Catherine The Great

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

History, Comedy

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Catherine the Great - was she as magnificent as her moniker suggests? Was she a reforming pioneer of a burgeoning empire, or an expansionist who reneged on promises to free the serfs? A radical empowerer of women, or a husband murderer with a proclivity for the equine? Rajiv Karia, Amy Matthews and Ray Badra join Russell Kane in the Russian palace of Evil Genius to find out.

Additional Material: Eve Delaney Researcher: Christina Riggs Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls Executive Producer: Paul Smith

The Producer was Gwyn Rhys Davies. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	Friends with benefits
0:02.8	Keeping it casual
0:04.1	No strings attached
0:05.5	Or as we now call it
0:06.8	A Situation ship
0:07.9	But it can be a wee bit of a roller coaster
0:10.6	I'm Sophie Gravia
0:12.1	I'm Christine McGuinness
0:13.3	And this is our safe space
0:15.1	For you to share your date and dilemmas
0:17.4	And relationship revelations
0:19.1	Even we have some stories to tell.
0:21.2	For me, that was a colonel.
0:22.5	That was a red flag.
0:23.9	So let's find our way together.
0:26.2	Situation ships with Sophie and Christine.
0:28.4	Listen and BBC Sounds.
0:31.4	BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.0	Warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:41.6	Genius.
0:42.4	Genius.
0:42.9	Genius.
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