premise: Poldark airs on the BBC.
hypothesis: Poldark . The BBC has adapted the series for television twice : Poldark , which aired in 1975 and 1977 , and a new version , Poldark , which premiered in 2015 . Poldark is a British-American drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 March 2015 . An earlier television series of the same name was based on Graham 's first four Poldark novels , broadcast by BBC One between 1975 and 1977 . On 8 April 2015 , the BBC announced that a second series had been commissioned which premiered on 4 September 2016 . Anthony Robin Ellis ( born 8 January 1942 ) is an English actor best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in 29 episodes of the BBC classic series Poldark , adapted from a series of books by the late British author Winston Graham .