
Catherine the Great
About Catherine The Great
Catherine is intelligent, resourceful and utterly determined. She faces challenges on all sides, but everyone has underestimated the new Empress. Catherine has no interest in getting married again after the disaster of her first marriage. She certainly has no intention of handing power over to her son. This is not just a story of incredible political success against all odds. It is also a love story between the most extraordinary woman and man of the age.

The characters

Empress Catherine
Helen Mirren

Grigory Potemkin
Jason Clarke

Minister Panin
Rory Kinnear

Grigory Orlov
Richard Roxburgh
Grigory is Catherine’s first real love. They begin an affair whilst she is still married to her unpleasant husband, Emperor Peter III, and he plays a key role in the coup to place her on the throne. He is a handsome, rather simple soldier more at home in the barracks than the Court. His relationship with Catherine slowly deteriorates as he realizes she will never marry him for fear of public perception.

Countess Bruce
Gina McKee

Prince Paul
Joseph Quinn

Alexei Orlov
Kevin McNally
Episode guide

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3
