The Love School

1975
1 Seasons
6 Episodes
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Ended

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.

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Seasons

6. The Artisan

February 26, 1975

Pre-Raphaelitism begins to disintegrate when Morris adopts a new ideal in socialism.

5. Beata Beatrix

February 19, 1975

Rossetti acquires a follower in William Morris but his life is troubled by drug addiction, and he becomes increasingly isolated.

4. Remember Me

February 12, 1975

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's life and relationships become complicated, especially after the tragic death of his wife Lizzie.

3. Seeking the Bubbles

February 05, 1975

Millais has married Effie after the annulment of her first marriage. William Holman Hunt and Millais both become successful artists.

2. An Impeccable Elopement

January 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 discovers that the Ruskins' marriage is in fact a sham.

1. The Brotherhood

January 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 Royal Academy. The original three members add four friends to their ranks.