Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

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Desperate Romantics

2009- 2009

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

7.4(23 votes)

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Drama

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.

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Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

John Ruskin

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

John Millais

Sam Crane

Sam Crane

Fred Walters

Zoë Tapper

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Amy Manson

Amy Manson

Lizzie Siddal

Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques

Annie Miller

Josie Farmiloe

Charlotte Siddal

Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy

Margaret

Creative team

Showrunner: Hilary Salmon
Franny Moyle
Written by: Peter Bowker
Produced by: Ben Evans

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