The TelegraphNed Stark How Game of Thrones forced us to take it seriously – by killing Ned Stark The Telegraph - By Ed PowerWhen it first appeared 10 years ago, Game of Thrones was getting middling ratings and sniffy reviews. Then Sean Bean lost his head On the last week in October 2010, in the square at Fort Manoel in the...
The TelegraphEntertainment (UK) How Line of Duty’s Ryan became the most punchable TV villain since Joffrey from Game of Thrones The Telegraph - By Marianka SwainThe seemingly angelic police probationer is actually a cold-blooded killer – and viewers can't wait for him to get his comeuppance There’s nothing more satisfying than the TV characters we just love to...
The TelegraphRose Leslie Game of Thrones couple triumph in battle ... against conservation officials The Telegraph - By John FitzpatrickKit Harington and Rose Leslie, who star in the hit fantasy series, win permission to rebuilt moat wall despite Historic England concerns Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have won a to...
The TelegraphThe Theatre Lord of the Rings, the disastrous West End musical that crippled its backers – and the cast The Telegraph - By Marianka SwainThis infamous flop, with its singing hobbits and giant spiders, is a cautionary tale for the creators of the new Game of Thrones stage show George RR Martin’s latest scheme to avoid finishing The Winds...
The TelegraphGame of Thrones Theatre snobs, get behind Game of Thrones – you might actually enjoy yourselves The Telegraph - Ben LawrenceIt was inevitable, I suppose. Game of Thrones, the HBO fantasy phenomenon that became the biggest TV talking point of the 2010s, is to turn into a stage show destined for both Broadway and our own West...
The TelegraphGame of Thrones Westeros in the West End? Why the Game of Thrones spin-offs need to stop The Telegraph - By Ed PowerDespite its soggy season eight finale, GoT is expanding with endless prequels and now a play. But do fans, or George RR Martin, even care? This year will mark a melancholy anniversary for fans of incestuous...
The TelegraphEntertainment (UK) Unforgotten is everything that Line of Duty is not – understated, subtle and believable The Telegraph - By Ed PowerChris Lang's slow-burning thriller never tries to get one over on its audience, but shows the world in all its varying shades of grey Nobody will forget the final episode of Unforgotten season four in...
The Telegraph Olivia Cooke: I hope people wouldn't tune into a TV drama 'just to watch sex' The Telegraph - By Chris HarveyThe British star on how ITV's Vanity Fair was bound to fail – and why her Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, makes her 'nervous' Olivia Cooke is proof that it’s not only posh actors who make...
The Telegraph Why Bath is banking on a Bridgerton tourism boom The Telegraph - By Marianka SwainBath is poised to take advantage of ‘the Bridgerton effect’, Will the Government let the crowds come? Long before TV viewers worldwide became ardent fans of Netflix’s raunchy period drama - in fact, before...
The Telegraph 'Let's kill Scandi noir': meet the team behind The Investigation, TV's most unusual crime drama The Telegraph - By Alex DigginsThe BBC series tells the true story of Denmark's infamous 'submarine killer' – but, eschewing sensationalism, never even mentions his name It's a bitter North Sea day. Far out from land, dark waves toss...
The Telegraph Thanks to shows like Bridgerton and Emily in Paris, proper endings are back The Telegraph - Michael HoganEvery good season ends with a ball. That was doubly true with Bridgerton. Both the scandalous 1813 London social season and the debut series of Netflix’s Regency romp concluded with the Duke and Duchess...
The Telegraph Game of Thrones is a gateway to medieval writing – and shows how we’re shaped by our past The Telegraph - By Carolyne LarringtonIt may be fantasy, but the hit TV series astutely addresses politics, power, family and faith, argues a new academic book In the spring of 2012 I was flying to the US for a conference. My companion, an...
The Telegraph Why the breezy prequel Dunk and Egg could revitalise the Game of Thrones franchise The Telegraph - By Ed PowerAfter several false starts, HBO is onto a winner if they adapt George RR Martin's tales about the adventures of a knight and his squire It’s coming up to two years since the dreadful final season of Game...
The Telegraph Steve Jones's Sex Pistols life is stranger and filthier than fiction – can Danny Boyle do it justice? The Telegraph - By James HallDanny Boyle will direct a TV biopic about the Sex Pistols starring Maisie Williams, spanning substance abuse, sex addiction and kleptomania Anarchy, filth and fury will likely be exploding into living...
