Episodes

  • The Crown Cast: Coming soon

    The Crown Cast: Coming soon
    Nov 11 2020
    You are cordially invited to The CrownCast, hosted by Newstalk's Ciara Kelly. Each week Ciara will sit down with some familiar faces to discuss the fourth seasons of the hit Netflix show, The Crown, episode by episode. The series traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the present day. The fourth season covers the period between 1977 and 1990, introduces Lady Diana Spencer and is set during Margaret Thatcher's premiership, and will introduce Prince William and Prince Harry.  Subscribe and hit play to hear Ciara dissect the inner workings of the Royal Family with some of her Newstalk pals. Listen and subscribe to The Crown Cast on Apple Podcasts   Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
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  • RECAP: Season 1 to 3 with John Fardy

    RECAP: Season 1 to 3 with John Fardy
    Nov 13 2020
    In this episode Ciara Kelly is joined by Newstalk's John Fardy to give a recap on seasons 1 to 3 of The Crown, so viewers can be up to speed with everything that's going on in the House of Windsor before season 4 arrives on Netflix this Sunday. The series traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the present day. The fourth season covers the period between 1977 and 1990, introduces Lady Diana Spencer and is set during Margaret Thatcher's premiership, and will introduce Prince William and Prince Harry.  Subscribe and hit play to hear Ciara dissect the inner workings of the Royal Family with some of her Newstalk pals.
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    26 mins
  • Episode 1: 'Gold Stick' With Shane Coleman

    Episode 1: 'Gold Stick' With Shane Coleman
    Nov 16 2020
    Ciara Kelly is joined by her Newstalk Breakfast co-host Shane Coleman to review Episode 1 of Season 4 of 'The Crown.' Prince Charles meets Lady Diana Spencer while waiting to go riding with her elder sister. The Conservatives win the 1979 election, making Margaret Thatcher Britain’s first female Prime Minister. Charles continues to see Camilla, who is now married. Lord Mountbatten and two children, including Lord Mountbatten's grandson, are murdered by an IRA bomb planted on his fishing boat. Travelling home from a fishing holiday in Iceland, Charles receives Mountbatten’s letter criticising his affair with Camilla, and urging him to find a suitable wife. Thatcher promises to defeat the IRA. Mountbatten's funeral is held. Princess Anne resumes her showjumping career; at the event Charles chances upon Diana again, and subsequently asks her out.  
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    26 mins
  • EPISODE 2: 'The Balmoral Test' with Andrea Gilligan

    EPISODE 2: 'The Balmoral Test' with Andrea Gilligan
    Nov 18 2020
    In this episode, Ciara Kelly and Andrea Gilligan discuss how PM Thatcher pushes through significant spending cuts in her first Budget, against opposition from some colleagues. The Thatchers spend an awkward weekend with the Royal Family at Balmoral, and take a dislike to them. Charles continues to confide in Camilla; she encourages him to pursue Diana. Diana is invited to Balmoral and makes a good impression on the family, who push Charles to think about marrying her, despite his reservations. Mrs Thatcher reshuffles her Cabinet to dismiss her opponents.
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    31 mins
  • EPISODE 3: "Fairytale" with John Duggan

    EPISODE 3: "Fairytale" with John Duggan
    Nov 20 2020
    Charles proposes to Diana, and she accepts. Diana moves from her London flatshare into the palace, amid a media frenzy. She is tutored in the ways of the palace by her grandmother, and suffers repeated episodes of an eating disorder. While Charles is abroad, she meets Camilla for lunch, and realises that she hardly knows Charles at all, while Camilla knows every detail of their relationship. Distressed, she thinks of calling the marriage off. Meanwhile Charles returns from his trip and sees Camilla before returning home; he tells Diana he had visited her to end their relationship. Margaret tells the Queen that the marriage will be a mistake, but Philip argues that Charles will grow to love Diana. The Queen tells Charles to focus on his duty, and happiness will follow. The marriage goes ahead amid huge public celebrations.
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    27 mins
  • EPISODE 4: "Favourites" with Kieran Cuddihy

    EPISODE 4: "Favourites" with Kieran Cuddihy
    Nov 23 2020
    Ciara Kelly and Kieran Cuddihy review the fourth episode of Season 4 of The Crown. The Queen meets Thatcher and criticises the state of the economy. Thatcher gets emotional about her son, who is missing while competing in the 1982 Paris–Dakar Rally. Philip and Elizabeth discuss favourite children; Philip says he favours Anne, but won't say who he thinks is hers. Elizabeth has her secretary arrange for her to meet each of her children separately and give her details of their likes and dislikes so that she should not appear remote to them. Each of her children expresses dissatisfaction with their lives and reveals information Elizabeth did not know. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, and Thatcher demands action to recover them. Mark Thatcher is found in Algeria. Diana is pregnant, and her relationship with Charles has deteriorated. He tells Elizabeth that he is still in regular contact with Camilla. Elizabeth shares her concern about their children's lives with Philip.
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    30 mins
  • EPISODE 5: "Fagan" with Jess Kelly & Henry McKean

    EPISODE 5: "Fagan" with Jess Kelly & Henry McKean
    Nov 24 2020
    Ciara Kelly reviews The Crown Season 4 Episode 5 with Jess Kelly and Henry McKean.   Thatcher tells the Queen about the recapture of the Falklands. Meanwhile, unemployment is rising, and Michael Fagan goes to see his MP to complain about the economy and the money spent on the war. The MP sarcastically suggests he should raise his concerns with the Queen. Fagan’s life contrasts with that of the Queen - his cramped rundown squalor of a high-rise council estate, and the spacious luxury and wealth of the Palace. One evening, Fagan climbs over the palace railings. Inside, he is spotted but makes his escape. After being denied contact with his children by social services, he returns and breaks into the palace again, finding the Queen in her bedroom. Fagan talks with the Queen and asks her to save the country from the PM. After Thatcher and the Queen discuss their different social outlooks, the PM leaves to attend the Falklands victory parade.
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    27 mins
  • EPISODE 6: ""Terra Nullius" with Sinead Ryan

    EPISODE 6: ""Terra Nullius" with Sinead Ryan
    Nov 25 2020
    Republican Bob Hawke becomes Australian prime minister, raising the stakes for Charles and Diana’s impending royal visit. He hopes the high cost of the visit will provide the tipping point to public backing of a republic. Diana insists on taking baby Prince William, to the Queen's disapproval. Charles and Diana discuss the difficulties of their marriage; Diana complains about his continuing interest in Camilla; they agree to try harder and, after a shaky start, the visit turns into a success with huge crowds turning out to see the young Princess, and their relationship temporarily improves. The Queen rewatches film footage of her own and Philip's tour of Australia in 1954 and becomes unsettled at the thought that this new royal tour is proving more successful. At an official reception, Hawke tells Charles that Diana has saved the monarchy in Australia. Charles and Diana argue again, and her eating disorder worsens. Back in the UK, they return to separate homes. Diana sees the Queen and tells of their unhappy marriage, but Elizabeth is unsympathetic and, when Diana tries to hug her, she walks out.
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    28 mins