First rate look at the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II by one of my favourite writers, Peter Morgan. The hefty budget was not wasted - marvelous recreations of old England, whether it's the Cabinet room, hunting lodges in Kenya, the royal plane, the palace.
Strong acting across the board - I especially liked Jared Harris and the woman who played Princess Margaret but everyone was good. Love those accents. Some of the incidents are well known - the wedding, the Margaret Peter Townsend affair. Other was more fresh, at least to me - the Great Smog, Churchill's second Prime Ministership. Really classy, enjoyable TV.
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