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Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress from Season 1 of The Crown goes on display at the V&A in London

Elizabeth’s wedding dress featured in Season 1 of The Crown has gone on display in a new exhibition at the V&A in South Kensington. The costume was worn by Claire Foy in the very first episode of the show: “Wolferton Splash”. It was designed by the show’s award-winning Costume Designer Michele Clapton and is closely inspired by the Norman Hartnell original worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her wedding

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Elizabeth Debicki wins Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki has won her first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the sixth and final series of The Crown.

This takes The Crown’s total Emmy wins over all six seasons to 24 – including the recent wins for Costume and Production Design at the Creative Arts Emmys.

The ceremony took place at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night. 

She said

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BBC announces casting for This City Is Ours (w/t)

Sean Bean, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow, and Jack McMullen lead the cast in the eight-part series from writer Stephen Butchard.

The BBC has announced casting for This City is Ours (w/t), the epic new crime drama now filming in Liverpool and Spain. The eight-part series is created and written by Stephen Butchard (The Good Mothers, The Last Kingdom, Five Daughters), directed by Saul Dibb (The

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NFTS Diverse Writers Development Programme Nears Completion

The National Film and Television School (NFTS) and Left Bank Pictures, the production company behind the acclaimed series The Crown, is nearing the conclusion of its unique 10-week Diverse Writers Development Programme, backed by Sony Pictures Television. Designed to amplify the voices of six promising writers from across the UK, the participants were selected from a record number of applications

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Broadcasting Press Guild Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting Award - Andy Harries

Andy Harries, one of UK television’s leading producers and directors and the co-founder of Left Bank Pictures, is to be honoured this week at the 50th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, chosen by journalists who write about television, streaming and audio.

Harries will receive the BPG’s prestigious Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting for a career spanning more than

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BBC announces Dear England and This City Is Ours

The BBC has commissioned Dear England, a new drama series about Gareth Southgate and the England men’s football team, based on James Graham’s (Sherwood, The Way, Quiz) smash hit National Theatre play of the same name. Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare in Love) will star as Gareth Southgate. Rupert Goold (Judy, King Charles III, The Hollow Crown), who directed Dear England on stage

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