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Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

★ 7.4/10•2009•1h 0m•18+•Drama
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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.

Paul Gay · Director

Diarmuid Lawrence · Director

Peter Bowker · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 21, 2009

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E160m

Episode 1

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.

Jul 21, 2009

Episode 2 - Episode 2E260m

Episode 2

Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.

Jul 28, 2009

Episode 3 - Episode 3E360m

Episode 3

As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.

Aug 4, 2009

Episode 4 - Episode 4E460m

Episode 4

Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.

Aug 11, 2009

Episode 5 - Episode 5E560m

Episode 5

Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.

Aug 18, 2009

Episode 6 - Episode 6E660m

Episode 6

Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.

Aug 25, 2009

Actors

Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

John Ruskin

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

John Millais

Sam Crane

Sam Crane

Fred Walters

Zoë Tapper

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Amy Manson

Amy Manson

Lizzie Siddal

Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques

Annie Miller

Josie Farmiloe

Charlotte Siddal

Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy

Margaret

Phil Davis

Phil Davis

Mr. Stone

Mark Heap

Mark Heap

Charles Dickens

Rebecca Davies

Rebecca Davies

Fanny Cornforth

Dyfrig Morris

William Morris

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Edward Burne-Jones

Natalie Thomas

Natalie Thomas

Jane Burden

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