For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by James JacksonSponsoredDominaSky Atlantic/Now, 9pmIn 2005 HBO gave us the visceral series Rome; more recently Sky brought us Britannia, a trippy take on the Romans’ invasion of Britain. Now we have Domina, a new ancient epic high on political machinations, declamatory expositional dialogue, sex, violence, swearing and pinsharp audio quality. But what stands out here is the way it tells the story of a brutal age from a female perspective. Nadia Parkes plays the young Livia Drusilla, the real-life wife and adviser to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar, and we see the story through Drusilla’s eyes and through those of the ambitious circles in which she mixes.

Source: The Times May 13, 2021 23:02 UTC