THE GREAT S1

TV
2020
10 X 60mins
English

Directors
Matt Shakman
Colin Bucksey
Bert & Bertie
Ben Chessell
Geeta Patel

Screenplays
Tony McNamara
James Wood

Executive Producers
Tony McNamara
Marian Macgowan
Mark Winemaker
Ron West
Josh Kesselman
Brittany Kahan
Doug Mankoff
Andy Spaulding
Elle Fanning

Cast
Elle Fanning
Nicholas Hoult
Sacha Dhawan
Douglas Hodge
Gwilym Lee
Charity Wakefield
Belinda Bromilow
Phoebe Fox
Bayo Gbadamosi
Florence Keith-Roach

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama - based on the occasional historical fact - about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine, and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change.  All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. A modern story, about the past.

Reviews

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/18/the-great-review-this-imperious-catherine-romp-reaches-for-the-tsars-elle-fanning

The New Yorker

 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/the-great-reviewed-a-proudly-fictional-pleasurably-vulgar-spin-on-catherine-the-great

News

Deadline - “The Great Renewed for Season 2”

https://deadline.com/2020/07/the-great-renewed-season-2-hulu-1202975810/

Nominee 30th IFP Gotham Awards, Breakthrough Series - Long Format

https://www.ifp.org/press/nominations-announced-for-30th-ifp-gotham-awards/

Writers Guild Awards: 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Great,' 'The Boys' Among TV Nominees

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/writers-guild-awards-nominees-ted-lasso-the-boys-1234614466/

The Great Nominated for 3 Golden Globes

https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees