Game of Thrones

New trailer for Game of Thrones prequel is released

A fiery teaser for House of the Dragon reveals HBO’s much-hyped follow-up to the long-running fantasy hit

Benjamin Lee

05, May, 2022 @4:08 PM

John Stahl obituary

Scottish actor who played the shy crofter Inverdarroch on TV’s Take the High Road and Rickard Karstark in Game of Thrones

Anthony Hayward

31, Mar, 2022 @6:43 PM

Marlon James: ‘Violence is violent and sex is sexy. You are supposed to be appalled’

The Booker prize-winning novelist on growing up gay in 80s Jamaica, his African fantasy trilogy – and how his mother’s job as a detective has influenced his writing

Lisa Allardice

26, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM

Kit Harington on Henry V and life after Jon Snow: ‘We need to start dealing with male anger’

As the Game of Thrones star swaps furs for modern dress to play Shakespeare’s monarch, he reflects on what the play tells us about masculinity, and how it addresses the issues that drove his struggle with addiction

Emine Saner

17, Feb, 2022 @6:00 AM

The Guide #15: all the films, TV and music to get excited about in 2022

In this week’s newsletter: from Kendrick Lamar’s return to a Game of Thrones spin-off, there’s something coming for everyone

Gwilym Mumford

31, Dec, 2021 @11:45 AM

‘The music I want at my funeral? AC/DC then Mozart’: Iwan Rheon’s honest playlist

The Game of Thrones star was raised on Welsh nursery rhymes and the Backstreet Boys, and reckons there’s nothing wrong with a bit of Abba

As told to Rich Pelley

13, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM

Is Tony Soprano alive? Will Greg ‘win’ Succession? How fan theories took over TV

On sites like Reddit, users are dreaming up outlandish plots for their favourite shows. However, their creativity can lead to disappointment when the real scripts fall short

Laura Martin

17, Nov, 2021 @1:15 PM

Fake views: why most of us lie about the TV shows we’ve seen

No one likes to admit they’ve missed a major cultural event. Which is why 52% of us falsely claim to have watched the likes of Stranger Things or Game of Thrones

15, Nov, 2021 @4:16 PM

Gemma Whelan: ‘Sex in Game of Thrones could be a frenzied mess’

She had one of the most notorious sex scenes in TV history. But the actor is now making waves as an upstanding cop in The Tower. She talks about intimacy coaches, on-set innuendo and cracking America

Mark Lawson

02, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM

Game of Thrones prequel: why we’ll all be hooked to House of the Dragon

The first trailer for the upcoming fantasy spin-off promises epic action on a vast scale, with “gods, kings, fire and blood”. Resistance is futile!

Stuart Heritage

05, Oct, 2021 @2:36 PM

Jeanie Finlay: ‘I don’t film alpha males. They don’t need more exposure’

She spent a year in her room as a teenager, and now makes heart-wrenching documentaries about people looking for safe spaces in record shops, on goth cruises – and even on the set of Game of Thrones

Andrew Male

23, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM

Game of Thrones prequel: what can we learn from the first images?

The first stills from House of the Dragon, the new series within George RR Martin’s fantasy universe, promise more of the same but also a tease of something new