Her one-time paramour Peter Townsend will be played by James Bond actor Timothy Dalton, whom Manville praised during a chat with EW<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was lovely,\u201d she said, \u201cand I think he\u2019s just spot-on as Peter Townsend.\u201d<\/p>\n The season will be the first since Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s death<\/a>\u00a0and will depict the divorce of the then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana.<\/p>\n Despite filming halting after the news of the Queen\u2019s passing and creator Peter Morgan\u2019s complex feelings<\/a> about it, shooting for the drama\u2019s sixth and final season continues unchanged.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re still doing the scripts. Nothing\u2019s changed, they haven\u2019t been rewritten. Why would they? We\u2019re dealing with the 1990s,\u201d Manville said. \u201cOne\u2019s feelings about what the whole nation has been through is kind of a private thing. Obviously, we talk to each other a lot [about it]. But the actual process of making the programme is the same.\u201d<\/p> You can watch seasons 1-4 of The Crown right now on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our guide to the\u00a0best series on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0best movies on Netflix<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the<\/strong>\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 12:00 am A new season of The Crown is dropping on Netflix next month, with Phantom Thread\u2019s Lesley Manville taking over from Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret this time around. Her one-time paramour Peter Townsend will be played by James Bond actor Timothy Dalton, whom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24146,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-scaled.jpg",2560,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-1024x512.jpg",800,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-1536x768.jpg",1536,768,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/the-crowns-lesley-manville-praises-timothy-daltons-spot-on-peter-townsend-2048x1024.jpg",2048,1024,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 12:00 am A new season of The Crown is dropping on Netflix next month, with Phantom Thread\u2019s Lesley Manville taking over from Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret this time around. Her one-time paramour Peter Townsend will be played by James Bond actor Timothy Dalton, whom…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/TheCrownS05Unit-014-2956843-e1666197711826.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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