Desperate Romantics
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
First Aired
2009-07-21
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
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E1. Episode 1
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
★ 4.7
E2. Episode 2
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
★ 10.0
E3. Episode 3
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
★ 8.0
E4. Episode 4
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
★ 10.0
E5. Episode 5
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
★ 8.0
E6. Episode 6
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
★ 6.0
Cast
Aidan Turner
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Rafe Spall
William Holman Hunt
Tom Hollander
John Ruskin
Samuel Barnett
John Millais
Sam Crane
Fred Walters
Zoë Tapper
Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais
Amy Manson
Lizzie Siddal
Jennie Jacques
Annie Miller
Josie Farmiloe
Charlotte Siddal
Maimie McCoy
Margaret
Phil Davis
Mr. Stone
Mark Heap
Charles Dickens
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