Should The Crown carry a fiction warning?
Oliver Dowden, Culture Secretary fears The Crown viewers could mistake fiction for fact.
Viewers of hit Netflix series The Crown could be in danger of mistaking fiction for fact without a warning at the beginning of episodes, the Culture Secretary has said.
Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), praised the drama centred around the royal family as a “beautifully produced work of fiction”.
But he raised concerns that younger viewers might mistake fictional depictions for real-life happenings.
He told the Mail on Sunday: “It’s a beautifully produced work of fiction, so as with other TV productions, Netflix should be very clear at the beginning it is just that.
“Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact.”
He is expected to write to Netflix this week to express his view.
Mr Dowden’s remarks come after a similar suggestion from Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
He told ITV’s Lorraine: “I think it would help The Crown an enormous amount if, at the beginning of each episode, it stated that: ‘This isn’t true but it is based around some real events’.”
He added: “I worry people do think that this is gospel and that’s unfair.”
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It’s quite funny really.
Thinking of gullibility, I think we are sleep walking into the latest fleecing. As if Sky and Virgin were not enough we now have"
Starzplay
Netflix
Disney
Rakutten
Apple
Etc,etc.
How many subscriptions are we encouraged to take out? How many more films and favourite programmes will disappear to extra pay again subscriptions? How long before this becomes as bad as online gambling? How long before some claim poverty because they haven't got all the advertised platforms?
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Everone in this country has their opinion as to how the Royal Family is revealed and certain elements have to be wary to avoid a court case that could ensue. It follows therefore that a disclaimer warning should be shown particularly for english speaking North Americans who perhaps are not au fait with what happens in the UK.
We can only guess and from the Diana book, the interview on tv and Charles attitude towards her, a grave mistake was made by Monarchy by not letting him marry Camilla in the first place and ruining Diana's and his lives.
But he got what he wanted in the end and l understand he wants to make her his Queen which l 100 percent disagree with.
We have lived through much if not all of the Queen's reign and have our memories that enable us to determine fact from fiction.
The younger generation are viewing it as a historical drama and find it hard to distinguish fact from fiction.
After all the whole of history is littered with fact and fiction, are you really sure what you thought was true is. Yesterday was history.
I have lived through most of it so I am finding it interesting as we forget some of our past.