George R.R. Martin The true rulers of Westeros: George RR Martin's historical advisers on HBO's mistakesThe Telegraph - By Kathleen JohnstonOn June 26 2006, a 27-year-old Game Of Thrones fan in the small Swedish town of Nödinge-Nol, around half an hour’s drive from Gothenburg, received an email from George RR Martin. “Dear Elio,” it read,
Game of Thrones, Chernobyl and Chris O'Dowd win at the Creative Arts Emmy AwardsThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersThis weekend in Los Angeles saw the 71st Emmy Awards begin with the Creative Arts Emmys awarded in the technical and acting categories – the Primetime Emmys will then take place on Monday 23 September.
Game of Thrones Fire and Blood: What to expect from the Game of Thrones prequelThe Telegraph - By Chris MandlePlans are afoot for HBO's first Game of Thrones prequel. Chris Mandle explains what to expect from Fire and Blood One of Game of Thrones’ most well-known phrases – “Valar morghulis” – roughly translates
Television (UK) HBO to make dragon-centric Game of Thrones prequelThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersWhat with the dragons, the obsession with incest and the fact that their Mad King brought the kingdom to its knees, the Targaryens have, by a long way, the most interesting family history in Game of Thrones.
Apple Will anyone pay to See Apple TV's ludicrous Jason Mamoa sci-fi series?The Telegraph - By Ed PowerThe ashes have not yet fully settled after the terrible finale of Game of Thrones but already it’s clear television producers have learned their lesson. The problem with the concluding season of the wizards
Television (UK) From Game of Thrones to The Avengers: TV's greatest opening credits sequencesThe TelegraphTV shows are great, but sometimes their opening credits are even better. From Poirot's Art Deco mystery to Kimmy Schmidt's earworm of a theme song, here are some of history's greatest main title sequences.
Women's News Carice van Houten: 'Nude scenes were necessary for me once, but I'm over them'The Telegraph - By Daphne LockyerCarice van Houten has a Dutch approach to nudity, both on screen and off. “In my country,” says the 43-year-old Game of Thrones star, “being naked feels quite natural.” Today, she is dressed in a quirky
The Witcher The monster behind The Witcher: how a grumpy Pole created Netflix's Game Of Thrones killerThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerMany years ago, a former fur coat salesman tried to buy a mobile phone. “When I came into the store, I was asked: 'What's you job?',” Andrzej Sapkowski would recall. “I replied: 'I am a writer.' – 'Who
Review: Is Mindy Kaling’s Four Weddings TV show really that bad?The Telegraph - By Amy JonesThe TV adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral hit US screens to a universal sound of dismay. The Washington Post described it as “excruciatingly flat”, “poorly conceived” and “surprisingly clumsy”;
Daenerys never stood a chance: everything we learnt from the leaked Game of Thrones finale scriptThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerWhen the Wildling Ygritte uttered for the first time her zinging catch-phrase, “you know nothing, Jon Snow” little can she have imagined how truthfully she spoke. The freshly leaked David Benioff and Weiss
WhatsApp Join the Telegraph's Culture Conversation - a WhatsApp group for the very best in TV, film and musicThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersGot a Game of Thrones-shaped hole in your viewing schedule now your watch has ended? Has Avengers: Endgame left you with a Stark need for the next installment in Marvel's cinematic universe? Wondering
What to watch after Game of Thrones: from The Witcher to The Wheel of TimeThe TelegraphPrevious slide Next slide 1 of 22 View All Skip Ad Start a 30-day free trial for unlimited access to Premium articles Register for free and access one Premium article per week Or unlock all Premium articles.
