The Diamond Queen (TV programme)
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Sally Norris |
| Presented by | Andrew Marr |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Nick Vaughan-Barratt |
| Producer(s) | Sally Norris |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 6 February – 20 February 2012 |
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The Diamond Queen is a landmark BBC documentary series, presented by Andrew Marr, which looks at the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The series focuses on her accession, her daily routine, how she is seen as a role model and how she is coping in her 60th year as monarch. The programme features archive footage of the Queen, as well as in-depth footage of her major engagements since the beginning of 2010 to late 2011.
The Diamond Queen series reached an audience of 7.2 million UK viewers for the first episode and 6.5 and 6.8 million for the next episodes. It achieved an Audience Appreciation Index of 90 out of 100 for each episode; a higher than average rating. The series has since been broadcast around the world.
The documentary was criticised by the campaign group Republic. Graham Smith, the organisation's chief executive, argued in a letter to the chairman of the BBC Trust, the Lord Patten of Barnes, that the programme breached BBC guidelines on impartiality. Smith wrote in his letter that the series was subject to "distortions, half-truths and fabrications" and commented "What was presented as a piece of biographical journalism was in fact pro-monarchy polemic". A BBC spokeswoman responded that "The BBC abides by its requirement to be duly impartial across its output."
((1))http://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2012/02/14/tv-overnights-bbc-ones-diamond-queen-wins-5-9m-viewers/ ((2))http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9528414.htm
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