Culture Chat: Netflix’s ‘The Crown’
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Forhecz Topher
4.6 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
This Friday, we talk through the final season of The Crown. Its first four episodes recently dropped on Netflix, and its depiction of Princess Diana’s death has been controversial. What did we think of the first part of the season? How did The Crown sustain its nine-year journey as a series? And will we see big ambitious prestige TV like it again? Lilah is joined by UK chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley and deputy news editor India Ross.
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We love hearing from you. Lilah is on Instagram @lilahrap. You can email her at [email protected].
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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall):
– The first four episodes of The Crown S6 are available on Netflix now. The final four episodes will air on December 14.
– Robert’s FT Weekend Magazine satirical column on the ‘ghost of Diana’ scene: https://on.ft.com/47Vpmp5
– The FT’s review of Season 6: https://on.ft.com/3uK2YRa
– Robert is on X at @robertshrimsley.
More or less recommendations:
– Robert recommends the show Slow Horses, which is on Apple+, and the novel series it’s based on by Mick Herron
– India wants more good TV, like Euphoria, White Lotus and (controversially) The Idol
– Lilah recommends Rocky 2. Just kidding. She recommends doing the thing! Run up the steps like Sylvester Stallone in Rocky 2
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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner. Clip courtesy of Netflix.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Life and Art from FT Weekend. I'm Lila Raptopoulos, and this is our Friday chat show. |
| 0:07.3 | Today we are talking about The Crown, which is in its sixth and final season. The first four episodes are already out on Netflix, and the last four will be out on December 15th. |
| 0:16.8 | For a bit of background, the crown first came out in 2016, and over the past nine years, it has spanned 50 years of the Queen's life. |
| 0:24.7 | It's created by Peter Morgan. |
| 0:26.4 | It's won 22 Emmys, and it is one of the most expensive TV shows ever made. |
| 0:35.0 | You've seen the images on the television. |
| 0:38.6 | Diana gave people what they needed. |
| 0:41.3 | All over the world in their thousands. |
| 0:44.3 | And they adored her for it. |
| 0:47.8 | This is going to be the biggest thing that any of us has ever seen. |
| 0:51.8 | Unsurprisingly, people have very strong opinions about this final season, which depicts |
| 0:56.2 | the end of Princess Diana's life and her death. |
| 0:58.9 | It got mixed to positive reviews in the U.S. and very negative reviews in the U.K. |
| 1:04.1 | So today, we're going to talk about it, talk about the show, its reception, and where it fits |
| 1:08.5 | into TV history. |
| 1:10.0 | Joining me from London is UK chief political commentator, |
| 1:13.7 | his royal highness, Robert Shimsley. |
| 1:17.0 | Welcome, Robert. |
| 1:18.1 | I hope you were bowing when you said that. |
| 1:20.3 | It was a deep bow. |
| 1:24.1 | Also in London is the People's Prince, |
| 1:26.6 | the Financial Times' Deputy News Editor, India, |
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