How the team behind BBC 's Poldark transformed Corsham in Wiltshire into 18th-century Truro in Cornwall . The BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel was a huge hit and has been adapted for TV several times since. Tell-tale signs of the modern age were cleverly hidden or temporarily removed - all in just one weekend .
How the team behind BBC 's Poldark transformed Corsham in Wiltshire into 18th-century Truro in Cornwall . Shop fronts and neat parking spaces were replaced by dirt-covered roads , rickety carts and wandering horses . Tell-tale signs of the modern age were cleverly hidden or temporarily removed - all in just one weekend .