Game of Thrones

Television series based on books by George RR Martin

The Last of Us drops a bombshell for the TV ages. Did that really just happen?

Television: This is like Logan Roy’s death in Succession, or perhaps even the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones

Mon Apr 21 2025 - 06:00

Jon Hamm: ‘I’ve never claimed to be a sober person’

Jon Hamm, best known for Mad Men, has taken his first lead TV role since saying goodbye to Don Draper a decade ago

Tue Apr 15 2025 - 05:30

Steve Wall: ‘When Bono was offered the medal, I tweeted: Surely he won’t accept that. I didn’t know he already had’

The Stunning and The Walls musician and actor on honesty, activism and a life in the arts

Sat Mar 29 2025 - 05:00

Herbie Brennan (1940-2024): Fantasy writer with a global fan club

Turtle Bunbury celebrates the life of his prolific, bestselling author friend, who died a year ago today

Wed Jan 01 2025 - 04:48

Read this before you vote: Patrick Freyne’s vibes-based guide to Election 2024

From HR Pufnstuf to Battlestar Galactica, what can we learn from political television shows through the ages before we go to the ballot box?

Thu Nov 28 2024 - 05:00

House of the Dragon finale review: An end as disappointing as the final days of Game of Thrones

Television: It is heartbreaking to witness the Game of Thrones franchise fall into the same pitfall of selling its characters down the river

Tue Aug 06 2024 - 10:34

Aidan Gillen: ‘Acting is like you are living 20 lives. It’s a bit of an addiction’

The Dubliner’s career has seen him take on roles from Littlefinger in Game of Thrones to Tommy Carcetti in The Wire, but Gillen remains a low-key and likeable presence

Sat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00

House of the Dragon has finally found its roar with this jaw-dropping episode

Television: The Game of Thrones spin-off has finally kicked up a gear, becoming fantasy at its finest

Mon Jul 08 2024 - 15:00

House of the Dragon review: meticulous plot, stunning production values and grotesque twists at every turn

Television: Game of Thrones isn’t cuddly but this show brings a whole new level of darkness

Mon Jun 17 2024 - 22:10

3 Body Problem review: Liam Cunningham plays ruthless spook in slow burner from Game of Thrones creators

Television: Some other familiar faces pop up - John Bradley is a nerdy scientist and Benedict Wong plays a cop who stumbles upon a vast conspiracy

Thu Mar 21 2024 - 11:00

Liam Cunningham: ‘I tell people I’m a migrant. It messes with them. You can see them getting a twitch’

The Game of Thrones star on reuniting with the show’s creators for 3 Body Problem, working with Cillian Murphy and challenging the far right

Tue Mar 19 2024 - 05:15

Ireland’s on a golden streak, and six other lessons 2023 on screen taught me

Including: Things will always get worse, never trust the ‘next Game of Thrones’, and the intermission needs a comeback

Fri Dec 29 2023 - 05:00

Northern Ireland’s Dark Hedges: Work begins to fell six trees due to safety risks

The beeche trees were planted around 1775 to give a sweeping entrance to the Gracehill House estate

Mon Nov 20 2023 - 16:40

Tourists in Belfast only want to hear about ‘The Three Ts’: Troubles, Titanic and (Game of) Thrones

Guiding visitors around Belfast requires maintaining a careful balance: thankfully most people come looking for enjoyment, rather than a fight

Wed Oct 11 2023 - 06:00

Brianna Parkins: The Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorce has it all – revenge, Taylor Swift and PR Spin

In the age where information is available to almost everyone pretty much all of the time, audiences have become clued-in to a PR sleight of hand

Tue Sept 26 2023 - 19:16

‘When we left Donegal, I spent my whole school year yearning to go back’

Hannah Peel’s Mercury-nominated Fir Wave, her Dancing at Lughnasa soundtrack, her Game of Thrones score – all are illuminated by a longing that folds into how she feels about Ireland

Sat Aug 12 2023 - 01:15

Labyrinth, Excalibur, Sandman and more: Behold the 20 ultimate fantasy movies and TV series

We embarked on an epic quest to find the mightiest fantasy tales ever screened. Lo, here is our top 20, in reverse order

Mon Jun 19 2023 - 05:30

Conleth Hill: ‘It’s very liberating to play a person with no conscience’

The one-time Game of Thrones star is loving not having to learn lines as director of Arthur Miller’s The Price at The Gate

Sat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00

Aidan Gillen: ‘It was liberating to get out a little early on Game of Thrones’

Always keen on a new challenge, the unassuming Kin, Wire and Queer as Folk star gets on his gumshoes for Barber, his new film

Thu Apr 13 2023 - 05:45

‘I swapped factory work to make weapons for film and TV ... Braveheart was a baptism of fire’

What I Do: Tommy Dunne has made props for Braveheart, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Game of Thrones and more

Sat Jan 21 2023 - 04:00

House of the Dragon finale review: An orgy of screaming dragons, dying princes and a gruesome stillbirth

Television: Consider our passion for the Seven Kingdoms thoroughly rebooted. This review contains spoilers

Mon Oct 24 2022 - 22:10

House of the Dragon: Ignore the opening bonkalong. This is a thrilling, dazzling Game of Thrones prequel

TV review: There’s no Jon Snow, Ned Stark or oversexed Lannister twins. But the dragons — and the skulduggery — are on screen from the outset

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 08:01

House of the Dragon: Paddy Considine on ruling Westeros in the Game of Thrones prequel

The Irish actor dons the distinct Targaryen mane in HBO’s much-anticipated House of the Dragon

Sat Aug 13 2022 - 05:00

Game of Thrones is 10 years old ... and already feels irrelevant

Two years ago, the world was transfixed by the TV fantasy show. Now we see how shallow it was

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 06:00

Game of Thrones new stage show to feature ‘love, vengeance, madness’

Planned Broadway/West End show to feature a young Ned Stark and Jaime Lannister

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 11:59

Emilia Clarke: Game of Thrones nude scenes were ‘terrifying’

Queen Daenerys actor pressured to shoot naked since show but is ‘lot more savvy’ now

Wed Nov 20 2019 - 09:47

Irish Game of Thrones star denies being coffee cup culprit

Conleth Hill jokes ‘there’s no proof’ to Emilia Clarke’s claims he was behind blunder

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 08:42

George RR Martin: ‘Science fiction has conquered the world’

The bestselling author talks science fiction, snobbery and the Dublin 2019 Worldcon

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 05:00

Lena Headey: I was ‘gutted’ at how Cersei died

All tattoos and earthiness, she couldn’t be less like her Game of Thrones character

Mon Jun 17 2019 - 13:43

If film studios boycott Georgia over abortion, why not the North?

Donald Clarke: Women in Northern Ireland could conclude industry cares less for them

Sat Jun 08 2019 - 05:00

What happens to Northern Ireland’s film industry now Game of Thrones is over?

HBO show’s success has invigorated the region and allowed its best talent to flourish

Sat Jun 01 2019 - 05:00

The problem with Game of Thrones is it almost became bigger than life

As with The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars or the King James Bible, you could lose yourself in it

Wed May 22 2019 - 09:33

‘Game of Thrones flatlined when it could have soared.’ Readers react to final episode

‘I never before set my alarm for 2am to watch a TV programme, and I never will again’

Tue May 21 2019 - 13:04

Game of Thrones weekly fever should spell the end of the TV binge

The series would not have gained the same attention if it had been uploaded all at once

Tue May 21 2019 - 03:59