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***L i N d $ @ y*** · 03-14-2017, 11:24 PM

^ Thanks for that Karen. Which reminds me, BAFTA TV nominations soon (April 11th).

heartღaflutter · 03-15-2017, 02:17 AM

oh that's soon too! I am sure they have good odds of getting a nomination for that!!

girl under the floor · 03-15-2017, 02:35 AM

Let's hope they do

ina_am · 03-15-2017, 02:57 AM

Awesome

***L i N d $ @ y*** · 03-16-2017, 11:52 PM

Some bits:

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Did King George really have emergency surgery in Buckingham Palace?

From the very first scene of Episode One, which opens with the King coughing up blood (albeit very decorously) into a palace toilet, it's made pretty apparent that George VI is not a well man. After being diagnosed with cancer, the King undergoes an operation - shown in graphic detail - to remove his left lung, which takes place not in a run-of-the-mill hospital, but in Buckingham Palace itself. This did actually happen - and to keep things as realistic as possible, director Stephen Daldry decided that a team of surgeons from Guy's Hospital should carry out the procedure. According to registrar Pankaj Chandak, 'once we settled in, it felt like a normal day in the operating theatre. The prosthetic body was incredibly life-like, complete with a beating heart, and there was meticulous attention to detail on set to recreate the surgical world from 1951.'

Who was Venetia Scott?

That blonde-haired secretary who catches Winston Churchill's eye in The Crown's opening episodes, then (spoiler alert) meets her end in melodramatic fashion during the 'Great Smog'? Venetia Scott is one of very few characters who are entirely fictional, and has been conjured up by Morgan to help shift the plot along (in this case, she's basically a catalyst for Churchill to finally take action, adding a little emotional heft). And if you recognise actress Kate Philips, it's probably thanks to brief turns in other prestige period pieces like the BBC's take on Wolf Hall (where she also co-stars with Claire Foy, playing Jane Seymour to her Anne Boleyn) and War and Peace.