EPISODE
SEASON
The Crown - Season 1
The series passionately follows the biography of Queen Elizabeth II, her encounters, achievements and political undertakings.
10 October 1946, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
1964, Dartford, Kent, England, UK
31 July 1944, Santa Monica, California, USA
19 June 1957, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
1948, England, UK
26 May 1966, Golders Green, London, England, UK
December 07, 2016
If you want to know why the drama departments at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are quaking in their boots just watch a couple of episodes of Netflix's sumptuous, leisurely and immaculate recreation of the Queen's early years on the throne.
November 04, 2016
This is big league television -- the kind of ambitious and exuberant project that will be talked about in years to come.
December 12, 2016
The awards buzz surrounding The Crown have some calling it "the next Downton Abbey," but here's the thing: It's actually much better than that.
November 04, 2016
Matt Smith and Claire Foy share a touching, easy chemistry that makes the longevity of the union easy to understand, and renders the couple not just sympathetic but human.
December 05, 2016
When Netflix does a genre, it usually does it right. The Crown looks to be highbrow drama that understands history is most compelling when it reveals the personal turmoil and struggles of public figures.
November 14, 2016
Netflix's lavish production ticks all the boxes of a royal awards contender: impeccable craftsmanship, sterling performances and a historical story. But all that polish may have dulled its edge.
April 07, 2017
In addition to the more obvious benefit of The Crown's lush tour through mid-century British history, this considered ambivalence about calling and family is the series' great gift to the viewer.
May 02, 2017
Neither idolatrous nor iconoclastic, series one even has you absorbed in the rival virtues of Clarence House and Buckingham Palace.
