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Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

★ 7.4•2009•1 Seasons•

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.

Top Cast

Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

John Ruskin

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

John Millais

Sam Crane

Sam Crane

Fred Walters

Zoë Tapper

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Amy Manson

Amy Manson

Lizzie Siddal

Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques

Annie Miller

J

Josie Farmiloe

Charlotte Siddal

Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy

Margaret

Phil Davis

Phil Davis

Mr. Stone

Mark Heap

Mark Heap

Charles Dickens

Rebecca Davies

Rebecca Davies

Fanny Cornforth

D

Dyfrig Morris

William Morris

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Edward Burne-Jones

Episodes

Season:

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.

Aired: 7/21/2009

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.

Aired: 7/28/2009

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Episode 3

3. Episode 3

60m

As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.

Aired: 8/4/2009

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.

Aired: 8/11/2009

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.

Aired: 8/18/2009

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.

Aired: 8/25/2009