Series, 2009–2009Ended
Desperate Romantics
IMDb 7.4, 1 season, 6 episodes, 60 min avg.
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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Episode 1Up next
Jul 21, 2009, IMDb 4.7
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
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Episode 2
Jul 28, 2009, IMDb 10.0
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
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Episode 3
Aug 4, 2009, IMDb 8.0
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
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Episode 4
Aug 11, 2009, IMDb 10.0
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
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Episode 5
Aug 18, 2009, IMDb 8.0
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
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Episode 6
Aug 25, 2009, IMDb 6.0
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
Cast
17 credited
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
JF
Josie Farmiloe
Charlotte Siddal
Maimie McCoy
Margaret
Phil Davis
Mr. Stone
Mark Heap
Charles Dickens
Details
CreatorDiarmuid Lawrence, Paul Gay
WritersPeter Bowker
GenresDrama
StatusEnded
First airedJul 21, 2009
IMDBtt1346018
TMDB21699
TVDB105461
