Desperate Romantics
7.4
2009
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.
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- Cast：
- Aidan Turner , Rafe Spall , Tom Hollander , Samuel Barnett , Sam Crane , Zoë Tapper , Amy Manson , Jennie Jacques , Maimie McCoy , Phil Davis
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EP1 - Episode 1
July. 21,2009
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
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EP2 - Episode 2
July. 28,2009
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
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EP3 - Episode 3
August. 04,2009
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
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EP4 - Episode 4
August. 11,2009
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
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EP5 - Episode 5
August. 18,2009
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
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EP6 - Episode 6
August. 25,2009
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
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