It's London, 1851. The city is in the throes of the industrial revolution. But amongst the dirty red bricks and smoke stacks are four young, thrill-seeking artists - steadfast William Holman Hunt, naive John Millais, mischievous Dante Gabriel Rossetti and budding journalist Fred Walters - otherwise known as the Brotherhood. .. Read more
| Starring | Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Samuel Barnett |
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| Director | Diarmuid Lawrence |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Television |
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It's London, 1851. The city is in the throes of the industrial revolution. But amongst the dirty red bricks and smoke stacks are four young, thrill-seeking artists - steadfast William Holman Hunt, naive John Millais, mischievous Dante Gabriel Rossetti and budding journalist Fred Walters - otherwise known as the Brotherhood. Their quest for artistic immortality takes them into some of the lewdest, darkest and funniest corners of the city. Joining them is sassy, sexy model Lizzie Siddal. But is she risking it all with this dangerous bunch? With a glossy look, and a driving contemporary soundtrack, Desperate Romantics is a character-driven romp through the alleyways, studios, brothels and chop-houses of 19th century London.
| Starring | Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Samuel Barnett, Zoe Tapper, Amy Manson, Sam Crane, Jennie Jacques |
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| Director | Diarmuid Lawrence |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 5 hrs 30 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: 21 Sep 2009 |
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Pre Raphaelite Romping.
I have never been fond of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of Artists and started to watch this series with some trepidation. It has always seemed to me that the ... read more »
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entertaining from start to finish
I dis not know much about the history of art before this but this drama made me want to learn more.
It was engaging, it was fun and the characters ... read more »
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DESPERATE PORNOGRAPHY
A fun and brisk enterprise but, lacking any insights into the nature of art or of the artistic enterprise, this formalistic work falls back on the old, weak-... read more »
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Fantastic characters
Art is not really my thing but thankfully this focuses more on the relationships between the artists and also between the artists and their lovers. The main ... read more »
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