Desperate Romantics (2009)
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.
Desperate Romantics: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - Episode 1
July 21, 2009
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
1x2 - Episode 2
July 28, 2009
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
1x3 - Episode 3
August 4, 2009
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
1x4 - Episode 4
August 11, 2009
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
1x5 - Episode 5
August 18, 2009
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
1x6 - Episode 6
August 25, 2009
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
Desperate Romantics: 1 Season
Actors in Desperate Romantics
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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