The third season of ''
The Crown
The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states). Legally ill-defined, the term has different ...
'' follows the life and reign of
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
. It consists of ten episodes and was released by
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
on 17 November 2019.
Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair ( Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy A ...
stars as Elizabeth, along with main cast members
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime ...
,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. Initially a stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Never the Sinner'' (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for ''900 Oneonta'' ( ...
,
Jason Watkins,
Marion Bailey,
Erin Doherty,
Jane Lapotaire
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944) is an English actress.
Biography
Lapotaire was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the daughter of Louise Elise (Burgess). Her stepfather, Yves Lapotaire, worked in the oil industry and was ...
,
Charles Dance,
Josh O'Connor,
Geraldine Chaplin,
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
,
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Lilly Fennell (; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nomination ...
, and
Andrew Buchan.
John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born , 1945) is an American actor. Lithgow studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his work on the stage and screen. He has been the recipient of numerous ...
and
Pip Torrens
Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor.
Known for playing urbane, authoritative figures, Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'', aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series ''The ...
return in
cameo appearance
A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...
s.
Premise
''The Crown'' traces the life of
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
from
her wedding in 1947 through to the early 2000s.
Season three covers the time period between 1964 and 1977, beginning with
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
's election as prime minister and ending with the
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the Silver jubilee, 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth o ...
.
Events depicted include the unmasking of the
Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, Sir
Anthony Blunt
Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, was a leading British art historian and Soviet spy.
Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, dire ...
as a Soviet spy, Harold Wilson and
Edward Heath's respective terms as prime minister,
the
Aberfan disaster, the
Apollo 11 moon landing, the
1969 Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, the death of the
Duke of Windsor (the Queen’s uncle and the former King Edward VIII), the
death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, and Princess Margaret's affair with
Roddy Llewellyn
Sir Roderic Victor Llewellyn, 5th Baronet (born 9 October 1947), is a British baronet, garden designer, journalist, author, and television presenter. He had an eight-year relationship with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the younger sist ...
that leads to divorce from
Tony Armstrong-Jones
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, (7 March 1930 – 13 January 2017), was a British photographer and filmmaker. He is best known for his portraits of world notables, many of them published in ''Vogue'', '' Vanity Fa ...
.
US President
Lyndon B. Johnson and
Camilla Shand also feature.
Cast
Main
*
Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair ( Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy A ...
as
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
*
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime ...
as
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from El ...
, Elizabeth's husband
*
Helena Bonham Carter as
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth ...
, Elizabeth's younger sister
*
Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. Initially a stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Never the Sinner'' (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for ''900 Oneonta'' ( ...
as
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, (7 March 1930 – 13 January 2017), was a British photographer and filmmaker. He is best known for his portraits of world notables, many of them published in ''Vogue'', '' Vanity Fa ...
, known as Lord Snowdon; Princess Margaret's husband
*
Jason Watkins as
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern pr ...
*
Marion Bailey as
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was the l ...
,
King George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...
's widow and Elizabeth II's mother
*
Erin Doherty as
Princess Anne
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of K ...
, Elizabeth and Philip's second child and only daughter
*
Charles Dance as
Lord Mountbatten
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German ...
, Philip's ambitious uncle and brother of
Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and the paternal grandmother of King Charles III ...
*
Josh O'Connor as
Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth and Philip's eldest child and the heir apparent
Featured
The following actors are credited in the opening titles of up to two episodes:
*
John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born , 1945) is an American actor. Lithgow studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his work on the stage and screen. He has been the recipient of numerous ...
as
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
*
Clancy Brown
Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.
Brown's film roles include Viking Lofgren in ''Bad Boys'' ...
as
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
*
Jane Lapotaire
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944) is an English actress.
Biography
Lapotaire was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the daughter of Louise Elise (Burgess). Her stepfather, Yves Lapotaire, worked in the oil industry and was ...
as
Princess Alice, Philip's mother
*
Mark Lewis Jones as
Edward Millward, Prince Charles's Welsh Teacher
*
Tim McMullan as
Robin Woods
Robert Wilmer Woods, (14 February 1914 – 20 October 1997), known as Robin Woods, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Worcester from 1971 to 1982. He previously served as Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1958 to 1962, and as D ...
, Dean of Windsor
*
Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''The Tempest'', ''King ...
as
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 19 ...
, formerly King Edward VIII, who abdicated
*
Geraldine Chaplin as
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of the former King Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused ...
