502,000 in the five city metro area, well up from the 453,000 of the previous week (TV Tonight).

CLIP: It's an Ambush! Poldark S2 Ep 7

While Ross and the smugglers unload their boats Ross spots a warning fire.

Coming Soon! 'Poldark' Series 1 and 2 Box Set

Poldark series one and two is to be released as a box set!

The drama will be available on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 7 November, the same day the individual second series comes out.

The box set has all 18 episodes plus over two hours of bonus material. It is classified as 12 as it contains moderate violence, threat, injury detail and sex.

Poldark Complete Series 1 and 2 is available for pre-order now price £27.99 for DVD and £34.99 Blu-ray

As a little aside, you may like to enjoy DVD menus designed for Poldark series one by Duncan Dettmer.


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Who to Look Out for in 'Poldark' S2 Episode 5

Robin Ellis as Rev Halse

It's always nice to see TV's original Ross Poldark, Robin Ellis, in the current series so look out for him making an appearance as the Reverend Halse in this week's episode.

John Macneill
Photo: Patrick Management

Amelia Clarkson Photo: IMDB

New characters this week are Rosina Hoblyn (Amelia Clarkson) and her father Jackca (John Macneill) who are visited by Dr Enys. Charlie Kempthorne (Ross Green) has his eye on marrying Rosina.  Rosina has a role to play throughout the Poldark saga.

Ross Green and Luke Norris
Photo: Official Poldark

CLIP: Poldark S2 Episode 6

"Do they serve plum pudding in debtor's prison?" Having bought Ross's debt, George and Cary delight in being able to bankrupt him in time for Christmas.

CLIP: Preview of Poldark S2 Episode 5

Thanks to Poldarked Fangirl for posting this preview of Poldark S2 Episode 5 which appeared at the end of BBC's Episode 4.

Viewing Figures for 'Poldark' S2

Well done Poldark!

Last night Poldark Series 2 recorded it's highest number of viewers so far with 5.15 million (23.5% share) watching Episode 4 according to Overnights.tv., just beating the S2 premiere which had 5.1 m (22.7%) and well up on the previous week of 4.7m.

The 7 day consolidated figures for Poldark S2 for Episodes 1, 2 and 3 give 6.7m, 6.3m and 6.2m viewers per episode respectively. While the numbers are down on Series 1, which had between 8.7m (Episode 1) and 6.8m (Episode 7) viewers, the show still performs strongly.

Much has been made of Poldark going head to head with Victoria but the TV ratings show that the episodes of Victoria that have clashed with the first three episodes of Poldark have 7.75m, 7.6m and 7.65m viewers if  ITV +1 is included and 6.m, 5.8m and 5.8m if it is not.  So Victoria comes out top with one set of figures and Poldark with the other.

The 7 day consolidated figures are produced by BARB; the data gives the number of people watching a programme on the day plus those who recorded it and played it back within a seven day period. The figures do not include iplayer: these should be available from the BBC at a later date.

Poldark S2 premiered in Australia yesterday with 479,000 viewers watching it in the five city metro area according to TV Tonight, putting it at number 10 in the Top 10 rankings. Series 1 premiered to 649,000 people last year making it ninth in the rankings.


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Designing 'Poldark' S2 MPT Programme Guide

Megan Bohawn designed the cover and feature pages for Poldark S2 for Maryland Public Television's programme guide. Megan says: I took inspiration from the moody setting in the Cornish port. I also incorporated historic maps of England to embrace the historic drama of the show.

Poldark preview: S2 Episode 4

'Thirty Pieces of Silver'. George tells Ross that Francis betrayed him.

Trailer for Poldark S2 Episode 4

Video Clip: Poldark S2 Episode 3

Here's a clip from Poldark S2 Episode 3: Would George Wreck Us All?

Video Clips: Poldark S2 Episode 2

Here are a couple of clips from Poldark S2 Episode 2 : 'I am a gentleman's wife' and 'This man stole my daughter'

Video: Poldark -Where we Left Off

Aidan Turner (Ross), Eleanor Tomlinson (Demelza) and Heida Reed (Elizabeth) talk to PBS Masterpiece about PoldarkS2

Free Poldark Preview Screenings in US

There are some free preview screenings of the first hour of Poldark Series 2 being held in the US.  Here are some we've heard of but suggest you contact your local PBS channel to find out if one is being held in your area.

IdahoPTV - Wed 21 Sept, 6.30 - 8.30 pm Village Cinema, Meridian

WXXI -  Sun 11 Sept., 10.30 am - noon, The Little Theatre, 240 East Ave.

KCTS 9 -  Thur 22 Sept., 8 pm  KCTS 9 Studios, 401 Mercer St., Seattle

NPT -   Thur 15 Sept.,  6pm - 7 pm  Frist Centre, Nashville

VIDEO: A Look Behind the Scenes of Poldark

Producer Margaret Mitchell,Supervising Location Manager David Johnson and Makeup Designer Pamela Haddock talk about filming Poldark in Cornwall.
Video: National Trust