Catherine The Great

[maggiebee]

Caught a snatch of a discussion on Radio Scotland today. They were talking about a 10 part drama about Catherine the Great. Written by the same person who wrote The Favourite I think. Does anyone have any info about this?

[Buenchico]

That nice Mr Google seems to suggest that it's actually only in 4 parts and was first shown on Sky Atlantic last October:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/03/catherine-the-great-review-helen-mirren-labour-of-love-needs-magic-touch

I can' find any listings to indicate that it's on again soon but if you've got Sky (or Now TV) it'll be bound to come round again eventually!

[maggiebee]

Thanks for looking for me Chris, but that's a different series. Found this, also courtesy of Mr Google and think this is the one that was being discussed. Called The Great.

Period comedy with Elle Fanning

Channel 4 has bought the rights to a new period comedy about Catherine The Great.

The ‘genre-bending, anti-historical’ show stars Maleficent's Elle Fanning as the controversial Russian Empress and X-Men actor Nicholas Hoult as her husband, Peter III of Russia.

The Great also stars Charity Wakefield, who played Jack Whitehall’s sister in Bounty Hunters, and Sacha Dhawan, who plays The Master in Doctor Who, and Bohemian Rhapsody’s Gwilym Lee.

It has been written by Tony McNamara, who was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Olivia Colman’s The Favourite.

The series will premiere on US streaming service Hulu on May 15, but no date has yet been announced for its UK broadcast.

[chessington]

Elle was on the one show last night talking about Catherine the great

[emmie]

as mentioned a little bit was shown on the One Show.
Its not accurate in the least, they have taken liberties with the script, and the acting is a little OTT to say the least, that was according to Elle and her co star