Eleanor Tomlinson brings Poldark to Disney+ in the UK
eleanor tomlinson’s Poldark has been added to Disney+ in the UK, giving the One period drama a new streaming home after its original run from 2015 to 2019. All five seasons are now available in one place for UK viewers.
The series, created by Debbie Horsfield and based on Winston Graham’s novels, stars Aidan Turner as Captain Ross Poldark and Tomlinson as Demelza Carne. Demelza helps Ross rebuild his fortune and becomes his wife, which keeps the show centered on a relationship that shaped the entire five-season run.
One to Disney+
Poldark originally aired on One for five seasons between 2015 and 2019, ending with a final season in the summer of 2019. That last run drew an 86% critic score from 21 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and carried a Certified Fresh badge, a combination that helped the series finish with critical momentum rather than fading out.
The move to Disney+ changes the show’s availability in the UK rather than its status in the catalog. For viewers who missed the original One run, the full story is now easier to start from the beginning instead of piecing it together season by season across different platforms.
Demelza Carne and Ross Poldark
Tomlinson’s character matters here because Demelza is not a decorative side role; she helps Ross rebuild after he returns to Cornwall from the American War of Independence to find his inheritance in ruins and his first love betrothed to his cousin. That setup is the engine of the series, and it gives the new streaming home a clean pitch: a complete run of a five-season drama with a central relationship already proven across broadcast and review cycles.
The final season also left a paper trail of strong notices. called Poldark “pretty great television,” while The Independent said there are “stories with real heart, and characters we can fall in love with again and again.” The Daily Telegraph described the final run as “emotionally draining but hugely entertaining,” and later called the last round “silly, eye-roll-inducing and the perfect farewell.”
Five seasons in one place
For UK viewers, the practical change is simple: Disney+ now holds the full five-season run, so the series is available without hopping between services. That is the useful part of this move — a finished drama with a built-in beginning, middle, and end, now sitting on one platform instead of being scattered across the market.
Tomlinson’s presence gives the library addition a recognizable face, but the bigger draw is completeness. A five-season drama with an 86% final-season score is the kind of title streaming services use to keep subscribers moving from one episode to the next, and Poldark now has that route in the UK.
