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Desperate Romantics

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC One Yorks & Lincs

Drama series set in 19th-century industrial London, following vagabond English artists the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The boys set out to find a muse to inspire their best work. Show more

Contributors

William 'Maniac' Holman Hunt:
Rafe Spall
Dante Gabriel Rossetti:
Aidan Turner
John Ruskin:
Tom Hollander
John Millais:
Samuel Barnett
Fred Walters:
Sam Crane
Effie Ruskin:
Zoe Tapper
Lizzie Siddal:
Amy Manson
Annie Miller:
Jennie Jacques
Mr Stone:
Phil Davis
Mrs Siddal:
Polly Kemp
Charlotte Siddal:
Josie Farmiloe
Mr Chadwick:
Mark Benton
Charles Dickens:
Mark Heap
Margaret:
Maimie McCoy
Executive Producer:
Hilary Salmon
Executive Producer:
Franny Moyle
Producer:
Ben Evans
Director:
Paul Gay

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