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The Love School

TV·1975–1975·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC Two·Drama·1h 15m·Created by Robin Chapman

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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 by season

Season016Episodes1975Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The BrotherhoodJanuary 22, 1975—In 1848, social unrest abounds. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a secret group of young artists, forms in order to take on the sclerotic Roy
  2. S01E02An Impeccable ElopementJanuary 29, 1975—Art critic John Ruskin and his wife Effie travel to Scotland with John Everett Millais, a PRB leader. Millais falls in love with Effie and d
  3. S01E03Seeking the BubblesFebruary 5, 1975—Millais has married Effie after the annulment of her first marriage. William Holman Hunt and Millais both become successful artists.
  4. S01E04Remember MeFebruary 12, 1975—Dante Gabriel Rossetti's life and relationships become complicated, especially after the tragic death of his wife Lizzie.
  5. S01E05Beata BeatrixFebruary 19, 1975—Rossetti acquires a follower in William Morris but his life is troubled by drug addiction, and he becomes increasingly isolated.
  6. S01E06The ArtisanFebruary 26, 1975—Pre-Raphaelitism begins to disintegrate when Morris adopts a new ideal in socialism.

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