Desperate Romantics Episode 4
Aug 5, 2009 Author: admin | Filed under: Episodes
While Hunt is far away in the Holy Land, Fred endeavours to fulfil his promise to look after Annie and prevent her from getting up to mischief, as the BBC Two drama following the lives and loves of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood continues. Annie has an agenda of her own, however, and it’s not long before Fred has been seduced by her charms. Hunt soon returns from the Holy Land – none the wiser about Annie and Fred’s liaison. Ironically, Annie’s improved self-control under Fred’s care prompts Hunt to ask for her hand in marriage.
Rossetti, meanwhile, receives an encouraging visit from Ruskin who, with Millais no longer on his books, is looking for a new protégé. Rossetti is so excited by the prospect of Ruskin’s patronage that he finally proposes to Lizzie. However, in spite of newly-wed Millais’s smug insistence that married life is the key to true happiness, both Hunt and Rossetti begin to waver at the prospect of what lies ahead.
Fred looks on as his friends start to panic, while frantically concealing from Hunt his secret affair with Annie.
Desperate Romantics is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC’s High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
William Holman Hunt is played by Rafe Spall; Fred Walters by Sam Crane; Annie Miller by Jennie Jacques; Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Aidan Turner; John Ruskin by Tom Hollander; John Millais by Samuel Barnett; and Lizzie Siddal by Amy Manson.
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5 Responses for "Desperate Romantics Episode 4"
Thought that Jennie Jacques and Rafe Spall were great in episode 4…..much less humour and more poignant that previous episodes. Enjoyed Jennie’s interview ( website) and entered new word ( merkin) into my vocab!
Aidan Turner trying to break the record for how many women he can …..in a one hour episode.
Peter Bowker correct in suggesting we’ll be falling out of love with Rossetti in episode 4 as his self-seeking behaviour comes to the fore…we can, of course, never fall out of love with AT himself. looking forward to next episode
mmmmm what to say about episode 5…it’s all about that raunchy Rossetti isn’t it ( what…you mean there was a story line going on…?)
Well BBC…you only have to look at the internet traffic to see that you’ve unleashed a frenzy of women lusting after Aidan Turner …he could become your hottest star in every sense of the word ..oh, and he’s a good actor too!
Still loving Peter Bowker’s explanations for his construction of each episode.shame that next week is the last week.
PS…ignore poor reviews…you should have publicised the series more as a god romp through PRB private lives so that all those art purists would have known what the show was , and wasn’t , going to be about
Where can I obtain the theme tune from Desperate Romantics please?
the ‘art purists’ don’t give a monkeys…we know its true to the spirit of thething, whilst condensing and disrting historical truth for the sake of the thing. And the artists who like the pre-raphaelites will be fine with that….
the modern art intelligencia may be better typified by reactions like germaine grers over at the guardian, but then, none of the moder/contempary art intelligencia can draw, let alone recognise beauty if it were to gnaw off their face. And most of them don’t seem to like the actual PRB, let alone this drama. Which was well written, well acted, and glorius to look at. And as I write this after episode 6 has aired….over far too soon, though with room for a sequel series hopefully.
The shoudl eba littel beauty and a littel fantasy in with your diet of realism, thats the lesson the PRB taught…if something isn’t beautful then it is the artists job to make it that way.
I too have been trawling the internet for the theme tune. Where can we buy it?
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