
Episode 2 S01E02
A victorious Potemkin returns from war to find Catherine preoccupied, leading the two to speak candidly about their pasts and future, while a Cossack stirs discontent among peasants in the countryside.
Series Cast

Joseph Quinn
Paul Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Richard Roxburgh
Grigory Orlov

Kevin McNally
Alexei Orlov

Gina McKee
Countess Praskovya Bruce

Rory Kinnear
Nikita Ivanovich Panin

Jason Clarke
Grigory Potemkin

James Northcote
Alexander Bezborodko

Phil Dunster
Andrey Razumovsky

Georgina Beedle
Natalia Alexeievna

Iain Mitchell
Archbishop Arsenius

Thomas Doherty
Pyotr Zavadovsky

Paul Ritter
Alexander Suvorov

Paul Kaye
Yemelyan Pugachev

Clive Russell
The Fool

Helen Mirren
Catherine the Great

Adam El Hagar
Valerian Zubov

Antonia Clarke
Maria Fedorovna

John Hodgkinson
Pyotr Rumyantsev