Netflix show ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ sparks huge surge in chess set sales

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker is prepping his latest project for Netflix: a mockumentary about 2020.

Netflix is to start declaring its U.K. revenues — forecast to reach £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) next year, according to analysts —to British tax authorities.

The U.K. culture secretary Oliver Dowden has waded into a growing debate surrounding season four of Netflix's hit royal drama The Crown.

on Netflix has upset some viewers, even those in leadership positions in the United Kingdom. The U.K.'s Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, spoke to the over the weekend about the dangers of not informing viewers of the fictional nature of the royal family drama. «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,» he notes.

told The Mail on Sunday that he will write to the streaming giant amid mounting concerns that the royal family’s reputation is being soiled by fictionalized scenes on the show.“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,” the minister told the UK paper.“Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact,” he cautioned.Princess Diana’s

Netflix has announced that it will begin to declare its true UK revenue from next year.It comes after ongoing criticism about the amounts of tax paid by the streaming service, including by US President-elect Joe Biden.Think tank Tax Watch says Netflix’s UK holding company, Netflix Services UK, declared £43million revenue in 2018, though its true revenue was likely to be somewhere around £860m.The discrepancy comes as Netflix’s Netherlands-based company, Netflix International, collects a large

Given that “The Crown” offers a dramatized depiction of real events involving Britain’s royal family, viewers may not realize that what they’re watching is far less real than they might believe.

Ellise Shafer editorUK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has demanded that Netflix label “The Crown” as fiction, making it clear that certain events depicted in the show should not be taken as fact.In an interview with Daily Mail, Dowden said: “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.

Netflix has revealed that it plans to start declaring its true UK revenue amid growing political pressure on the streamer and reports investigating its low tax bill.

Netflix should add a disclaimer to The Crown making clear to its 195M subscribers that the royal drama is partly a work of fiction, according to the UK government.

The Queen will be forced to choose between family members to spend Christmas with this year in line with the new UK restrictions.

Netflix is currently trialling a Top 50 feature for its UK subscribers.According to S&P Global Market Intelligence reporter Saqib Shah, the streaming giant is testing the expansion on the Top 10 feature introduced earlier in the year.“Netflix confirmed to me that is testing a Top 50 list, expanding on the Top 10 it rolled out earlier this year,” Shah tweeted.

Hugh Grant may be one of the greatest British heartthrobs of all time, but the 60-year-old actor's wife, Anna Elisabet Eberstein, was never a fan of his hit rom-coms. During a Wednesday appearance on, Grant — who has starred in, and — opened up about how his wife of two years is much more interested in his dramatic work, like his new mini-series, . «My wife is the man in our house, really. She likes violent films, gangster films while I'm sitting there watching or or something,» he quipped.

Hugh Grant may be one of the greatest British heartthrobs of all time, but the 60-year-old actor’s wife, Anna Elisabet Eberstein, was never a fan of his hit rom-coms.

Hugh Grant may be one of the greatest British heart throbs of all time, but the 60-year-old actor's wife, Anna Elisabet Eberstein, was never attracted to his hit rom coms like, and more. During a Wednesday appearance on, Grant opened up about how his wife of two years is much more interested in his dramatic work, like his new mini-series, . «My wife is the man in our house, really. She likes violent films, gangster films while I'm sitting there watching or or something,» he revealed.