‘Catherine the Great’: TV Review. Helen Mirren plays the titular monarch in 'Catherine the Great,' the latest HBO/Sky miniseries using British thespians to tackle Russian history.

Though she’s now widely remembered as Catherine the Great, she was born Sophie von Anhalt-Zerbst in 1729, and grew up in an impoverished but noble family with social connections in high places.

For some, “Dame Helen Mirren playing the Catherine the Great” is all the convincing they’ll need to watch this new biographical limited series, which is perfectly understandable. The casting ...

And so we come to our second quality television series about Catherine II of Russia in the space of seven months, “The Great,” with a marvelous Elle Fanning as the 18th century Russian empress.

'Catherine the Great' drops Helen Mirren into 18th-century Russia; as an HBO miniseries, however, it's hardly good enough. Our review.

The satirical dark comedy The Great, now streaming on Hulu, reimagines the early years of Russia's Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning), who would overthrow her husband Peter (Nicholas Hoult) and ...

Hulu Takes On Catherine The Great In A Series That's More Funny Than Factual A new, 10-part miniseries follows the exploits of the Russian empress who rose to power in a coup against her own husband.

How did Catherine the Great seize power from Peter III? When Peter inherited the throne in 1762, Catherine became empress consort. Peter only reigned for six months, as his political vision was ...

When last we left The Great, which returns May 12 on Hulu, Russian empress Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) had just tried to kill her husband Peter III (Nicholas Hoult), only to learn that her ...

In 1745, a German Princess, renamed Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner), arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), whom she initially likes. But his suspicious, unstable ...

For some, “Dame Helen Mirren playing the Catherine the Great” is all the convincing they’ll need to watch this new biographical limited series, which is perfectly understandable. The casting ...

‘The Great’: TV Review. Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult star in 'The Great,' a Hulu series that marks 'The Favourite' co-writer Tony McNamara's take on Catherine the Great.