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Desperate Romantics
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Episode #1.1

  • Episode aired Jul 21, 2009
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  • 52m
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Samuel Barnett, Rafe Spall, and Aidan Turner in Desperate Romantics (2009)
Period DramaDrama

Starving Victorian artists call themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood secure the modeling services of Lizzie Siddal with her long auburn tresses and another redhead, barmaid Annie Miller... Read allStarving Victorian artists call themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood secure the modeling services of Lizzie Siddal with her long auburn tresses and another redhead, barmaid Annie Miller to be their muses and launch careers.Starving Victorian artists call themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood secure the modeling services of Lizzie Siddal with her long auburn tresses and another redhead, barmaid Annie Miller to be their muses and launch careers.

  • Director
    • Paul Gay
  • Writers
    • Peter Bowker
    • Franny Moyle
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    • Samuel Barnett
    • Mark Benton
    • Kath Burlinson
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    • Director
      • Paul Gay
    • Writers
      • Peter Bowker
      • Franny Moyle
    • Stars
      • Samuel Barnett
      • Mark Benton
      • Kath Burlinson
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    Samuel Barnett
    Samuel Barnett
    • John Millais
    Mark Benton
    Mark Benton
    • Mr Chadwick
    Kath Burlinson
    • Madame
    Naomi Capron
    • Mrs Walters
    Sam Crane
    Sam Crane
    • Fred Walters
    Phil Davis
    Phil Davis
    • Mr. Stone
    Josie Farmiloe
    • Charlotte Siddal
    Mark Heap
    Mark Heap
    • Charles Dickens
    Tom Hollander
    Tom Hollander
    • John Ruskin
    Polly Kemp
    Polly Kemp
    • Mrs Siddal
    Jennie Jacques
    Jennie Jacques
    • Annie Miller
    Amy Manson
    Amy Manson
    • Lizzie Siddal
    Maimie McCoy
    Maimie McCoy
    • Margaret
    Ian Puleston-Davies
    Ian Puleston-Davies
    • Mr Siddal
    Rafe Spall
    Rafe Spall
    • William 'Maniac' Hunt
    Zoë Tapper
    Zoë Tapper
    • Effie Ruskin
    Aidan Turner
    Aidan Turner
    • Dante Gabriel Rossetti
    Joyia Fitch
    • Ruskin's Hallucination
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      • Paul Gay
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      • Peter Bowker
      • Franny Moyle
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      One of the characters was described as living "close to Marylebone Station". However the story was set in the mid 1800s and Marylebone Station did not open until 1899.
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      Dante Gabriel Rossetti: I mean, look at this - I've seen stains on a chamber pot with more artistic merit!

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