The Love School

Overview

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.

Created by Robin Chapman

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Ben Kingsley

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  5 eps

• 

  Patricia Quinn

  Lizzie Siddal

  4 eps

• 

  David Burke

  William Morris

  3 eps

• 

  Peter Egan

  John Everett Millais

  3 eps

Themes

• miniseries
• period drama
• historical drama
• 19th century

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