Desperate Romantics
18+2009•1h 0m•7.4/10
Drama
Ratings
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7.4/10(23)
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.
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
July 21, 2009
Last Aired
August 25, 2009
Networks
BBC Two
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2009-07-21
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2009-07-28
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2009-08-04
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2009-08-11
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2009-08-18
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2009-08-25
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
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
Josie Farmiloe
Charlotte Siddal
Maimie McCoy
Margaret
Phil Davis
Mr. Stone
Mark Heap
Charles Dickens
Rebecca Davies
Fanny Cornforth
Dyfrig Morris
William Morris
Peter Sandys-Clarke
Edward Burne-Jones
Natalie Thomas
Jane Burden
Poppy Lee Friar
Rose La Touche
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