Message #216207

[Dawn Moline]

Portrayal in popular culture
The story of the Brotherhood, from their controversial first exhibition through to their eventual embracement by the art establishment, has been depicted in two BBC television series. The first, The Love School, was broadcast in 1975. The second is the 2009 BBC television drama serial Desperate Romantics by Peter Bowker. Although much of the material is derived from Franny Moyles' factual book Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites,[3] the series