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Desperate Romantics (2009)

7.41h 0mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 23 votes.

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Director: Paul Gay

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Cast & crew

Aidan Turner as Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Aidan Turner

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rafe Spall as William Holman Hunt

Rafe Spall

William Holman Hunt

Tom Hollander as John Ruskin

Tom Hollander

John Ruskin

Samuel Barnett as John Millais

Samuel Barnett

John Millais

Sam Crane as Fred Walters

Sam Crane

Fred Walters

Zoë Tapper as Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Zoë Tapper

Effie Ruskin/ Effie Millais

Amy Manson as Lizzie Siddal

Amy Manson

Lizzie Siddal

Jennie Jacques as Annie Miller

Jennie Jacques

Annie Miller

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Josie Farmiloe

Charlotte Siddal

Maimie McCoy as Margaret

Maimie McCoy

Margaret

Phil Davis as Mr. Stone

Phil Davis

Mr. Stone

Mark Heap as Charles Dickens

Mark Heap

Charles Dickens

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