The Crown: The Complete First Season

Based on an award-winning play by showrunner Peter Morgan, this lavish drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s to modern times. The series begins with an inside look at the early reign of the Queen who ascended the throne at the age of 25 after the death of her father King George VI. As the decades pass, personal intrigues, romances and political rivalries are revealed that played a big role in events that shaped the later years of the 20th century.

Winner of two Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series: Drama and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series: Drama (Claire Foy) and nominated for multiple other awards, The Crown was one of the highest rating series of 2016 and had the critics searching for superlatives in their praise of Foy as Queen Elizabeth and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill.