Name: Catherine the Great
Released: 2019-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Helen Mirren, Andrew Rothney, Antonia Clarke

TV Show · Drama · History

Empress Catherine has not been on the throne long and her position is under threat. A German princess who married into the Russian imperial family before usurping her unpopular husband, Peter III, in a palace coup, Catherine is seen by many as illegitimate and unqualified, not to mention a woman. But she is going to prove them wrong.

2019 · 49m

Starring Helen Mirren, Andrew Rothney, Antonia Clarke

Director Philip Martin

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Beset by challengers to her throne and plagued with division in her court, Catherine tightens her grip on Russia. Along the way she meets the dashing Lieutenant Potemkin, but exterior forces threaten to tear them apart before they even have the chance to begin.

1 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Following his great success at the Turkish War, Potemkin returns to court to find himself out of Catherine’s favour. While she is occupied with matters of the heart, the peasants of Russia rise up in revolt.

55 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Catherine and Potemkin’s love affair is beset with complications from all sides as they are torn between the desire for Empire and the desire for one another. Potemkin begins an epic quest to the Crimea, while Catherine mends bridges with her family.

1 min
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Toppled into war by their ambitious overreaching, Catherine and Potemkin are pushed to the brink and forced to question their loyalty to one another. Meanwhile, Catherine grows increasingly obsessed by her legacy, sliding further towards a tragic end.

1 min