Russian romance

Into historical love stories but don’t feel like watching sappy Regency romances? Try the dark comedy-drama series, The Great (2020-2023) on JioHotstar. It stars Elle Fanning as Russian empress Catherine The Great, and Nicholas Hoult as her not-so-great husband, Emperor Peter III. The satirical series is gleefully nasty, showing the royal couple as deeply flawed and yet fascinating characters, who go from attraction to revulsion to besotted co-dependency even as the country suffers for it.