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Netflix confirms release date for next instalment of The Crown

There's a whole new cast for season five.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 26th September 2022

Netflix has announced the release date and a teaser trailer for the fifth series of The Crown.

The hugely popular historical drama follows the timeline of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.

It’s gone from her coronation all the way through to the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana – and the next instalment will bring the series closer to the present day.

Every two seasons, new actors take on the roles of the royal family, which means a brand new cast taking to our screens when The Crown returns.

Netflix confirmed at its Tudum event that the new season will air on 9 November.

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In the teaser trailer, we get our first proper glimpse of Elizbaeth Debicki in the role of Diana, and Dominic West as Prince Charles.

The tense clip shows the breakdown of the famous couple’s marriage, and looks set to include the controversial interview with Martin Bashir.

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Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana
Dominic West as Prince Charles
Teaser images of the new series of The Crown. Credit: Netflix

Imelda Staunton, who also played Professor Umbridge in Harry Potter, will take on the lead role as Queen Elizabeth II.

Previous actors who have portrayed the Queen have been Claire Foy and Olivia Colman.

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Jonathan Pryce is taking over from Tobias Menzies in the role of Prince Philip.

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Filming of the next series was paused following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and was halted again on the day of her funeral.

Season five was originally set to be the final instalment, but creator and writer Peter Morgan later confirmed a sixth series is in the works.

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The first images from Netflix’s new Harlan Coben series filmed around Greater Manchester have been revealed

Danny Jones Danny Jones New Harlan Coben Netflix series filmed in Greater Manchester

Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation, which has been filmed all around Greater Manchester over recent months, has officially wrapped principal photography.

Following the success of the best-selling British thriller author’s previous shows on the streaming platform, both of which were also filmed at least in part around the region, they confirmed that a further two shows would be coming too and one looks to be pretty much done.

The drama series is called Missing You and is based on Harlan Coben’s 2014 novel of the same name. Believe it or not, this is the NINTH time that Netflix has adapted one of his books (yes, nine!), with this being the third time they have filmed one of his works in and around Manchester.

Much like the story itself, the trio seem to have a bit of a love affair going on between them – though we promise you this one will be much more complicated…

Set to release sometime in 2025, Missing You stars Rosalind Eleazar in the lead role as Kat Donovan, a detective specialising in Missing Persons.

Starring alongside other big British names like Ashley Walters, Richard Armitage, Sir Lenny Henry; Steve Pemberton, Jessica Plummer and James Nesbitt, the series is once again produced by Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios).

Without giving too much away, here’s the synopsis: 11 years ago, Detective Kat Donovan’s fiancé Josh – the love of her life – disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again. Creepy, right?

Josh’s reappearance forces her to dive back into not only his life since going missing but the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past too.

Although many of Coben’s stories take place in the US, the Netflix adaptation is also transposed to a UK setting and so filming took place all over Greater Manchester, including the city centre, Le Mans Crescent and Victoria Square in Bolton, as well as various other spots around the North West.

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Coben serves as executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions, with help from the likes of Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic) and Guy Hescott (The Red King, Without Sin); Victoria Asare-Archer from Stay Close is the lead writer and directing is split between Nimer Rashed (Fool Me Once) and Isher Sahota (Ridley, Grace).

Set across five hour-long episodes, if Netflix’s follow-up to Fool Me Once – which was recently named the most-watched show on the platform in the first half of 2024 – is even half as popular as its previous programme, it’ll still be a huge success.

As for Quay Street, the locally-based production house has a long track record of delivering top-quality drama thanks to its founder and multi-award-winning producer, Nicola Shindler OBE, who set up the company back in 2021.

Her credits have included Fool Me Once, It’s A Sin, Stay Close, Ridley Road, Finding Alice, The Stranger, Happy Valley and cult favourite Queer As Folk (1999-2000).

With a pedigree like that, we’re confident the latest Harlan Coben adaptation from Netflix will be just as good as the last one, and we can’t wait to play another round of ‘guess where in Manchester that was filmed’. Speaking of, it’s not the only local production of late.

A new rom-com set in Manchester has started filming in the city centre

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BBC issues statement after UK forecast shows ‘hurricane force winds’ up to 14,000mph

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson BBC issues statement after UK forecast shows 'hurricane force winds' up to 14,000mph

The BBC has issued a statement after alarming people across the UK with a weather forecast of hurricane force winds and temperatures of up to 400°C.

Mancs woke up this morning stunned to see predicted wind speeds of up to 14,000mph.

The alarming weather report hit the BBC Weather app today while Hurricane Milton batters Florida across the pond.

One person shared on X: “I guess we need to batten down the hatches with 26,898 mph winds today.”

Another asked: “Why isn’t this forecast making the news? 14,712mph wind sounds dangerous to me!! I’m going back to bed.”

But now the BBC has rushed to reassure people not to be ‘alarmed’ at the prospect of the entire island blowing away.

BBC presenter and meteorologist Simon King shared: “Oops, don’t be alarmed by some of our @bbcweather app data this morning.

“Be assured there won’t be 14408mph winds, hurricane force winds or overnight temperatures of 404°C.

“It is being looked at and hopefully sorted asap.”

BBC Weather shared: “You may have noticed some data issues on our app and website. We are working hard to fix it quickly. Sorry – please bear with us.

“In the meantime here are Thursday’s weather headlines: -Colder, clearer air moving in -Rain and drizzle in south -Blustery showers near east coast”

And national treasure Carol Kirkwood said live on air: “We are having a technical glitch at the moment. It’s showing wind speeds far too fast, in fact, hurricane strength and that is not the case at all.

“Please don’t be alarmed. We are aware of it and on it.”

At the time of writing, the BBC Weather forecast service is still predicting hurricane force winds for the UK. Eek.

BBC issues statement after UK forecast shows 'hurricane force winds' up to 14,000mph
BBC issues statement after UK forecast shows ‘hurricane force winds’ up to 14,000mph

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