The long-awaited follow-up to the fantasy drama is here – and it’s every bit as great as its predecessor in its heyday. It’s fun, fantastic-looking and seems set to get us hooked all over again
The Iron Throne has been taken out of storage and returned to the Great Hall of the Red Keep. The wardrobe department has de-mothballed its finest furs and thrown them round the shoulders of a new cast. The creator of High Valyrian, David J Peterson, has likewise been brought out of hibernation to supply new dialogue.
And there be dragons.
Bloody beatings
Bloody deaths
Terrible wigs
Extensive exchanges in High Valyrian
Boobs and bums in brothels (take THAT, feminists!)
Incesty vibes (AGAIN!)
A king’s council filled with self-interested twunts and one good man
Countless brewing political, domestic and actual storms
Alliances, counter-alliances, treacheries and broken loyalties
All the money up on screen
Dragons
Episode one of House of the Dragon airs on Sky Atlantic at 9pm on Monday 22 August in the UK. In the US, it’s available on Sunday 21 August at 9pm on HBO and HBO Max.
