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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Dec 11, 2020 8:58:07 GMT
The Great will premiere on Channel 4 on Sunday January 3rd at 9pm.
Created by Tony McNamara, The Great is described as a satirical comedy drama that chronicles the anti-historical ride through 18th Century Russia and follows the wildly comedic rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great – the longest reigning female ruler in Russia’s history.
The series stars Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Sebastian de Souza, Bayo Gbadamosi and Belinda Bromilow.
The series previously aired in the UK on StarzPlay.
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Post by pandaeyes on Dec 11, 2020 10:22:52 GMT
Thanks Dame. Sounds good, and with an excellent cast. Will mark that one off in my radio Times.
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Post by geometryman on Dec 11, 2020 11:22:08 GMT
Looks interesting. It has a high user rating on imdb, although a fair number of reviewers (mainly Russian, I suspect) hated it for historical inaccuracies and/or disgusting content & language.
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Post by pandaeyes on Dec 21, 2020 11:38:04 GMT
Saw the trailer last night. Will definitely be watching.
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Post by marion on Jan 5, 2021 9:23:42 GMT
Well this is playing fast and loose with the timeline isn’t it? They were married before he became Tsar, were they not? However, if you move all that to one side, it was quite a lark I suppose. I am approaching this in the same way I approached Rob Lowe as a chief constable in Wild Bill.
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Post by geometryman on Jan 9, 2021 23:33:34 GMT
I'm not familiar with the history so not bothered by any liberties they may have taken! I enjoyed the first episode, treating it as an irreverant OTT romp. There are some quite unpleasant moments - the poor bear!
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Post by Gargleblaster on Jan 11, 2021 11:59:29 GMT
I hope that no one is taking this seriously. Quite apart from the anachronisms of the language, historically, it is absolute nonsense. It should be taken with a very large pinch of salt. No wonder the Russians hate it.
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Post by beverley61 on Jan 11, 2021 12:35:16 GMT
Couldn't watch the eye scene - is that factually correct.
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Post by Gargleblaster on Jan 12, 2021 13:25:37 GMT
Couldn't watch the eye scene - is that factually correct. I doubt it very much. |
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Post by marion on Jan 13, 2021 9:35:17 GMT
I abandoned ship in episode 2. I just thought the writer was throwing everything at it for effect and it lost its power. So many f-bombs and anachronisms. I don’t mind either of those in dramas if done with aplomb but for some reason this didn’t work for me. Also, I found Elle Fanning very unconvincing. Her maid, the deposed aristocrat, was the best one in it for me. I realised that for a comedy drama I had barely laughed so switched off.
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Post by geometryman on Jan 25, 2021 21:26:07 GMT
I'm still watching and quite enjoying it, treating it as a sort of Blackadder take on history. It isn't really laugh-out-loud comedy, but I'm finding it entertaining.
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Post by pandaeyes on Jul 21, 2022 9:23:09 GMT
Series 2 starts on Wednesday (27th) at 10 pm (1/10)
I enjoyed the first series, so will be watching this.
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Post by geometryman on Jul 21, 2022 14:15:09 GMT
I've seen S2 (is on StarzPlay, Amazon Prime add-on). Continues in the same vein as S1 with mostly the same characters. Gillian Anderson plays Catherine's mother (not till episode 7).
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Anymore to come?
