House Of The Dragon: Can the new show rekindle our love for Game of Thrones? 

The much-anticipated House Of The Dragon delves into the story of House Targaryen, and is set 200 years before the adventures of Jon Snow and his cohorts 
House Of The Dragon: Can the new show rekindle our love for Game of Thrones? 

House of the Dragon arrives on Sky onMonday, August 22.

It can take years to get over a painful breakup. Eventually, though, the wounds heal and it is possible to fall in love again. Or so HBO and Sky Atlantic will hope ahead of the arrival on Monday of House of the Dragon – the lavish prequel series to Game Of Thrones.

Game of Thrones was the world’s favourite television show. Or at least it was until 2019 when it crashed and burned with a disastrous final season that proved somehow both underwhelming and over-cooked (and with a stray Starbucks cup notoriously making it into camera-shot). Just like that, the cult that had built around Thrones vanished in a finger-snap.

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