Die satirische Serie „The Great“ zeigt auf unorthodoxe Weise den Weg von Katharina der Großen zur Macht im Russland des 18. Jahrhunderts. Die junge deutsche Adlige Sophie Auguste Frederike wird aus machtpolitischen Gründen mit dem russischen Thronfolger verheiratet, später Peter III. genannt. Doch die Ehe steht unter keinem guten Stern, da sich Peter als fürchterliche Person herausstellt. Als Schwester im Geiste stellt sich ihre Magd Marial heraus, die der nun Katharina genannten Königin eröffnet, dass der Thron in Russland automatisch an die Königin geht, sollte es keinen männlichen Erben geben und der König sterben. Für Katharina klingt diese Feststellung wie eine hervorragende Herausforderung.

1745. The reigning Empress Elizabeth Petrovna is infertile. The only heir is her feeble-minded nephew Peter III. Elizabeth cannot allow Peter to ascend to the throne, so she decides to marry the tsarevich, wait for the birth of her son, and then take the boy and raise him as a real Russian emperor herself. Brides are coming to St. Petersburg. Among them is the lovely Fike - the young Princess Sofia Frederica from the impoverished branch of the Prussian kings.

Russian Empire. The second decade of the twentieth century. As a result of the conflict between the Entente and the bloc of the Central Powers led by Germany, which erupted in August 1914, Russia is drawn into the First World War. A wave of unrest is rolling through the country. Revolutionary moods are increasing every day. Counterintelligence is trying with all its might to suppress the activity of German spies active in the territory of the country ...

This mystery thriller throws a Russian spin on one of the world’s most famous characters, the series follows the esteemed detective from London to stunning St Petersburg, on the trail of a suspected serial murderer. Sherlock Holmes (Maxim Matveyev) is on the hunt for Jack the Ripper. The infamous killer left a bloody trail in London and fled to the Russian Empire, with Sherlock on his tail. With new characters, Dr Kartsev and Sophia supporting Sherlock, and a new nemesis in Znamensky, this is an exciting, glossy action series.

Russian miniseries based on the novel The Brothers Karamazov.

Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries - the Romanovs.