Desperate Romantics

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.

Roughly 6h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 6 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

Series cast and crew

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  Aidan TurnerDante Gabriel Rossetti
  6 episodes

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  Rafe SpallWilliam Holman Hunt
  6 episodes

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  Tom HollanderJohn Ruskin
  6 episodes

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  Samuel BarnettJohn Millais
  6 episodes

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  Sam CraneFred Walters
  6 episodes

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  Zoë TapperEffie Ruskin/ Effie Millais
  6 episodes

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  Amy MansonLizzie Siddal
  6 episodes

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  Jennie JacquesAnnie Miller
  6 episodes

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  Josie FarmiloeCharlotte Siddal
  6 episodes

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  Maimie McCoyMargaret
  6 episodes

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  Phil DavisMr. Stone
  6 episodes

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  Mark HeapCharles Dickens
  6 episodes

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  Rebecca DaviesFanny Cornforth
  6 episodes

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  Dyfrig MorrisWilliam Morris
  6 episodes

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  Peter Sandys-ClarkeEdward Burne-Jones
  6 episodes

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  Natalie ThomasJane Burden
  6 episodes

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  Poppy Lee FriarRose La Touche
  6 episodes

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  Mark Benton
  2 episodes

Network

BBC Two

Seasons and episodes

• Miniseries2009 · 6 episodes