Desperate Romantics

Desperate Romantics
Publicity still portraying (left to right) Samuel Barnett as John Everett Millais, Sam Crane as Fred Walters, Aidan Turner as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rafe Spall as William Holman Hunt.
Genre	Costume drama
Written by	Peter Bowker
Directed by	Paul Gay Diarmuid Lawrence
Starring	Aidan Turner Rafe Spall Sam Crane Samuel Barnett Zoë Tapper Amy Manson Tom Hollander Jennie Jacques
Composer	Daniel Pemberton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Hilary Salmon
Producer	Ben Evans
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two BBC HD
Release	21 July (2009-07-21) – 25 August 2009 (2009-08-25)
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Desperate Romantics is a six-part television drama serial about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, first broadcast on BBC Two between 21 July and 25 August 2009.^[1]

The series somewhat fictionalised the lives and events depicted. Though heavily trailed, the series received mixed reviews and dwindling audiences.