The Telegraph From Shakespeare to Game of Thrones, culture has always shown us how power corrodes The Telegraph - Serena DaviesCulture, of course, got there first. Not only are literature and its adaptations fissured with mad kings, but the prophets of the arts had already reimagined a couple of the best of them as figures awfully...
The Telegraph Police detain suspect connected to fatal poisoning of Game of Thrones game developer The Telegraph - By James CookShanghai police have arrested one of the chief executive's colleagues over the poisoning Police in Shanghai have detained a suspect connected to the fatal poisoning of a billionaire video game developer....
The Telegraph Kit Harington will soon become a father: he explains why his gender fluid upbringing was a gift The Telegraph - By Gavanndra HodgeGame of Thrones' Jon Snow opens up to Gavanndra Hodge As the star and his wife Rose Leslie announced today that they are expecting their first child together, we revisit his exclusive interview, published...
The Telegraph All Creatures Great and Small, episode 4, review: Diana Rigg bids farewell The Telegraph - By Michael HoganThe actress, who died this month, bowed out of the veterinary drama with a typically virtuoso performance, ably supported by "Tricki Woo" Other subplots bubbled along, but this was the Mrs P and Tricki...
The Telegraph 'Life-enhancing and without regrets': the Diana Rigg I knew The Telegraph - By Peter StanfordLionel Larner, the agent who represented Rigg for half a century in America, fondly looks back on his friendship with the actress As we speak over the phone from New York, Lionel Larner is flooded with...
The Telegraph 'I want her to know it was me': how Diana Rigg made Olenna Tyrell Game of Thrones' coldest player The Telegraph - By Ed PowerDiana Rigg hadn't heard of Game Of Thrones before being cast as viper-tongued matriarch Lady Olenna Tyrell. But she made Westeros her own It says everything about the esteem in which Diana Rigg was held...
The Telegraph The Avengers made Diana Rigg a cultural phenomenon – Hollywood missed a trick The Telegraph - Dominic CavendishThough it was first felt long before my time, the shockwave that Diana Rigg generated on British TV when she starred (from 1965-1968) in The Avengers as Emma Peel – a (frequently) cat-suited, vivaciously...
The Telegraph Dame Diana Rigg, brilliant stage actress who shot to fame as Emma Peel in The Avengers – obituary The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesWhile much of her career was spent on stage, she also played the only woman to marry James Bond and was later compelling in Game of Thrones Dame Diana Rigg, who has died aged 82, was one of the most gifted...
The Telegraph Dame Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82 The Telegraph - By Jessica CarpaniThe actress had played an assortment of high profile roles including Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers Dame Diana Rigg has died at age of 82 following a cancer diagnosis in March. Dame Diana was...
The Telegraph Maisie Williams on fashion, fame and surviving Game of Thrones The Telegraph - By Caroline Leaper,Williams is embracing a bright future post Game of Thrones – and the chance to explore her distinctive take on fashion About 15 minutes into my interview with Maisie Williams, she jumps up from her seat...
The Telegraph Two Weeks to Live, episode 1 review: Maisie Williams's black comedy is disappointingly derivative The Telegraph - By Chris BennionSian Clifford and Maisie Williams star as a mother and daughter who are ruthless survivalists living in rural Scotland A lingering shot of a boring British A-road, on a dull, grey day. Suddenly: NORTH...
The Telegraph What is The Three-Body Problem? Inside the Game of Thrones creators' cerebral, sexless new series The Telegraph - By Ed PowerAfter botching an ending and quitting Star Wars, D&D are tackling Liu Cixin’s cult sci-fi series. But don't expect a Chinese Game of Thrones The accusation frequently levelled at David Benioff and DB as...
The Telegraph Never mind winter – the cancel mob is coming for George RR Martin The Telegraph - By Ed PowerFollowing a 'disrespectful' awards show appearance, the Game of Thrones author is under fire from the increasingly woke fantasy community On Saturday, August 1, Game of Thrones author George RR Martin...
The Telegraph Shalom Brune-Franklin on going from council flat to Netflix's 'new Game of Thrones': Cursed The Telegraph - By Eleanor HallsThe actress talks Frank Miller’s Netflix fantasy Cursed, whether Channel 4 was too soft on IS recruits and why she won't abandon Australia When Shalom Brune-Franklin made her first appearance in the hit...
The Telegraph Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer on life after lockdown and why Hollywood will never be home The Telegraph - By Caroline Leaper,Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer is set to star in the TV hit of the summer – with themes that are very relevant to now Natalie Dormer’s distinct pale-blue eyes were narrowed and piercing as rebel leader...
