The Crown leads the 2024 TV Baftas awards nominations after having been shortlisted in eight categories. Netflix’s long-running drama about the royal family has been recognised in categories including leading actor, for Dominic West’s portrayal of Prince Charles and supporting actress, which sees Elizabeth Debicki go up against Lesley Manville for their respective depictions of Princess Diana and Princess Margaret.
It follows a series of critical reviews for the final series of Peter Morgan’s once-lauded drama, which featured an appearance from a ghost of Princess Diana and a musical fantasy sequence where Tony Blair was crowned king to a choir singing D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better. The Guardian said it featured “a script that barely aspires to craft, let alone art, any more”.
