This episode both opens and closes with Demelza hanging out washing, talking to Ross. At the beginning she is supporting him, concerned for his safety. At the end she fells him with one blow.
6.14 million people, 23.8 per cent of the viewing audience in the UK watched this episode as it was broadcast on Sunday night (according to Overnighters). That is not counting people watching next day etc on BBC i player. The population of the UK is something over 61 million.
Rose Reynolds (Betty Carkeek) and Aidan Turner (Ross Poldark) have both worked with actor, Colin O'Donoghue in separate projects. Rose and Colin worked together on the TV show, Once Upon a Time (2011), playing Tilly/Alice and Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones respectively. Aidan and Colin worked together on the TV show, The Clinic (2003), playing Ruairí McGowan and Conor Elliott respectively.