Espionage, Waterloo and the West End: what happened next for Poldark?

• After five seasons, Poldark drew to a close last night, its eponymous hero striding towards a rowing boat bound for France where life as a government spy awaited him. For the past four years, the nation has been rapt by this tale of the smouldering mine-owner and principled rebel, Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner), his spirited wife, Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson), the villainous banker, George Warleggan (Jack Farthing) and Elizabeth Chynoweth (Heida Reed), Ross’s childhood sweetheart, whose indecision had repercussions that nearly ruined the lives of the three men that loved her – and sowed the seeds of her own demise.