Poster for the movie Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

2009 — 2009 • 60 minutes
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.

Picture of Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Picture of Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Picture of Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

John Ruskin

Picture of Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

John Millais

Picture of Sam Crane

Sam Crane

Fred Walters

Picture of Zoë Tapper

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Picture of Amy Manson

Amy Manson

Lizzie Siddal

Picture of Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques

Annie Miller

Picture of Josie Farmiloe

Josie Farmiloe

Charlotte Siddal

Picture of Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy

Margaret

Picture of Phil Davis

Phil Davis

Mr. Stone

Picture of Mark Heap

Mark Heap

Charles Dickens

Picture of Rebecca Davies

Rebecca Davies

Fanny Cornforth

Picture of Dyfrig Morris

Dyfrig Morris

William Morris

Picture of Peter Sandys-Clarke

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Edward Burne-Jones

Picture of Natalie Thomas

Natalie Thomas

Jane Burden

Picture of Poppy Lee Friar

Poppy Lee Friar

Rose La Touche