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Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

2009 1 Seasons 6 Episodes ⭐ 7.4 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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

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

EP 2

Episode 2

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

EP 3

Episode 3

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

EP 4

Episode 4

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

EP 5

Episode 5

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

EP 6

Episode 6

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

Popular Cast

Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

Sam Crane

Sam Crane

Zoë Tapper

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Amy Manson

Amy Manson

Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques

Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy

Phil Davis

Phil Davis

Mark Heap

Mark Heap

Charles Dickens