Desperate Romantics

Name: Desperate Romantics
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-07-21
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane

ENDED1 Season6 Episodes★ 7.4

Desperate Romantics is a drama series on BBC Two that premiered in 2009, ending after 1 season and 6 episodes.

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NetworkBBC Two

First AiredJul 21, 2009

Last AiredAug 25, 2009

GenreDrama

Runtime60 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

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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Cast

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

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 6 episodes

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E1Episode 1

Jul 21, 200960m★ 4.7

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

E2Episode 2

Jul 28, 200960m

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

E3Episode 3

Aug 4, 200960m

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

E4Episode 4

Aug 11, 200960m

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

E5Episode 5

Aug 18, 200960m

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

E6Episode 6

Aug 25, 200960m

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

About Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics is a drama series on BBC Two. The show first aired on Jul 21, 2009 and currently has 1 season and 6 episodes. Desperate Romantics has ended. It has a rating of 7.4/10 based on 23 votes. The cast includes Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane.