1. New Beginnings

Struck by her good looks and her pale copper hair, the Pre-Raphaelite painters made Lizzie Siddal one of the best known faces of the Victorian era.

An artist's model from the London slums, she also made her mark as a poet and artist.

This is her extraordinary story - written in five parts by Lucinda Hawksley

Read by Susannah Harker.

Producer Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004.