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Maurice Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 until 1963, when he resigned on health grounds. Before becoming Prime Minister, he was both Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Chancellor of the Exchequer under his predecessor, Anthony Eden. In The Crown, he is portrayed by Anton Lesser.
With Winston Churchill off the scene, season two of The Crown races through Prime Ministers, from Anthony Eden to Harold Macmillan to Alec Douglas-Home. Find out more about Macmillan, the man who ...
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The Crown is a historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. It grew out of Morgan's film The Queen (2006) and his stage play The Audience (2013).
CharacterAppearances / Actors(season 1 (2016))Appearances / Actors(season 2 (2017))Appearances / Actors(season 3 (2019))- Clement Attlee
- Tony Blair
- Harold Macmillan
- Harold Wilson
- Anthony Eden
- Winston Churchill
- John Major
- Margaret Thatcher
The first season of The Crown partly focuses on the relationship that King George VI (Jared Harris) has with Winston Churchill (John Lithgow), as they both reflect on their long history together. While it’s important to show how Great Britain has evolved since World War II, there’s so much to deal with once the King passes that the political elemen...
One of the interesting questions that Season 6 of The Crown will have to address is the death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki). Not only is this a shocking moment in history, but it's one that Morgan already covered in his Academy Award-winning screenplay for The Queen, whichfeatured a terrific performance by Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, and T...
Andor's Anton Lesser appears in a recurring role in Season 2 as Queen Elizabeth’s (Claire Foy) third Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. Without the mentorship of Churchill and in the wake of Prince Philip’s travels, Elizabeth is forced to adjust to the political intrigue of the Cold War. Lesser does a great job at showing how the government asks for...
Prior to his death, an older Churchill admits to Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) that he has always had suspicions about the new Prime Minister, Harold Wilson (Jason Watkins). This is a great way of setting up the one Prime Minister who is a bit of a buffoon. While Colman is a great dramatist, she also has a sharp sense of humor, and it’s funny to see he...
Jeremy Northam appears at the very beginning of Season 1 as Churchill’s Deputy Prime Minister; The Crown suggests that Anthony Eden fears a decline in Churchill’s health, and wants to inherit a more stable political state. Unfortunately, he doesn’t succeed Churchill until the disputes with Egyptian President Nasser (Amir Boutrous) have already esca...
There have been many cinematic adaptations of Winston Churchill’s life, but Lithgow still manages to do something interesting with one of history’s greatest icons. What’s clear is that this is a version of Churchill who is already aware of their legacy, and has already been set in his ways for a while. He’s cantankerous, a little goofy, and occasio...
Jonny Lee Miller’s performance as John Major is understated, subtle, and incredibly important; essentially, he is the audience’s avatar during the trials and tribulations that the Royal Family faces during all of the public scandals in the 1990s. Major is aware of the Queen’s (Imelda Staunton) legacy, and is faced with a less-than-enviable position...
While all respect is due to the other actors on the list, no one came even remotely close to topping the incredible performance that Gillian Anderson delivered. Her performance as Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain’s first female Prime Minister, is so accurate to historical records that it is downright uncanny. An impression is one thing, but Anderso...
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Premise. The Crown traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the present day. Season two covers the period between 1956 and 1964. Claire Foy continues to portray the Queen, and the season covers the Suez Crisis in 1956, the retirement of the Queen's third Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963, following the Profumo affair political scandal, and the births of ...
The Crown is a historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. Morgan developed the series from his film The Queen (2006) and his stage play The Audience (2013), which also focus on Elizabeth.
Nov 14, 2019 · As much as The Crown is about the royal family, it's also about the British government, and the show's seconded season concludes with the resignation of Harold Macmillan. In October 1963 ...
