The Crown Episode 1.05 Smoke and Mirrors
Episode Premiere
Nov 4, 2016
Genre
Drama,Historical
Production Company
Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television
Official Site
http://www.netflix.com/title/80025678
Episode Premiere
Nov 4, 2016
Genre
Drama,Historical
Period
2016 - Now
Production Co
Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television
Distributor
Netflix
Official Site
http://www.netflix.com/title/80025678
Director
Philip Martin
Screenwriter
Peter Morgan
Main Cast
- Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II
- Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana
- Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth
- Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret
- Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II
- Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh
- John Lithgow as Sir Winston Churchill
- Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret
- Jared Harris as King George VI
- Victoria Hamilton
- Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles
- Erin Doherty
- Emerald Fennell
- Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher
Additional Cast
- Nicholas Rowe
- Harriet Walter
- Alex Jennings
- Pip Torrens
- Simon Chandler
- Clive Francis
- Lia Williams
- James Hillier
- Verity Russell
Episode 5 Covers the Death of Queen Mary and the Coronation in 1953.
In 1953 Elizabeth recalls her father's words to her prior to his own coronation as she prepares for her own. Edward turns up for the occasion but declines to attend when his wife is refused admission. After Mary dies and her funeral is in the traditional old style Philip, feeling side-lined by his wife, decides to organize a down-sized coronation more acceptable to a country still hit by rationing and broadcast live on television. The Establishment is shocked but the occasion is a success.
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