
Desperate Romantics
Channel BBC Two · Starring Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander
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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Episodes
- Episode 1: Episode 1July 21, 2009 · 60 minThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
- Episode 2: Episode 2July 28, 2009 · 60 minMillais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
- Episode 3: Episode 3August 4, 2009 · 60 minAs his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
- Episode 4: Episode 4August 11, 2009 · 60 minReturning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
- Episode 5: Episode 5August 18, 2009 · 60 minRuskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
- Episode 6: Episode 6August 25, 2009 · 60 minRossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
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Credits
- Aidan TurnerDante Gabriel Rossetti · 6 episodes
- Rafe SpallWilliam Holman Hunt · 6 episodes
- Tom HollanderJohn Ruskin · 6 episodes
- Samuel BarnettJohn Millais · 6 episodes
- Sam CraneFred Walters · 6 episodes
- Zoë TapperEffie Ruskin/ Effie Millais · 6 episodes
- Paul GayDirector · 6 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 60 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- July 21, 2009
- LAST AIRED
- August 25, 2009
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