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Jonathan Pryce, Imelda Staunton, Claudia Harrison, Lesley Manville, Theo Fraser Steele, Marcia Warren, Dominic West, Tom Byrne, Senan West, Will Powell, Elizabeth Debicki, and Sam Woolf in The Crown

The Crown, season 5, from which I want a divorce

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 25, 2022 / Claudia Harrison, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Khalid Abdalla, Lesley Manville, Marcia Warren, Olivia Williams, Peter Morgan, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Salim Daw, Sam Woolf, season 5, Senan West, The Crown, Theo Fraser Steele, Tom Byrne, Will Powell

The Crown, season 5, is a dreary season full of unhappiness and human failing. When this series began way back in 2016, I felt it was a means to humanize the royals. In season 5, the royals are just as miserable as all the other humans on the planet. I’ve stuck with The Crown through every season, but this year’s …

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Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, and Sophie McShera in Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey (2019), clever capers and royal visits

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / October 25, 2022 / Allen Leech, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine James, Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt, Laura Carmichael, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Max Brown, Michelle Dockery, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Simon Jones, Sophie McShera, Susan Lynch, Tuppence Middleton

Downton Abbey has spun off two movies from the popular TV series. This one, from 2019, is about a royal visit from King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary (Geraldine James) that set the residents of Downton Abbey atwitter. It featured a delightful minor rebellion from the servants quarters that made the story fun.