For the whiners on this board, who wanted a documentary, and don't ...

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"Artists always were and always will be rude arrogant drunken bohemians."

Thank you for getting that! I myself am quite loaded, and it's barely half noon on a Sunday.

I will readily admit I don't know much about the Brotherhood or their work. As movements go, I'm more drawn to the surrealists. But I am enjoying this series immensely, primarily due to the similarities I can see within my own corner of the artistic community, especially those of us who try desperately to balance our traditional moral values with our inherent iconoclastic natures. I am thinking of recommending it to my friends, colleagues, and former professors for exactly that reason, regardless of its arguable historicity, which is already excused in the disclaimer at the beginning of each and every episode.

Perhaps the series is an "inside joke"? Those of us who live the life will laugh knowingly, whilst the critics stand outside and shake their heads at our childish behaviour?

As far as how well it's written, directed, and acted, well, that's down to opinion, which can only ever be your own.

I think many of you are missing the point - the PRB story needed no embellishment, it is quite remarkable enough without. I am an artist, married to an artist and was also an artists' model so I can assure you that I am definitely NOT a repressed stuffed shirt. This programme, whilst beautifully costumed etc is just not very good. The facts seems to have been changed merely to fit in with the 'Moll Flanders' style sex romps - and please remember, this is supposed to be based on fact not fiction - the art itself is sadly lacking and when it does make an appearance has obviously been recreated by amateurs and not very good ones at that. Dates and events don't tie up (I won't bore you with the details here, but trust me, they don't) and some very important events have been omitted all together changing the sense of their lives and art. Yes Lizzi died of a laudanum overdose, but not primarily because of Rossetti's womanizing, but mainly because she had a still-born daughter the previous year, an event which also had a very dramatic effect on Rossetti himself.

I love Aidan (Rossetti) though - what a fantastic 'Heathcliffe' he'd make.

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