Miniseries (2019)
Release date: 2019-10-03
User rating:
4.8 / 10
Episodes (4):
1. Episode 1
Russian Empress Catherine the Great faces challenges to her throne on all sides, as she meets the forthright and bold Lieutenant Grigory Potemkin.
Release date: 2019-10-03
2. Episode 2
A victorious Potemkin returns from war to find Catherine preoccupied, leading the two to speak candidly about their pasts and future, while a Cossack stirs discontent among peasants in the countryside.
Release date: 2019-10-10
3. Episode 3
Catherine and Potemkin experience growing pains in their relationship, as Potemkin's push for expansion puts him at odds with Minister Panin.
Release date: 2019-10-17
4. Episode 4
Pressure from foreign powers leads to a bitter argument between Catherine and an ailing Potemkin. Catherine works to change the line of succession as her reign draws to an end.
Release date: 2019-10-24
Cast
Helen Mirren
as Catherine the Great
Jason Clarke
as Grigory Potemkin
Rory Kinnear
as Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Gina McKee
as Countess Praskovya Bruce
Kevin McNally
as Alexei Orlov
Richard Roxburgh
as Grigory Orlov
Joseph Quinn
as Paul Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
Clive Russell
as The Fool
Paul Kaye
as Yemelyan Pugachev
Paul Ritter
as Alexander Suvorov
Thomas Doherty
as Pyotr Zavadovsky
Iain Mitchell
as Archbishop Arsenius
Georgina Beedle
as Natalia Alexeievna
John Hodgkinson
as Pyotr Rumyantsev
Phil Dunster
as Andrey Razumovsky
James Northcote
as Alexander Bezborodko
Antonia Clarke
as Maria Fedorovna
Adam El Hagar
as Valerian Zubov
Crew - click here to expand
Helen Mirren - Executive Producer, David M. Thompson - Executive Producer, Philip Martin - Executive Producer, Charles Pattinson - Executive Producer, Tom Burton - Production Design, Nigel Williams - Executive Producer, Sean Farrow - VFX Supervisor, Kirstin Chalmers - Makeup Designer, Jules Hussey - Producer, Stuart Howell - Director of Photography, Joanie Blaikie - Head of Production, Kate Rhodes James - Casting Director, Christine Healy - Head of Production, Kirstin Chalmers - Hair Designer, Rupert Gregson-Williams - Original Music Composer, Portia Napier - Post Production Supervisor, Maja Meschede - Costume Designer, Stuart Gazzard - Editor, Maciej Kubica - Stunt Coordinator, Paul Biddiss - Military Consultant, Barrie Gower - Prosthetics, Lauren Mullally - Visual Effects Editor