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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Barbara Ellen

The week in TV: The Crown; The English; Mammals; I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

Dominic West as rince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown.
Dominic West as a ‘risibly dishy’ Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki, nailing Princess Diana’s ‘Anglepoise lamp posture’, in The Crown. Netflix Photograph: Keith Bernstein/Netflix

The Crown Netflix
The English BBC Two | iPlayer
Mammals Prime Video
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! ITV | ITV Hub

Unless you’ve been recently cryogenically frozen, you probably noted the arrival of the fifth series of Peter Morgan’s royal soap The Crown and the criticisms from Dame Judi Dench (“crude sensationalism”), John Major (“malicious nonsense”) and Tony Blair (“complete rubbish”). Viewers should rest assured that if they still fancy a peek at Netflix’s 10-part “dramatisation” – covering everything from Charles and Diana’s divorce to the latter’s ill-gotten Panorama interview with Martin Bashir – they will not be dragged to the Tower (but do check: this could change).

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