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The Love School
1975 1 season en
The Love School is a BBC television drama miniseries originally broadcast from 22 January to 26 February 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The series was written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman, and John Prebble, and directed by Piers Haggard, John Glenister and Robert Knights. The drama was a significant influence on the subsequent 2009 series Desperate Romantics. It was also the basis of the historical novel of the same name by Hale.
Episodes
1 season available
- S1 · E1E1
The Brotherhood
Jan 22, 1975 1h 15mIn 1848, social unrest abounds. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a secret group of young artists, forms in order to take on the sclerotic Royal Academy. The original three members add four friends to their ranks.
- S1 · E2E2
An Impeccable Elopement
Jan 29, 1975 1h 15mArt critic John Ruskin and his wife Effie travel to Scotland with John Everett Millais, a PRB leader. Millais falls in love with Effie and discovers that the Ruskins' marriage is in fact a sham.
- S1 · E3E3
Seeking the Bubbles
Feb 5, 1975 1h 15mMillais has married Effie after the annulment of her first marriage. William Holman Hunt and Millais both become successful artists.
- S1 · E4E4
Remember Me
Feb 12, 1975 1h 15mDante Gabriel Rossetti's life and relationships become complicated, especially after the tragic death of his wife Lizzie.
- S1 · E5E5
Beata Beatrix
Feb 19, 1975 1h 15mRossetti acquires a follower in William Morris but his life is troubled by drug addiction, and he becomes increasingly isolated.
- S1 · E6E6
The Artisan
Feb 26, 1975 1h 15mPre-Raphaelitism begins to disintegrate when Morris adopts a new ideal in socialism.
