Desperate Romantics

Miniseries

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.

6 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Starving Victorian artists call themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood secure the modeling services of Lizzie Siddal with her long auburn tresses and another redhead, barmaid Annie Miller to be their muses and launch careers.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.

Cast of Miniseries

  • Aidan TurnerDante Gabriel Rossetti
  • Rafe SpallWilliam Holman Hunt
  • Tom HollanderJohn Ruskin
  • Samuel BarnettJohn Millais
  • Sam CraneFred Walters
  • Zoë TapperEffie Ruskin/ Effie Millais
  • Amy MansonLizzie Siddal
  • Jennie JacquesAnnie Miller
  • Josie FarmiloeCharlotte Siddal
  • Maimie McCoyMargaret
  • Phil DavisMr. Stone
  • Mark HeapCharles Dickens
  • Rebecca DaviesFanny Cornforth
  • Dyfrig MorrisWilliam Morris
  • Peter Sandys-ClarkeEdward Burne-Jones
  • Natalie ThomasJane Burden
  • Poppy Lee FriarRose La Touche
  • Paul GayDirector
  • Diarmuid LawrenceDirector
  • Peter BowkerWriter
  • Ben EvansProducer

 

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