Nigel Williams on his new Sky-HBO drama Catherine the Great and working with Helen Mirren twice

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Novelist, screenwriter and playwright Nigel Williams discusses his new Sky-HBO four-part miniseries Catherine the Great, starring Helen Mirren as Russia’s longest serving female ruler and produced by Origin Pictures and New Pictures. The scribe also touches on his recent TV adaptation of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose for Italian public broadcaster Rai. MORE