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Royal Mail to issue set of Game of Thrones stamps

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Royal Mail has announced a set of 15 first class stamps to mark the significant British contribution to the production of the award-winning HBO drama series, Game of Thrones. The stamps depict photographic representations of central characters from across all seven seasons in the Game of Thrones’ series. Each stamp is centred on an individual character […]

Kit Harington discusses the pressure on Game of Thrones season 8

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With cameras currently rolling on the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, actor Kit Harington has been chatting to Deadline about the enormous anticipation for the final six episodes of HBO’s acclaimed adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga. “I think there’s a certain pressure I’ve not felt […]

Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show of the year for the sixth year in a row

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Piracy tracking site Torrent Freak has published its annual list of the most pirated TV shows of the year, with HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones leading the list for 2017 – the sixth consecutive year that it has received the rather dubious honour. Rick and Morty, Sherlock and the Prison Break revival are […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

Preview of Game of Thrones: A Clash of Kings #7

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Dynamite Entertainment’s comic book adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire continues this week with the release of Game of Thrones: A Clash of Kings #7, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… Game of Thrones: A Clash of Kings #7 is set for […]

Game of Thrones: Conquest winter events launch, new trailer released

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Winter is here, The Night King’s army has breached the Wall and is invading Westeros in Game of Thrones: Conquest, with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and HBO Global Licensing announcing the launch of limited time in-game winter events that take place from December 22nd through to January 2. During the Jaime’s Pledge event, which takes place December […]

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2017

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Samuel Brace with his ten best TV shows of 2017… Wow. What a year it’s been. 2017 has been a true standout for high quality television; featuring never better returning favourites, premium series finales, and new shows announcing their arrival onto the stage. There’s been a bit of everything in 2017 but just which of […]

The first read-through for Game of Thrones season 8 left the cast in tears, says Sophie Turner

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Apparently, the scripts for the final season of Game of Thrones left the cast in a very emotional state. In an interview with EW, Sophie Turner — who was plugging the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix — inevitably talked about Game of Thrones, and the reaction that the cast had during the first read-through: “We had […]

Game of Thrones’ Jacob Anderson talks about Season 7’s Casterly Rock siege, and how it has influenced The Unsullied

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Season 7 of Game of Thrones was nothing if not exciting. For all of its jarring changes in pacing, the show achieved some sort of spectacle in nearly every episode, making the penultimate season one of the most exciting seasons to date. One such spectacle was the siege of Casterly Rock, which saw The Unsullied […]