Series
Desperate Romantics
Drama
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1Episode 121 Jul 2009 · 60m · ★ 4.7The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
2Episode 228 Jul 2009 · 60m · ★ 10.0Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
3Episode 34 Aug 2009 · 60m · ★ 8.0As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
4Episode 411 Aug 2009 · 60m · ★ 10.0Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
5Episode 518 Aug 2009 · 60m · ★ 8.0Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
6Episode 625 Aug 2009 · 60m · ★ 6.0Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
Details
- First aired
- 21 Jul 2009
- Last aired
- 25 Aug 2009
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 23 on TMDB
Cast
Aidan TurnerDante Gabriel Rossetti
Rafe SpallWilliam Holman Hunt
Tom HollanderJohn Ruskin
Samuel BarnettJohn Millais
Sam CraneFred Walters
Zoë TapperEffie Ruskin/ Effie Millais
Amy MansonLizzie Siddal
Jennie JacquesAnnie Miller- JJosie FarmiloeCharlotte Siddal
Maimie McCoyMargaret
Phil DavisMr. Stone
Mark HeapCharles Dickens
Rebecca DaviesFanny Cornforth- DDyfrig MorrisWilliam Morris
