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A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
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Social & External
The people behind it
Elle Fanning
Catherine II of Russia
Nicholas Hoult
Peter III of Russia
Phoebe Fox
Marial
Gwilym Lee
Grigor Dymov
Adam Godley
Archbishop
Douglas Hodge
General Velementov
Belinda Bromilow
Elizabeth Petrovna
Bayo Gbadamosi
Arkady
Charity Wakefield
Georgina Dymova
Florence Keith-Roach
Tatyana
A substitute bride returns to a prince's residence as his attendant and gradually falls for the seemingly cold-hearted prince. As their relationship grows, a mysterious figure begins plotting in the shadows.
Shen Zhaoshuang, adopted by Prince Ning Yan, is betrayed and abandoned after a forbidden love with him. Tormented and seeking the truth about her past, she discovers she is the last survivor of a family wiped out by Ning Yan’s father. On a path of revenge, she meets the enigmatic Xie Wuya, and together they uncover a decade-old massacre, find justice, and ultimately discover true love.
Bai Chu, the daughter of a high-ranking general, is forced by the emperor to marry Prince Chen, despite longing for her lost childhood love. Unbeknownst to her, the marriage is part of Prince Chen’s plan to gain her family’s influence in his rivalry with Prince Qi. On their wedding night, an assassination plot by Prince Qi results in the deaths of Prince Chen and Bai Chu’s parents. Seeking revenge, Bai Chu infiltrates an assassin group under Prince Qi’s control, where a mysterious masked man repeatedly protects her.
Pressured to marry, modern-day Xiaoxiao is transported into the body of an ancient bathhouse worker, Chu Xiaoran. Armed with a magic pouch of modern items, she helps Chu Xiaoran woo a distant princess while using his body to flirt with every handsome man she meets, leading to a series of comedic misadventures in this whimsical, time-traveling journey.
A female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.
The little rabbit fairy Bai Zaizai, in order to avenge his master, accidentally broke into the palace and became the bodyguard of the second prince Liu Changge. In the process of getting along, the two went from getting to know each other to slowly falling in love. Liu Changge helped Bai Zai Zai avenge the murder of his master, and Bai Zai Zai also helped Liu Changge, defeating the National Preceptor Shen Yi and other princes in the dangerous palace.
After her rebirth on her wedding night, Shen Zhinian, a duke’s daughter, returns seeking revenge. Using herself as bait, she makes a deal with Emperor Xiao Yan, but he has already sensed her true intentions. Together, they plot to destroy their enemies, blurring the line between strategy and desire.
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the pasts that follow them there. A love story, mystery, and social comedy all in one.
After losing her job for standing up to her boss's harassment, Li Qinnan accidentally falls into a sewer and dreams she’s transported to the ancient kingdom of Daqi. There, she becomes Qiu Yuke, a noblewoman betrothed to the kingdom’s enigmatic National Advisor, Ming Jingchuan, who has his own secrets. Desperate to escape her arranged marriage, Qiu Yuke crosses paths with Ming, and despite her initial resistance, they begin to form a connection. As they navigate the complexities of love and power, dark forces threaten to disrupt their lives and the kingdom’s stability. Caught in a web of intrigue, Qiu Yuke must make a choice that could alter her fate forever, leading her to confront unexpected challenges and hidden truths.
Modern office worker Zhao Yi time-travels to ancient times as a pampered noble of the Great Zhou. Using his quick wit, he defeats invading armies, exposes traitors, and even turns a locust disaster into a feast. Along the way, he outmaneuvers foreign envoys and finds himself caught in a web of intrigue and growing affection with the empress, a noble lady, and a foreign princess.
In the 15th year of Qingshuo, Princess Li Conghuan of Zizhou marries Crown Prince Mo Heng, but her true motive is revenge. Once in love with the Second Prince, Mo Jin, she witnessed the brutal murder of her mother and her newborn child. Returning to the palace, Li Conghuan is determined to avenge their deaths, but her former love, now the Crown Princess' husband, struggles to believe she would go to such lengths for power. Caught in a web of assassination attempts and suspicion, the two must navigate misunderstandings and hidden intentions as their paths intertwine once more.
Once the cherished daughter of the Mu family, Mu Qingran faces sudden upheaval when her father’s empire collapses and she is reluctantly married to Prince Zhao Yunchu. Misunderstandings arise between her ambition to revive the family business and his desire for a traditional, obedient wife, leading him to marry the Mu family’s rival, Shen Yanan, and sparking a series of dramatic events.
Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders set in France, 1782, just seven years before the French Revolution. It is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves.
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
Cui Chen, the talented senior disciple of the Qingyuan Sect, and his crafty junior sister Zhao Tantan as they embark on a quest to find the "Seven-Leaf Lotus." Along the way, they grow together and find love, joining hands to revive their sect.
A Ke, a mysterious woman with the power to enter people's dreams, uncovers a deeper connection with the cold-hearted constable Shen Nan. As she navigates the dreams of others, she discovers a fated love between them that transcends time and spans multiple lifetimes.
Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel.
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
Belgravia, 1871. When Lord Frederick Trenchard meets Clara Dunn, their courtship is full of passion. But after they marry, the scandalous world of high society and a long-buried family secret threaten to unravel their happiness.
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
As the bubonic plague spreads through Italy, a group of nobles and servants retreats to a villa, where their lavish getaway quickly spirals into chaos.
A group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and status, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more than that.
Follow the ups-and-downs of Angela Williams, the owner of a successful beauty salon, and her husband of 13 years, Marcus, a former professional football player who has recently partnered with Richard Ellington and Joseph Jetson on a new sports news program called "C-Sports Now."
Ruby is living a humdrum existence when one day she gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey with her oldest flame.
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.
After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.