About this season
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
Episodes (6)
1. Episode 1
4.7Aired 21 July 2009 • 60 min
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood look for a muse to inspire their best work yet.
2. Episode 2
10.0Aired 28 July 2009 • 60 min
Millais sets to work on a masterpiece for art critic John Ruskin. Hunt is in turmoil.
3. Episode 3
8.0Aired 4 August 2009 • 60 min
As his new patron, John Ruskin insists on Millais painting his young wife Effie.
4. Episode 4
10.0Aired 11 August 2009 • 60 min
Returning from the Holy Land, Hunt asks Annie to marry him, unaware she has seduced Fred.
5. Episode 5
8.0Aired 18 August 2009 • 60 min
Ruskin threatens to end his support unless Rossetti and Lizzie calm down and focus on art.
6. Episode 6
6.0Aired 25 August 2009 • 60 min
Rossetti and Lizzie return from their honeymoon, and Hunt proposes to Annie Miller.