Miniseries · Sky Atlantic
Catherine the Great
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Helen Mirren
Catherine the Great
4 eps
Jason Clarke
Grigory Potemkin
4 eps
Rory Kinnear
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
4 eps
Gina McKee
Countess Praskovya Bruce
4 eps
Kevin McNally
Alexei Orlov
4 eps
Richard Roxburgh
Grigory Orlov
4 eps
Joseph Quinn
Paul Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
4 eps
Clive Russell
The Fool
4 eps
Paul Kaye
Yemelyan Pugachev
4 eps
Paul Ritter
Alexander Suvorov
4 eps
Thomas Doherty
Pyotr Zavadovsky
4 eps
Iain Mitchell
Archbishop Arsenius
4 eps
Georgina Beedle
Natalia Alexeievna
4 eps
John Hodgkinson
Pyotr Rumyantsev
4 eps
Phil Dunster
Andrey Razumovsky
4 eps
James Northcote
Alexander Bezborodko
4 eps
Antonia Clarke
Maria Fedorovna
4 eps
Adam El Hagar
Valerian Zubov
4 eps
Lucas Englander
Vasily Mirovich
1 eps
Simon Thorp
Danilo Vlasev
1 eps
Kirill Frolov
Soldier
1 eps
Mykolas Dorofejus
Soldier
1 eps
Armands Berģis
Petitioner
1 eps
Ieva Puķe
Petitioner
1 eps
Juris Strenga
Petitioner
1 eps
Jekaterina Makarova
Servant
1 eps
Dominic Borelli
Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt
2 eps
Almantas Šinkunas
Cossack
1 eps
Ilona Bagele
Landgrave's Wife
2 eps
Audronis Rūkas
Governor
1 eps
Marta Ormaniec
Governor's Wife
1 eps
Valerijus Jevsejevas
Adjutant
1 eps
Ivars Brakovskis
Court Official
1 eps
Aziz Çapkurt
Crimean Tatar Leader
1 eps
Jonas Bagdžiūnas
Hunter
1 eps
Andrew Rothney
Alexander Mamonov
1 eps
Aina Norgilaite
Elena
1 eps
Andrew Bone
Charles Joseph de Ligne
1 eps
Raphael Acloque
Platon Zubov
1 eps
Felix Jamieson
Alexander
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Catherine the Great actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Catherine the Great reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
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.
- Directed by Philip Martin
- Written by Nigel Williams
S01E01
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.
- Directed by Philip Martin
- Written by Nigel Williams
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Charles PattinsonExecutive Producer
- Nigel WilliamsExecutive Producer
- Jules HusseyProducer
- Helen MirrenExecutive Producer
- Philip MartinExecutive Producer
- David M. ThompsonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Nigel WilliamsWriter
Direction
- Philip MartinDirector
Cinematography
- Stuart HowellDirector of Photography
Music
- Rupert Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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