Desperate Romantics
7.4
Drama
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.
WatchEpisodes
1Episode 1Episode 1
60 min
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
2Episode 2Episode 2
60 min
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
3Episode 3Episode 3
60 min
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
4Episode 4Episode 4
60 min
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
5Episode 5Episode 5
60 min
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
6Episode 6Episode 6
60 min
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
Actors
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
