(soft music) - Cornwall absolutely has that elemental energy.
That special, rustic charm.
- We wanted to create a sense of something we'd never seen before.
- Ross makin' that trip to London, you know it just feels different.
- We did a wonderful day in Greenwich, It's just epic, it feels cinematic.
- Action.
- Winston Graham's London is very much a place of hedonism and fancy.
Poldark at Mardi Gras.
- Vauxhall Pleasure Garden is immensely important in London life, to see exotic acts.
- It was fun, like it did have that feeling of a party, especially when we worked into the night.
You know, it's dark, and there's flames.
- And dances and music.
- Snakes and monkeys.
- The highlight for me was the monkey smoking the pipe.
(laughing) - It felt like the first time ever that we were in a huge, huge film set.
- So exquisitely designed.
And it's just amazing, it was really cool.
- It's a whole new world of color and vibrancy.
- George and Elizabeth, they've got this beautiful house.
We have big parties, Caroline has gatherings.
- He's always pulled back to Cornwall, and the family, and the mine, and his friends there.
- I wish I could stay longer.
- Now you must tell Westminster.
- [Debbie] It's a tension that continues throughout the series, of where he would rather be.
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