, the Duke of Windsor's American wife
*
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
as
Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
*
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Lilly Fennell (; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nomination ...
as
Camilla Shand, Charles's love interest
*
Andrew Buchan as
Andrew Parker Bowles, Anne's love interest; later Camilla's husband
*
Harry Treadaway as
Roddy Llewellyn
Sir Roderic Victor Llewellyn, 5th Baronet (born 9 October 1947), is a British baronet, garden designer, journalist, author, and television presenter. He had an eight-year relationship with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the younger sist ...
, Margaret's lover
Recurring
*
David Rintoul as
Sir Michael Adeane, Private Secretary to the Queen
*
Charles Edwards as
Sir Martin Charteris, Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen; later Private Secretary to the Queen
*
Michael Thomas Michael or Mike Thomas may refer to:
Entertainment
* Michael M. Thomas (born 1936), American novelist of financial thrillers
* Michael Tilson Thomas (born 1944), American conductor, pianist, and composer
* Michael Thomas (actor) (1952–2019), Bri ...
as
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974) was the third son and fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947, the only memb ...
, Elizabeth's paternal uncle
*
Penny Downie as
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, (born Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott; 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the mother ...
, Elizabeth's paternal aunt by marriage
* Alan Gill as Winkie
*
Pippa Winslow
Pippa Winslow is an American/British actress, singer and voice artist.
Winslow is originally from the United States. She obtained a BA in Drama from the University of California, Irvine and an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Fr ...
as Blinkie
*
Mark Dexter
Mark Lee Dexter (born 21 April 1973) is an English actor who trained at RADA.
Life and career
Dexter was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
As a teenager, he was an early member of the Central Junior Television Workshop which led t ...
as
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as Viscount Stansgate, was a British politician, writer and diarist who served as a Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. ...
,
Postmaster General; later
Minister of Technology
The Ministry of Technology was a department of the government of the United Kingdom, sometimes abbreviated as "MinTech". The Ministry of Technology was established by the incoming government of Harold Wilson in October 1964 as part of Wilson's am ...
*
Lorraine Ashbourne as
Barbara Castle,
Minister for Overseas Development
The minister of state for development and Africa, formerly the minister of state for development and the secretary of state for international development, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.
The off ...
; later
Secretary of State for Transport
The Secretary of State for Transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport. The incumbent i ...
and
Secretary of State for Employment
The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions w ...
*
Aden Gillett as
Richard Crossman
Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (15 December 1907 – 5 April 1974) was a British Labour Party politician. A university classics lecturer by profession, he was elected a Member of Parliament in 1945 and became a significant figure among the ...
,
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was a United Kingdom government department formed following the Second World War, covering the areas of housing and local government.
It was formed, as the Ministry of Local Government and Planning, ...
; later
Leader of the House of Commons
The leader of the House of Commons is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom whose main role is organising government business in the House of Commons. The leader is generally a member or attendee of the cabinet of the ...
*
Sam Phillips as the Queen's
equerry
An equerry (; from French ' stable', and related to 'squire') is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually up ...
*
Sinéad Matthews
Sinéad ( , ) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French ''Jeanette'', which is cognate to the English Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew ''Yohannan'', "God forgave/God gratified". In English, ''Sinéad'' is also commonly ...
as
Marcia Williams
Marcia Matilda Falkender, Baroness Falkender, CBE (''née'' Field, known professionally as Marcia Williams; 10 March 1932 – 6 February 2019) was a British Labour politician, known first as the private secretary for, and then the political se ...
, Harold Wilson's private secretary
* David Charles as
George Thomas,
; later
Secretary of State for Wales
*
Stuart McQuarrie as
George Thomson George Thomson may refer to:
Government and politics
* George Thomson (MP for Southwark) (c. 1607–1691), English merchant and Parliamentarian soldier, official and politician
* George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), Scottish p ...
,
Minister without portfolio
A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...
*
Patrick Ryecart as
The Duke of Norfolk,
Earl Marshal
*
Connie M'Gadzah
Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, or Cornelius.
Given name or nickname
Women
* Connie Achurra, Chilean chef
* Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician
* Connie Booth (b ...
as
Sydney Johnson
Sydney Johnson (born April 26, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach at Fairfield University for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball team. Previously, Johnson was the head coach at Princeton University from 2 ...
