Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics

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Desperate Romantics

2009- 2009

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

7.4(22 votes)

Ended

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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Cast & Crew

17 members

Acting

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Aidan Turner

Acting

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Rafe Spall

Acting

Tom Hollander

John Ruskin

Tom Hollander

Acting

Samuel Barnett

John Millais

Samuel Barnett

Acting

Sam Crane

Fred Walters

Sam Crane

Acting

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Zoë Tapper

Acting

Amy Manson

Lizzie Siddal

Amy Manson

Acting

Jennie Jacques

Annie Miller

Jennie Jacques

Acting

Josie Farmiloe

Charlotte Siddal

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Maimie McCoy

Margaret

Maimie McCoy

Acting

Phil Davis

Mr. Stone

Phil Davis

Acting

Mark Heap

Charles Dickens

Mark Heap

Acting

Rebecca Davies

Fanny Cornforth

Rebecca Davies

Acting

Dyfrig Morris

William Morris

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Peter Sandys-Clarke

Edward Burne-Jones

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Acting

Natalie Thomas

Jane Burden

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Poppy Lee Friar

Rose La Touche

Poppy Lee Friar

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