Three actresses play the Queen across these seasons, and each era of the reign gets its own tone. Which stretch would you rewatch first?
1Season 4The 2020 fourth season introduces Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher and Emma Corrin as Diana, and won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.1000pts
2Season 1The 2016 first season, with Claire Foy as Elizabeth II, covers her 1947 wedding, her accession in 1952 and Churchill's last years as prime minister.565pts
3Season 6The 2023 final season, released in two parts, covers Diana's death in 1997 through Prince William's university years to the wedding of Charles and Camilla in 2005.565pts
4Season 3The 2019 third season recasts the royal family with Olivia Colman as the Queen and covers 1964 to 1977, including the Aberfan disaster and the 1969 investiture of Prince Charles.462pts
5Season 5The 2022 fifth season, with Imelda Staunton as the Queen, covers 1991 to 1997, including the Windsor Castle fire and the breakdown and divorce of Charles and Diana.462pts
6Season 2The 2017 second season, Claire Foy's last in the lead role, covers the Suez Crisis, the Profumo affair and the births of Andrew and Edward, up to 1964.0pts


























