Catherine The Great
HBO has taken to mining Russian history for great drama. Chernobyl, the 1980s era period piece that ran last May, was not just a hit with viewers, but critics as well, and is now up for five Emmys in September. The premium cabler is almost assuredly hoping for the repeat
Catherine The Great
It’s official: Catherine the Great’s reign starts this Fall in America. HBO and Sky Atlantic announced the premiere dates for their upcoming limited series, which stars Oscar winner Helen Mirren as one of the most powerful women in history – and the person responsible for basically creating the nation
Catherine The Great
HBO's upcoming limited series Catherine The Great promises a Helen Mirren tour-de-force as the titular monarch. It is the Year for Russian History on HBO. Following this spring's miniseries Chernobyl, the hit dramatization of the 1986 nuclear catastrophe in the USSR, HBO is bringing
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Dame Helen Mirren is well known for many roles, but as an actress she does seem to have a particular type. The Oscar winner tends to play royalty (she’s played both Queens Elizabeth, after all) or other strong British women such as the troubled DCI Jane Tennison in Prime