TV tonight: Domina – a game of thrones in Ancient Rome Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones, Phil Harrison and Simon Wardell
Domina
9pm, Sky Atlantic
It’s back to ancient Rome for this psychological drama examining the rise to power of Livia Drusilla (Kasia Smutniak), wife and adviser to Augustus Caesar. We open in the aftermath of Julius Caesar’s assassination and young Livia’s marriage to Tiberius Claudius Nero – a political alliance that sees the couple forced to flee Italy. Seeking to return home, Livia begins to plot how she could ascend the ranks of society. Co-starring Isabella Rossellini and Game of Thrones’ Liam Cunningham.
Tonight's TV picks include new epic drama Domina, Seth Rogen and much more on The Late Late Show, the return of Jools Holland, Tom Allen's new show Quizness, and Amy Adams starring in The Woman in the Window . . .
During the restoration of Roman walls in the Italian town of Isernia archaeologists stumbled upon the perfect marble head of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor.
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Here are some TV highlights for the week ahead. By Rónán Duffy Tuesday 11 May 2021, 6:31 PM Tue 6:31 PM 15,187 Views 3 Comments
THE REMOTE IS our weekly look at upcoming TV highlights.
What With Everything, people are at home a bit more than usual these days so we’ve got you covered whether you want a once-off special of a new series to get into.
We’ll focus mainly on free-to-air TV and freely available streaming services.
Something to get pulses racing
Ever since Game of Thrones left TV screens there have been a whole host of epic dramas hoping to replace it.
The real Wicked Witch of Rome: Drama about Augustus Caesar s wife Livia shows her bludgeon a man to death with a rock - but it s nothing on the real-life thirst for power that saw her kill her grandsons, exile her daughter and poison her husband
New eight-part Sky series Domina tells the story of Ancient Rome s Livia Drusilla
She married the first Roman emperor Gaius Octavius, known as Augustus Caesar
Livia is remembered as a power-hungry woman who poisoned her husband
But Domina focuses on the domestic power struggles and manipulation