The recently departed Head of Sky News was in combative mode as he outlined three recommendations to improve British broadcast journalism.
First, John Ryley said: “Broadcasters should start reporting on the Royal Family with the same rigour as they treat every [other] story on the news agenda.… They are too supine, too incurious, too compliant.
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee which marks her 70-year reign, Dame Darcy Bussell sets out on a royal adventure following in the footsteps of the Queen.
Her journey will see her travel across the landscapes of Britain and visit the locations which have shaped the monarch’s identity.
In each of the four episodes, Dame Bussell will travel to a certain region of the country, from London to the Highlands of Scotland, from the Norfolk Broads to the Welsh Borders.
Dame Bussell wants to discover the parts of Britain the Queen loves the most and why.
The documentary will include never before seen home movies of the Queen filmed by members of the Royal Family.
Viewers will see private and intimate moments of the Queen as a young girl through her own eyes and words as she grew up and throughout her reign.
To accompany the release of the documentary, three new images of a young princess Elizabeth have been revealed.
The Royal Family have been filming themselves from the 1920s and over the decades those home-made recordings have added up.
Wills (Hugh Skinner) will face a dilemma when Charles (Harry Enfield) and the older royals go on strike and Wills is pressured to join them.
Struggling to make a decision, Wills seeks advice from a portrait of Queen Victoria (Miriam Margolyes) who tries to help and guide him.
Charles and Camilla (Haydn Gwynne) make a reluctant trip to visit Carole (Julia Deakin) and Mike Middleton (Simon Day) along with Wills and Kate (Louise Ford), but fear for their lives when Charles believes he hears Mike threatening to chop of his and Camilla’s heads.
Morgan had originally planned for six series of the much-loved drama, but has decided that the fifth series “is the perfect time and place to stop”.
Morgan thanked Netflix and Sony for supporting his decision and described Staunton as an “astonishing talent” and a “fantastic successor”.
Staunton will be the final actor to play the Queen after predecessors Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, taking the series into the 21st Century.
The Crown first aired in 2016 and with its big budget production spend, was hailed as a game-changing drama for Netflix.
The six-part series will see nine aristocratic individuals from the UK, Russia, Austria, Nigeria, Ireland and America live together in a mansion in the British countryside.
The Royal World will take a look at their privileged lives and reveal the people behind the prestigious titles. With royal fever still abuzz following the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the series promises a glimpse at life of young royals as they navigate their way through their twenties as part of society's elite.