Game of Thrones star calls criticism of show's final season a 'media-led hate campaign'The Telegraph - By Press AssociationA Game Of Thrones star has dismissed the backlash against the series' ending as a "media-led hate campaign". The eighth and final season of HBO's fantasy epic proved divisive when it aired in May and disgruntled
Comic Con San Diego, in picturesThe Telegraph - InvisionComic Con in San Diego is the largest comic convention in the whole world. Between now and Sunday, sees fans and enthusiasts from all over flock will to meet their heroes, browse merchandise and see previews
In skipping Comic-Con, Game of Thrones’ writers have only made fans angrierThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerGame of Thrones fans haven’t been this angry since Arya Stark bounded from an invisible trampoline to stab the Night King. Just days before show runners David Benioff and DB Weiss were due to face their
British stars honoured as Game of Thrones breaks Emmy nominations recordThe Telegraph - By Press AssociationJodie Comer, Phoebe-Waller Bridge and Emilia Clarke have all earned Emmy nominations, as Game of Thrones set a new record in its final season. Kit Harington and Hugh Grant were the other British stars
What to expect at Comic-Con 2019: your complete guide, from Deadpool to Cara DelevingneThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerSan Diego Convention Centre becomes the centre of the geek universe this week, as the annual Comic-Con convention gets underway. A jamboree of nerd culture, it’s where Hollywood goes to woo the fanboys
Are TV writers losing sight of reality?The Telegraph - By Michael HoganWinter is coming, again and again. The globe-conquering, fire-breathing success of Game of Thrones can be blamed for many things: the proliferation of sexual violence on our screens; the enduring popularity
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke says she put pressure on herself "to feel normal" after suffering a strokeThe Telegraph - By Jessica CarpaniEmilia Clarke had said she put pressure on herself "to feel normal" after suffering a stroke as she backs NHS drive to improve stroke care for young people. The Game of Thrones star shocked fans earlier
Migration The Flood review: an inauthentic account of the migration crisisThe Telegraph - By Tim RobeyDir: Anthony Woodley. Cast: Lena Headey, Ivanno Jeremiah, Iain Glen, Arsher Ali, Mandip Gill, Rebecca Johnson. 15 cert, 99 mins. The British border-security drama The Flood opens with statistics about
Television (UK) Direwolves vs Zombie Dragon: the battle scene cut from Game of Thrones season eightThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersGame of Thrones is over, and the dust has settled long enough for the real entertainment to begin: the telling of all the behind-the-scenes stories of exactly how the grossly underwhelming eighth season
Boy George Sophie Turner is 'so down' to play young Boy George in biopicThe Telegraph - By Biba KangBoy George has revealed that Sophie Turner, the 23-year-old actress best known for playing Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, could be in the running to star in his upcoming biopic. The Culture Club singer
Dungeons and Dragons Frozen loos, cast frustrations, and D&D's absence: The Last Watch director on her intimate Game of Thrones documentaryThe Telegraph - By Eleanor HallsAs fans sunk into a funk following the last ever episode of Game of Thrones two weeks ago, coming to terms with an ending that has divided millions, there was, thankfully, one last hit to feed the addiction:
Amazon Is Amazon's $1 billion Lord of the Rings prequel already doomed?The Telegraph - By Ed PowerIn his forbidding fortress, the great unblinking eye of online shopping brooded. It was late 2017 and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was looking upon his fledgling TV empire and despairing. Over at HBO, television
Kit Harington Kit Harington’s rehab is more than Hollywood grief – parting with a character can split an actor in twoThe Telegraph - By Alex GodfreyGame of Thrones is finally over, and the void it has left behind seems to be troubling its cast even more than its viewers. Kit Harington (aka Jon Snow) has checked into a rehabilitation centre to work
Game of Thrones Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time isn't just the next Game of Thrones – it's the original Game of ThronesThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerThis article has an estimated read time of nine minutes In 1996 a little known fantasy author, nervously counting down to the publication of the first volume of his new sword and sorcery saga, received
Kit Harington Kit Harington checks into 'wellness retreat' to work on 'personal issues' after end of Game Of ThronesThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersGame Of Thrones star Kit Harington has checked into a "wellness retreat" to work on "personal issues", his representative has said. The London-born actor, 32, has reportedly been at a facility in the state
Television (UK) Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, review: interesting tidbits, but this by-the-numbers documentary avoided the big questionsThe Telegraph - By Ed PowerIt’s just a week since the finale of Game of Thrones but already the episode has become calcified in the collective memory as one of the most divisive ever conclusions to a major television series. So
Game of Thrones Is Sky television ready for another renaissance?The Telegraph - By Christopher WilliamsNow Game of Thrones is over, the pressure is on to find the next water-cooler drama, says Christopher Williams On a brisk spring evening, the Tower of London was lit up with flame. Sky had seized the to
