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Desperate Romantics
74% Match2009–1 Season7.4
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.
Starring Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane
Episodes
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- Episode 1The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.60m
- Episode 2Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.60m
- Episode 3As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.60m
- Episode 4Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.60m
- Episode 5Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.60m
- Episode 6Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.60m
About Desperate Romantics
Creator
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Cast
Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane
Genres
Drama
Maturity rating
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Score 7.4 • 2009 • TV Series
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