, the Duke of Windsor's valet/footman
Notable guests
*
Samuel West as
Sir Anthony Blunt,
Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
*
Angus Wright as
Sir Martin Furnival Jones, Director-General of
MI5
*
Paul Hilton as
Michael Straight
Michael Whitney Straight (September 1, 1916 – January 4, 2004) was an American magazine publisher, novelist, patron of the arts, a member of the prominent Whitney family, and a confessed spy for the KGB.
Early life
Straight was born in New Yor ...
, American magazine publisher, novelist, patron of the arts, and a confessed spy for the KGB
*
Teresa Banham
Teresa Banham, also known and credited as Theresa Banham (born 1964) is a British television and theatre actress perhaps best known for playing the role of the Broadfell Prison Governor in the first part of the ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special, ...
as
Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson
* Anthony Brophy as
James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton (December 9, 1917 – May 11, 1987) was chief of CIA Counterintelligence, counterintelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1954 to 1974. His official position within the organization was Associate Deputy Di ...
, chief of
CIA Counterintelligence
Counterintelligence Mission Center (CIMC) is the component of the Central Intelligence Agency with primary responsibility for counter-intelligence operations. From 1953 to 1988 it was known as the ''Counterintelligence Staff'' and operated within ...
* Michael Simkins as
Sir Patrick Dean, British Ambassador to the United States
* Martin McDougall as
W. Marvin Watson
William Marvin Watson (June 6, 1924 – November 26, 2017) was an advisor to U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson and was Postmaster General from April 26, 1968, to January 20, 1969.
Life and career
Watson was born in Oakhurst, Texas. He received a ...
, advisor to US president Lyndon B. Johnson
* Suzanne Kopser as
Lady Bird Johnson,
First Lady of the United States
The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...
*
Pip Torrens
Philip D'Oyly "Pip" Torrens (born 2 June 1960) is an English actor.
Known for playing urbane, authoritative figures, Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'', aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series ''The ...
as
Sir Tommy Lascelles, Private Secretary to King George VI (in flashbacks)
* Verity Russell as young Elizabeth
* Beau Godson as young Margaret
*
Richard Harrington as Fred Phillips
*
Gwyneth Keyworth
Gwyneth Anjuli Keyworth (born 15 September 1990) is a Welsh actress. She was born in Aberystwyth and began acting in a local Welsh language youth theatre group. She went on to appear with the National Youth Theatre.
Since graduating from the R ...
as Gwen Edwards
*
Colin Morgan as John Armstrong, a ''
Guardian
Guardian usually refers to:
* Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
* ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
(The) Guardian(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Guardian, West Virginia, Unite ...
'' journalist
*
Miltos Yerolemou as Chronos
*
Nigel Whitmey
Nigel Whitmey (born 23 February 1963) is a British-Canadian actor who has appeared in TV series and films. He is also the husband of the actress Abigail Thaw, whom he met while training at RADA.
Early life
Whitmey was born in Peace River, Alb ...
as
Marquis Childs, American journalist, syndicated columnist, and author
*
Colin Stinton
Colin Stinton (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian actor.
Early life
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1947, Stinton moved to the United States as a child in 1952. He lived in a trailer with his family—traveling throughout the U.S. and finall ...
as
Lawrence E. Spivak
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparato ...
, American publisher and journalist
* Finn Elliot as young Philip
*
Leonie Benesch
Leonie Benesch (born 22 April 1991 in Hamburg) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including ''Babylon Berlin ''and ''The Crown'', as well as ''Around the World in 80 Days''. She is currently based in London.
Biography
I ...
as
Princess Cecilie, Philip's third sister (in flashback)
*
John Hollingworth as
Lord Porchester
Earl of Carnarvon is a title that has been created three times in British history. The current holder is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon. The town and county in Wales to which the title refers are historically spelled ''Caernarfon,'' havi ...
, nicknamed Porchey, Horse Racing Manager to the Queen
*
Rupert Vansittart as
Cecil Harmsworth King, newspaper publisher
*
Julian Glover as
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, Irish thoroughbred racehorse trainer
* Philippe Smolikowski as
Alec Head
Alec Head (31 July 1924 – 22 June 2022) was a French horse trainer and breeder.
Biography
Head was the owner of Haras du Quesnay, located near Deauville. A descendant of the trainers who founded the English Racing Colony in Chantilly, Oise, He ...
