Desperate Romantics (2009)
Synopsis
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 Air Date: 2009-07-21
Last Air Date: 2009-08-25
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Aidan Turner as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Rafe Spall as William Holman Hunt
- Tom Hollander as John Ruskin
- Samuel Barnett as John Millais
- Sam Crane as Fred Walters
- Zoë Tapper as Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais
- Amy Manson as Lizzie Siddal
- Jennie Jacques as Annie Miller
- Josie Farmiloe as Charlotte Siddal
- Maimie McCoy as Margaret
Seasons
Miniseries (2009)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 1
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
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Ep. 4: Episode 4
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
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Ep. 5: Episode 5
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
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