rossetti was played by oliver reed in ken russell's television film "dante's inferno" (1967). the pre-raphaelite brotherhood has been the subject of two bbc period dramas. the first, "the love school", (1975) features ben kingsley as rossetti. the second was "desperate romantics", in which rossetti is played by aidan turner. it was broadcast on bbc two on tuesday, 21 july 2009.