COLLECTION · Series · 2009

Desperate Romantics

Name: Desperate Romantics
Genre: Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 7.4

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.

Source: TMDB

* 7.4 (22)Drama

Directors

Paul Gay · Diarmuid Lawrence

Studios

BBC Two

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

21/07/2009

Score

7.4 / 10 (22)

Where to watch

Streaming

Britbox Apple TV Channel

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Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

6 episodes · 2009

Episode 1. Episode 1

2009-07-21 · 60 min

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

Episode 2. Episode 2

2009-07-28 · 60 min

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

Episode 3. Episode 3

2009-08-04 · 60 min

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

Episode 4. Episode 4

2009-08-11 · 60 min

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

Episode 5. Episode 5

2009-08-18 · 60 min

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

Episode 6. Episode 6

2009-08-25 · 60 min

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

Cast by season

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

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Keywords

london, englandminiseriesperiod dramacostume drama19th centurypre-raphaelite