The Love School (1975)
Synopsis
The Love School is a BBC television drama miniseries originally broadcast from 22 January to 26 February 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The series was written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman, and John Prebble, and directed by Piers Haggard, John Glenister and Robert Knights. The drama was a significant influence on the subsequent 2009 series Desperate Romantics. It was also the basis of the historical novel of the same name by Hale.
First Air Date: 1975-01-22
Last Air Date: 1975-02-26
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Created By: Robin Chapman
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Ben Kingsley as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Patricia Quinn as Lizzie Siddal
- David Burke as William Morris
- Peter Egan as John Everett Millais
- Bernard Lloyd as Holman Hunt
- David Collings as John Ruskin
- Patrick Troughton as Frederick Stephens
- Kenneth Colley as Edward Burne-Jones
- Kika Markham as Jane Morris
- Nickolas Grace as William Rossetti
Seasons
Miniseries (1975)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Brotherhood
In 1848, social unrest abounds. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a secret group of young artists, forms in order to take on the sclerotic Royal Academy. The original three members add four friends to their ranks.
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Ep. 2: An Impeccable Elopement
Art critic John Ruskin and his wife Effie travel to Scotland with John Everett Millais, a PRB leader. Millais falls in love with Effie and discovers that the Ruskins' marriage is in fact a sham.
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Ep. 3: Seeking the Bubbles
Millais has married Effie after the annulment of her first marriage. William Holman Hunt and Millais both become successful artists.
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Ep. 4: Remember Me
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's life and relationships become complicated, especially after the tragic death of his wife Lizzie.
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Ep. 5: Beata Beatrix
Rossetti acquires a follower in William Morris but his life is troubled by drug addiction, and he becomes increasingly isolated.
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Ep. 6: The Artisan
Pre-Raphaelitism begins to disintegrate when Morris adopts a new ideal in socialism.
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