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Netflix has acquired the rights to a different hit historic romance drama, Poldark, starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson. It’s set to reach imminently, with all 5 seasons anticipated to the touch down on October eighth, 2025.
Primarily based on the novels of the identical identify by Winston Graham, the collection adaptation premiered a decade in the past in 2015 and ran for 5 seasons, comprising 43 episodes, by way of 2019. It primarily aired on the BBC in the UK however was broadcast within the US by PBS.
The historic drama is ready within the late 18th and early nineteenth centuries in Cornwall, England. The collection follows the lifetime of the eponymous protagonist, Ross Poldark, as he returns dwelling from combating within the American Revolutionary Warfare.
Among the many solid included:
- Aidan Turner (The Hobbit movie trilogy, Being Human, and The Suspect)
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Jack the Big Slayer, Colette, and The Illusionist)
- Jack Farthing (Spencer, The Riot Membership, and The Misplaced Daughter)
- Heida Reed (One Day and FBI: Worldwide)
- Kyle Soller (Brexit: The Uncivil Warfare and Anna Karenina)
- Luke Norris (The Inbetweeners Film and The Color Room)
- Gabriella Wilde (Infinite Love and Carrie)
- Ruby Bentall (Lark Rise to Candleford and The Paradise)
- Beatie Edney (Highlander and The Coroner)
- Phil Davis (Vera Drake, Quadrophenia, and Whitechapel)
- Caroline Blakiston (Return of the Jedi and The Fourth Protocol)
The collection has been largely unavailable on streaming platforms within the US since its departure from Prime Video final 12 months. Since then, the collection has been unique to PBS and its Masterpiece Prime Channel, in line with JustWatch. That is smart provided that PBS served as a co-production associate.
Up to now, that is the primary time Poldark has been streamed on Netflix in the US, though it has been accessible on the service elsewhere, together with at current. Netflix UK, for example, has held the collection since 2016, with new seasons launched yearly. Per Unogs, the collection can be at present accessible on Netflix in France, Belgium, and Switzerland. As of proper now, the October pickup solely applies to Netflix within the US.
It’s a busy month for newly licensed reveals on Netflix US in October 2025, with the likes of The Means Residence, Halo, and extra AMC reveals heading to the service, alongside quite a few new Netflix Unique tasks. Though Netflix streamed many reveals from the BBC and PBS all through the 2010s, that’s not likely been the case for the final 5 years or so, with many being snapped up by streaming rivals like BritBox and Acorn, amongst others. A key exception has been Name the Midwife, which, fortunately, continues to be launched yearly on Netflix following its preliminary run on BBC and PBS.
For the entire checklist of what’s developing all through October 2025, preserve it locked right here on What’s on Netflix.
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