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[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Miss Scarlet Season 5 finale, “Dangerous Liaisons.”] Miss Scarlet Season 5 was a season of change. The formerly titular Duke, William (Stuart Martin), departed the series after Season 4, and Tom Durant-Pritchard joined the cast as the by-the-book detective Alexander Blake, who wasn’t keen to let private detective Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips) work out of Scotland Yards. Eliza pursued her work anyway, putting her in close proximity to Blake throughout the season’s six episodes. They grew on each other as the season progressed, leading to a moment in the finale that wasn’t a long-time coming per se but a major development for Eliza. The February 16 finale featured a dangerous case that saw Oliver Fitzroy (Evan McCabe) attacked. As Blake and his men worked to solve the mystery, Eliza was hired by Oliver’s mother. Marianne Fitzroy (Robin Weaver), to investigate his father, Commissioner Fitzroy (Stephen Boxer), whom she suspected was being unfaithful.

Network: Netflix

Episodes: 60 (hour)

Seasons: Six

TV show dates: November 4, 2016 -- December 14, 2023

Series status: Ended

Performers include: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Anton Lesser, Matthew Goode, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty, Charles Dance, Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Boxer, Emerald Fennell, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Jonny Lee Miller, Olivia Williams, Claudia Harrison, Natascha McElhone, Marcia Warren, Salim Daw, Khalid Abdalla, Bertie Carvel, Ed McVey, Luther Ford, and Meg Bellamy.

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Based on the award-winning play called The Audience, this dramatic TV show revolves around the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II....

Actress Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Princess Diana in The Crown, felt uncomfortable and disgusted by the behavior of fake paparazzi during filming. Debicki found it difficult to accurately portray Princess Diana due to negative and incorrect narratives created by the press and tabloids. The first four episodes of The Crown season six premiere on November 16 on Netflix.

Actress Elizabeth Debicki, who plays Princess Diana in seasons five and six of the Netflix Emmy-winning historical drama series The Crown, revealed in an interview earlier this year before the SAG-AFTRA strikes, that she felt uncomfortable and disgusted with the behavior of the fake paparazzi (via Variety). Created by Peter Morgan, the hit series encapsulates the multi-generational ups and downs of the British Royal family and has won 21 Emmy Awards so far.

The sixth and final season will occur between 1997 and 2005, and centers around former Pm Tony Blair’s rise to power,...

Netflix has many exciting TV shows lined up for November, from the eagerly anticipated first part of the 6th and final season of royal drama The Crown to the beloved family drama Virgin River. Even though some shows are a continuation of previous seasons, Netflix is adding some newcomers to its roster, including the animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

Now that the month of horror is officially coming to an end, viewers can expect a lineup with plenty of variety from the streaming platform's channel.

All The Light We Cannot See (Nov. 2)

Nearly ten years after the Pulitzer award-winning book dominated the New York Times best sellers list, Anthony Doerr's beloved novel All the Light We Cannot See is finally getting a TV adaptation. The limited TV series is one of the most anticipated shows featured on the streaming giant's channel this November. All the Light We Cannot See...

Nominated For Twenty-four 2021 Emmy Awards And Winner Of Four 2021 Golden Globe Including Best Drama Series – Bonus Materials Include Three Featurettes That Take A Look Inside The Making Of The Critically Acclaimed Series

As the 1970s are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles, who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by Britain’s first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, tensions arise between her and the Queen which only grow worse as Thatcher leads the country into the Falklands War. While Charles’ romance with a young Lady Diana Spencer provides a much-needed fairy tale to unite the British people, behind closed doors, the Royal Family is becoming increasingly divided. Special Features

Triumph & Tragedy: Diana and Charles

Three Groundbreaking Women

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The beautiful game stands in for deeper, more personal struggles as Greg Cruttwell’s engaging characters pour their hearts out

A big season, this, for Greg Cruttwell. Next month, the BFI revives Mike Leigh’s Naked, in which Cruttwell landed his most indelible acting gig as the yuppie scumbag Jeremy. This week, however, he resumes writer-director duties with this genial indie that casts Leigh alumni and TV stalwarts as football-crazed individuals, pouring their hearts out to a mostly static camera for 90 minutes, plus injury time. It is an innately theatrical proposition, like a fringe play that’s snuck in through the Odeon fire doors. Yet this is pretty sound stuff, engagingly performed: if not a resounding triumph for one medium over another, then the kind of honourable draw that sends everybody home reasonably happy.

