Desperate Romantics
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.
Overview
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.
Hilary Salmon
Creator / EP
Ben Evans
Producer
Episodes
1. Episode 1
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
2. Episode 2
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
3. Episode 3
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
Cast & Crew
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