, French horse trainer and breeder
*
John Finn as
Arthur "Bull" Hancock, owner of thoroughbred racehorses at
Claiborne Farm
Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred horse breeding operation near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910 by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Stud in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.
...
*
Nia Roberts as Silvia Millward, Edward Millward's wife
* David Summer as
Thomas Parry Thomas Parry may refer to:
* Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household) (c. 1515–1560), serving Queen Elizabeth I of England
* Thomas Parry (ambassador) (1541–1616), English MP, ambassador to France and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* T ...
, Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth
*
Henry Dimbleby
Henry Richard Melville Dimbleby (born May 1970) is a British businessman and cookery writer who is a co-founder of Leon Restaurants and the Sustainable Restaurant Association. He was appointed lead non-executive board member of the Department f ...
as
Richard Dimbleby
Frederick Richard Dimbleby (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, and then its leading TV news commentator.
As host of the long-running current affairs ...
, BBC broadcaster
*
Alan David as
Ben Bowen Thomas, President of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth
* Henry Pettigrew as
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
...
, the Astronaut
*
Felix Scott
Felix Scott is a British actor who has played the role of Charlie Thomas in the BBC Radio 4 soap ''The Archers'' since 2014.BBC Radio 4 - The Archers -Charlie Thomas, 5 December 2014
He has also appeared in the television series '' Holby City' ...
as
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' pilot on the 1969 A ...
, the Astronaut
*
Andrew-Lee Potts as
Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to:
* Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician
* Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...
the Astronaut
* Sidney Jackson as
Prince Edward, Elizabeth and Philip's youngest child
* Marlo Woolley as
Prince Andrew, Elizabeth and Philip's second son
* Fred Broom as
Cliff Michelmore
Arthur Clifford Michelmore (11 December 1919 – 16 March 2016) was an English television presenter and producer.
He is best known for the BBC television programme ''Tonight'', which he presented from 1957 to 1965. He also hosted the BBC's tel ...
, English television presenter and producer
* Daniel Beales as
Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.
Moore was president of the Brit ...
, English amateur astronomer
*
Kevin Eldon
Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in British comedy television shows of the 1990s including ''Fist of Fun'', '' This Morning with Richard Not Judy'', '' Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge' ...
as Priest Michael
* Matthew Baldwin as
Kenneth Harris, The journalist who conducted
*
Togo Igawa as
Emperor Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
*
David Wilmot
David Wilmot (January 20, 1814 – March 16, 1868) was an American politician and judge. He served as Representative and a Senator for Pennsylvania and as a judge of the Court of Claims. He is best known for being the prime sponsor and eponym ...
as
Arthur Scargill, president of the Yorkshire branch of the
National Union of Mineworkers
* Stephen Riddle as Derek Parker Bowles, Andrew Parker Bowles's father
* Judith Alexander as
Ann Parker Bowles
Dame Ann Parker Bowles (''née'' de Trafford; 14 July 1918 – 22 January 1987) was a British aristocrat and Girl Guides leader.
Background
Ann de Trafford was born in 1918 in London, the eldest daughter of millionaire racehorse owner Sir Humph ...
, Andrew Parker Bowles's mother
* Robert Benedetti-Hall as Major
Bruce Shand
Bruce Middleton Hope Shand (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) was an officer in the British Army. He is best known as the father of Queen Camilla.
Early life
Shand was born in London into an upper class family whose ancestors had moved t ...
, Camilla Shand's father
* Nesba Crenshaw as
Rosalind Shand
Rosalind Maud Shand (' Cubitt; 11 August 1921 – 14 July 1994) was a British charity worker and aristocrat, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. She was the wife of army officer Major Bruce Shand and the mother of Queen Camilla.
Chil ...
, Camilla Shand's mother
* Louis Zegrean as young Edward "Ted" Heath
*
Richard Walsh as
Joe Gormley, president of the
National Union of Mineworkers
*
Jessica De Gouw
Jessica Elise De Gouw (born 15 February 1988) is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series '' Arrow'', as Mina Murray in the NBC TV series '' Dracula'', and as Elizabeth Hawkes ...
as
Lucy Lindsay-Hogg, girlfriend of Lord Snowdon; later Lucy, Countess of Snowdon
*
Nancy Carroll as
Lady Anne Tennant, lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret and wife of
Colin Tennant
Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner (1 December 1926 – 27 August 2010) was a British aristocracy, British aristocrat. He was the son of Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Pamela Winefred Paget. He was also t ...
