Desperate Romantics
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence, Paul Gay
Writer: Peter Bowker
Producer: Ben Evans
Top 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
Seasons
Season 1 (2009)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2009-07-21The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
2009-07-28Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
2009-08-04As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Episode 4
2009-08-11Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Episode 5
2009-08-18Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Episode 6
2009-08-25Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
Runtime: 60 min
