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A date with Desperate Romantics

  • 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?

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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

  • 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

  • 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

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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?

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    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

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