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The Crown’s third series has failed to make Netflix’s top ten most watched shows of the year – despite having a blow-out budget of £50million.
The British royal drama, which returned with an explosive third season last month, was pipped to the post by a number of US-made shows, including new fantasy favourite The Witcher, which reached number one and sci-fi thriller Stranger Things, which came in at number three.
The Crown was widely considered to be Netflix UK’s flagship show in 2019, as it returned with a brand new all-star cast, including Olivia Coleman and Helena Bonham Carter.
It is the second most expensive TV show ever made, with reports claiming each hour-long instalment costs £5million and £9.8million.
The Crown’s third series has failed to make Netflix’s top ten most watched shows of the year despite having a blow-out budget of £50million
Netflix even made the premiere of the season available for free in the UK for non-subscribers, as the hotly anticipated series made its comeback in November.
However, the latest series of The Crown – which introduced fans to key royal events from the 1960s and 1970s – has been surpassed on the rankings by The Witcher at the number one spot, followed by After Life starring Ricky Gervais.
Other shows to make Netflix UK’s top ten in the UK include Stranger Things, Sex Education, The Umbrella Academy, You, Unbelievable, Top Boy, Black Mirror and Dirty John.
It is likely The Crown’s late release may have been a factor in the show not ranking in the top ten, however The Witcher – which hit the number one spot – was released it its entirety on December 20.
A Netflix spokesperson said: ‘The Crown is one of many great titles that we’re really proud of and loved and watched by millions of our members this year but just didn’t quite make the Top 10.’
The Crown’s fourth season has now begun production, with actors Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin seen playing Charles and Diana for the first time.
1. The Witcher: The fantasy adventure series is based on a book of the same name and follows the story of solitary monster hunter Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill) (pictured)
2. After Life: Created, directed and produced by Ricky Gervais, (pictured) the black comedy drama show follows Tony, whose life is turned upside down after his wife dies from cancer
The new series of the show hit Netflix saw Olivia take on the role of Queen Elizabeth II, taking over the role from Claire Foy. She has been met with mixed reviews for her convincing turn.
Peter Morgan, the creator behind the popular Netflix series, says series four will show the young princess as she struggles to befriend her in-laws, The Queen and Prince Philip.
3. Stranger Things: The sci-fi thriller stars four friends (pictured from left to right) Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven who is a girl with psychokinetic abilities
4. Sex Education: British series stars teenage boy Otis played by Asa Butterfield (left) and with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate Maeve playe by Emma Mackey (right) to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school
5. The Umbrella Academy: Starring Ellen Page (pictured), the plot revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an apocalypse
Meanwhile Olivia Colman – who plays Queen Elizabeth II in the third and fourth seasons – revealed the rigorous preparations she underwent to perfect her new regal role in a dazzling new feature with Harper’s Bazaar UK.
The Oscar-winner, 45, admitted that one of the drama’s directors had to ‘teach her how to walk’ to nail the role of the monarch.
The star, who has taken over the role from Claire Foy, said: ‘I don’t really enjoy research. But for this, I have to accept it. I can’t just sit like me, I have to sit like her, and look like pictures of her.
‘They have been teaching me how to walk – I’m really terrible at that, I have no physical awareness. I walk a bit like a farmer, one of the directors said.’
6. You: The American psychological thriller television series follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) (pictured), a New York bookstore manager and serial killer who falls in love with a customer named Guinevere and quickly develops an extreme, toxic and delusional obsession
7. Unbelievable: This show follows Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) (pictured), a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth
8. Top Boy: The series is set on the fictional Summerhouse estate in Hackney, East London and follows two seasoned drug dealers Dushane (Ashley Walters) (pictured right) and Sully (Kano) (pictured left) on gritty streets of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by rival gangs
9. Black Mirror: Each episode of this science fiction series are standalone and examines modern society, particularly the consequences of new technologies, often with a dark and satirical tone
9. Dirty John: Based on a 2018 true-crime podcast, rich and successful Debra Newell (Conie Britton) (pictured right) is swept off her feet by charismatic John Meehan (Eric Bana) (pictured left) but the relationship spiral out of control with secrets, denial and manipulation
The third season of The Crown sees a new guard sweep into Downing Street, as Queen Elizabeth and her family struggle to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing Britain.
From cold-war paranoia, through to the jet-set and the space age – the exuberance of the 1960s and the long hangover of the 1970s – Elizabeth and the Royals must adapt to a new, more liberated, but also more turbulent world.
Written by Peter Morgan, The Crown also stars Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Erin Doherty as Princess Anne, Ben Daniels as Lord Snowdon, Jason Watkins as Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten.
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