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Desperate Romantics

  • 2009
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.4/10

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.

Latest: Miniseries · 2009

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Jul 21, 2009 · 60m

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

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Jul 28, 2009 · 60m

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

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Aug 4, 2009 · 60m

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

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Aug 11, 2009 · 60m

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

  5. E5. Episode 5

    Aug 18, 2009 · 60m

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

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Aug 25, 2009 · 60m

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