Its tactics derive from the Alan Bennett playbook, revealing what first seem like eccentrically heightened passions,...

Updated with full winners list: The Trial of the Chicago 7 won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture prize, SAG’s version of Best Picture, at the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. It was one of 13 awards honoring the year’s best film and TV acting performances.

The late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis took the best leading male and female actor in a motion picture honors for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In the supporting actor category, Yuh-Jung Youn took the trophy for Minari and Daniel Kaluuya for his role as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Among the movie categories, the marquee ensemble prize is often an Oscar bellwether. Last year, Neon’s Parasite surprised with a win and it later repeated the feat by taking the Academy Awards’ Best Picture prize.The Trial of the Chicago 7 faced off against Da 5 Bloods,...

“The Crown” eyes dual Best Drama Actress nominations for the first time, as Netflix is campaigning Emma Corrin‘s portrayal of Princess Diana as a leading performance in direct competition with Olivia Colman‘s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II. “The Crown” is further shaking up its awards strategy in its fourth season by swapping the categorization of its chief male actors: Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip contends now as a supporting actor and Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles takes his place in the lead race.

SEEthe “miraculous” reviews for Emma Corrin’s performance.

Menzies was nominated last year for Best Drama Actor by the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice, then snubbed by the Emmys and BAFTA. Matt Smith portrayed Philip in the first two seasons of “The Crown” and was campaigned as a lead for the first, receiving no major nominations. He continued to be snubbed with the second season...

Gillian Anderson is a delight.

The actress has played many beloved characters over the years, but the role of Maggie Thatcher is poised to be a big change for her.

With a steely voice and a piercing stare, Thatcher takes center stage in the latest trailer for The Crown Season 4.

Thatcher and Olivia Colman's Queen Elizabeth II chat in the trailer, but it's clear things are not going well between them.

But Queen Elizabeth does defend Margaret when Prince Philip balks at the idea of two women running the country.

“Perhaps that’s precisely what this country needs.”

"It could be said that they are two very similar women, born only months apart," says writer and executive producer Peter Morgan.

"They are very much defined by the Second World War, by a sense of a sense of frugality, hard work, commitment, Christianity and so much more. It was a...

Netflix dropped the trailer for the fourth season of “The Crown” Thursday, switching fans’ attention from the eagerly anticipated introduction of Princess Diana (played by Emma Corrin) to the arrival of Gillian Anderson’s portrayal of Britain’s formidable first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

And when the Iron Lady reports for duty, she comes ready to challenge Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) in more ways than the monarch seems to have expected.

Watch “The Crown” Season 4 trailer here and via the video above.

The fourth season of Peter Morgan’s Netflix royal family drama picks up in the late 1970s. Here is the official description:

“Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by...

Netflix has dropped a whole host of new images from the highly anticipated 4th season of ‘The Crown’ which features the early life of Princess Diana as she becomes part of the Royal household.

Inspired by the award-winning play, The Audience, ‘The Crown’ tells the inside story of the decades-long reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the struggle between her private and public self. The series focuses on the personal intrigues, romances, and political rivalries behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th Century. The series isn’t simply about the monarchy but is about an empire in decline, a world in disarray, and the dawn of a new era.

Picture shows: Prince Philip (Tobias Menzies) and Queen Elizabth II (Olivia Colman) Picture shows: Princess Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) Picture shows: Princess Diana (Emma Corrin)

As the 1970s are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman...

After teasing us with shadowy footage of Gillian Anderson in a recent Season 4 promo, The Crown has unveiled its first real look at Anderson’s portrayal of Margaret Thatcher.

Netflix on Tuesday released four new photos from The Crown‘s upcoming season, which will mark Anderson’s debut as the former prime minister. In the snapshot below, a blue-clad Thatcher smiles and waves to a crowd outside 10 Downing Street, the prime minister’s usual residence and office. British actor Stephen Boxer (Doctors) also appears in the photo as Thatcher’s husband, Denis.

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Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag) are launching The Theatre Community Fund, which will provide grants to UK theatre professionals who have been struggling economically during the coronavirus pandemic.

Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years. The fund will be separated into two priority strands giving grants of up to £3,000:

To help freelancers survive the present by providing hardship grants to those in immediate need. To ensure a healthy future for the industry by providing innovation and creation grants for artists to produce work.

Among first donors to the fund, which has to date received combined pledges of £1M, are Tom Hiddleston, Gillian Anderson, Danny Boyle, Emilia Clarke, Richard Curtis, Kit Harrington, Ian McKellen, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz. Scroll down for the list in full.