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A date with Desperate Romantics

26 August 2009

  • Desperate Romantics - Sam Crane as Fred Walters

    A heavy velvet drape descends on Desperate Romantics episode six

    Sarah Dempster: Our episode-by-episode review of the Victorian drama concludes with some sighs, some cries and a cracking mourning-beard. What's your verdict?

19 August 2009

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    Distracted by lust again in Desperate Romantics episode five

    Sarah Dempster:This week, our episode-by-episode review of the Victorian drama sees Rossetti revert to type while being undone by his fiancee's less-than-terminal condition

11 August 2009

  • Desperate Romantics episode four

    Hunt's heartache in Desperate Romantics episode four

    Sarah Dempster This week, our episode-by-episode review of the Victorian drama sees temptress Annie Miller causing strife in the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

5 August 2009

  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Paint, passion and pillow talk in Desperate Romantics episode three

    Sarah Dempster: Our episode-by-episode review of the pre-Raphaelite drama continues as the Brotherhood mix serious business with a scandalous amount of pleasure

29 July 2009

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    The Desperate Romantics' muses pose problems in episode two

    Sarah Dempster: This week, the simmering sexual tension between various characters exploded into the spontaneous bouts of passion that Victorians seemed to be so well versed in. How was it for you?

22 July 2009

  • Desperate Romantics

    A date with Desperate Romantics

    Sarah Dempster Desperate Romantics, the BBC's new Victorian romp with the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, combines alpha-fop revelry with brazen historical liberty-taking