Desperate Romantics...

[Peter J Poole]

New series on BBC2. My wife the artist sniggered knowingly at much of the first episode...

It's London, 1851. The city is in the throes of the industrial revolution. But amongst the dirty red bricks and smoke stacks are four young, thrill-seeking artists - steadfast William Holman Hunt, naive John Millais, mischievous Dante Gabriel Rossetti and budding journalist Fred Walters - otherwise known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Their quest for artistic immortality takes them into some of the lewdest, darkest and funniest corners of the city. Joining them is sassy, sexy model Lizzie Siddal. But is she risking it all with this dangerous bunch? With a glossy look, and a driving contemporary soundtrack, Desperate Romantics is a character-driven romp through the alleyways, studios, brothels and chop-houses of 19th century London.

Starring Aidan Turner (Being Human, The Clinic), Samuel Barnett (The History Boys, Beautiful People, John Adams), Rafe Spall (He Kills Coppers, Room with a View, Hot Fuzz)

Producer Ben Evans (Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, Consuming Passion); Executive Producers Hilary Salmon (House of Saddam, Criminal Justice, Silent Witness), Franny Moyle

Writer Peter Bowker (Blackpool, Flesh and Blood)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvyq2

[Rootfireember]

Squee. Thanks for the heads up, I'm definately giving my friends the heads up to this. Oh hoh. I am amused.

Fie. I am not in the UK, it will not let me watch. Fie fie fie. It looks neat.

[Peter J Poole]

Squee. Thanks for the heads up, I'm definately giving my friends the heads up to this. Oh hoh. I am amused.

Fie. I am not in the UK, it will not let me watch. Fie fie fie. It looks neat.

That is a bit of a drawback... Though now it exists, it's pretty inevitable that it will escape into the piratical aether of the interwebthingy or the tube of youness at some point in the not too distant future.

Where are you residing, if one might enquire?

Cheers

[Rootfireember]

Michigan, USA.

...at least I can drool at the pics.
Hopefully one day it will be on DVD and I can enjoy it from anywhere and take over the world!
er. I mean "Watch it from the comfort of my home".

[Peter J Poole]

Michigan, USA.

...at least I can drool at the pics.
Hopefully one day it will be on DVD and I can enjoy it from anywhere and take over the world!
er. I mean "Watch it from the comfort of my home".

BBC have Region 2 DVD due out 28/09/2009.

You might keep an eye on BBC America as well

Cheers (A full service pimp for Brit culture!)

[Rootfireember]

Why can't you invent a teleporter so my friends and I can camp out and watch tv at your place and eat your food?

[Peter J Poole]

Why can't you invent a teleporter so my friends and I can camp out and watch tv at your place and eat your food?

Why do you assume that I can't do that?

Cheers

[Rootfireember]

okay, where's my teleporter. LOL!

[Peter J Poole]

okay, where's my teleporter. LOL!

Queued up behind my jetpack, my flying car and my robot housekeeper...?

Swear to God, I was promised these things!

Cheers.

[Peter J Poole]

Region 2 DVD is now out, as well as a paperback relating to the series.

No word on BBC America airing it as yet.

Definitely worth looking out for though!

Cheers