Catherine the Great: Helen Mirren stars in HBO’s sumptuous new historical miniseries about the later years of Russian Tsarina, Catherine the Great (Neon, begins Wednesday 9 October).

Keeping Faith: the second season of the popular Welsh drama about a small town lawyer whose husband mysteriously disappears (UKTV, begins Monday 7 October).

Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK: Drag superstar RuPaul makes the trip to London in search of a British queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent (TVNZ OnDemand).

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