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