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.
Desperate Romantics (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1) 4.7
Air date: 2009-07-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
Episode 2 (Episode 2) 10.0
Air date: 2009-07-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
Episode 3 (Episode 3) 8.0
Air date: 2009-08-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
Episode 4 (Episode 4) 10.0
Air date: 2009-08-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
Episode 5 (Episode 5) 8.0
Air date: 2009-08-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
Episode 6 (Episode 6) 6.0
Air date: 2009-08-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.