* Richard Teverson as
Colin Tennant
Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner (1 December 1926 – 27 August 2010) was a British aristocracy, British aristocrat. He was the son of Christopher Grey Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Pamela Winefred Paget. He was also t ...
, husband of Lady Anne Tennant
*
Martin Wimbush
Martin Wimbush (born 1949) is a British actor known for his roles in film, television, and theatre.
Early life and education
Born in London, Wimbush trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama between 1967 and 1969, and then worked e ...
as
Sir Ronald Bodley Scott, English haematologist and expert on therapy for leukaemia and lymphoma
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Dan Skinner
Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Skinner often performs as the character Angelos Epithemiou and is also one half of the Brian and Roger podcast.
Early li ...
as
Alastair Burnet, British journalist and broadcaster
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Tim Bentinck as
Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, ...
,
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
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Episodes
Production
Development
By October 2017, early production had begun on an anticipated third and fourth season,
and by the following January, Netflix confirmed the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season.
Casting
The producers recast some roles with older actors every two seasons, as the characters age.
In October 2017,
Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair ( Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy A ...
was cast as Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons.
By January 2018,
Helena Bonham Carter and
Paul Bettany were in negotiations to portray Princess Margaret and Prince Philip, respectively, for these seasons.
However, by the end of the month Bettany was forced to drop out due to the time commitment required.
By the end of March 2018,
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime ...
was cast as Philip.
In early May 2018, Bonham Carter was confirmed to have been cast, alongside
Jason Watkins as Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
.
The next month,
Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. Initially a stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Never the Sinner'' (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for ''900 Oneonta'' ( ...
was cast as Tony Armstrong-Jones for the third season,
along with
Erin Doherty as
Princess Anne
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of K ...
.
A month later,
Josh O'Connor and
Marion Bailey were cast as respectively Prince Charles and the Queen Mother.
In October 2018,
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Lilly Fennell (; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nomination ...
was cast as
Camilla Shand.
In December 2018,
Charles Dance was cast as Louis Mountbatten.
Filming
The third season began filming in July 2018.
Music
Release
The third season was released on
Netflix
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worldwide in its entirety on 17 November 2019,
and consists of ten episodes.
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes
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reported a 90% approval rating for the third season based on 100 reviews, with an average rating of 8.54/10. Its critical consensus reads: "Olivia Colman shines, but as ''The Crown'' marches on in reliably luxurious fashion through time it finds space for the characters around her, providing ample opportunity for the appealing ensemble to gleam, too."
On
Metacritic
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, the season holds a score of 84 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Writing for ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was fo ...
'', Anita Singh called the series "by far, the best soap opera on television".
The ''
Los Angeles Times
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''s
Lorraine Ali
Lorraine Ali is an American journalist and pundit who is a member of
the George Foster Peabody Awards board of jurors. Based in Los Angeles, California, she is a television critic at the ''Los Angeles Times,'' where she was previously a senior wri ...
praised the attention to historical detail and the performances, particularly from Colman and Bonham Carter.
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The Guardian
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''s
Lucy Mangan praised the "top-notch performances", adding that the season is "so confident and so precision-engineered that you don't notice the defects".
Daniel Fienberg for ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' judged the cast transition to be a success, adding the series "remains a model for carefully crafted episodic storytelling".
There was some criticism of the lack of nuance within the writing. The
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's Hugh Montgomery found it "increasingly on the nose", with the season "the best yet".
Alison Rowat from ''
The Herald'' opined some scenes were "over-engineered" and dialogue "too on the nose", but nevertheless that it excels as a political drama.
''Vulture''s Jen Chaney found the writing "a bit heavy-handed" in nevertheless "an absorbing, thoroughly enriching experience".
Reviewing for ''
Variety'',
Caroline Framke
Caroline Framke (born 1988) an American writer and critic and is Chief TV Critic at ''Variety''. Formerly, she was a columnist at Vox and has contributed to ''The Atlantic'', ''The A.V. Club'', ''Flavorwire'', ''Complex'', ''Vulture'', ''Salon'' ...
thought the series does not always succeed in humanising the royal family, but when it does, it is "as compelling a portrait of how power warps individuals, and the world along with them, as exists on TV".
Ed Power from ''
The Independent
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'' was less complimentary, praising Colman's performance but finding the series somewhat "colourless".
References
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