TELEVISION - THE GREAT
"The Great" is a comedy-drama television series loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great, Empress of All Russia, in the late 18th Century.
Cast
Elle Fanning - Catherine the Great
Nicholas Hoult - Peter III of Russia
Phoebe Fox - Marial, Catherine's servant
Sacha Dhawan - Count Orlo, court bureaucrat and ambassador
Charity Wakefield - Georgina Dymova, wife of Gryor and Peter's lover
Gwilym Lee - Grigor Dymov, Peter's best friend
Adam Godley - Archbishop "Archie"
Douglas Hodge - General Velementov
Belinda Bromilow - Aunt Elizabeth, Peter's aunt
Bayo Gbadamosi - Arkady, Peter's speech writer
Sebastian de Souza - Leo Voronsky, Catherine's lover
2020
Series 1 - Original Channel 4 broadcasts - All 10 episodes (9, 10 episodes of 48 minutes each, 5 Discs, Channel 4, PAL)
Episode 1 - "The Great" - Catherine marries Peter III of Russia and finds out that he is not the prince she dreamed of
Episode 2 - "A Fake Beard" - Catherine attempts to get Count Orlo on her side / Peter's new law about "No Beards" causes tension
Episode 3 - "And You Sir, Are No Peter the Great" - The Soldiers return from the front and Peter has to give a speech / Peter gives Catherine a lover, Leo Voronsky
Episode 4 - "Moscow Mule" - The church patriarch dies and Peter has to select a new one / Catherine has a plan to win over the ladies of the court
Episode 5 - "War and Vomit" - Catherine's plans are thrown into turmoil after Peter is poisoned and faces death
Episode 6 - "Parachute" - A new Peter endeavours to make Court a better place / Count Orlo's trip to the battlefront doesn't go as planned
Episode 7 - "A Pox on Hope" - An outbreak of smallpox at Court puts Catherine in conflict with Peter
Episode 8 - "Meatballs at the Dacha" - The King of Sweden wants to meet Peter to end the war
Episode 9 - "Love Hurts" - Peter fears an assassin is on the loose in the court and goes to drastic measures to find them
Episode 10 - "The Beaver's Nose" - Catherine decides that her Birthday is the day to seize control, but at what cost ?