Game Of Thrones To Be Shown On Sky Atlantic

Sky Atlantic the new TV channel from Sky is going to air Game of Thrones the HBO program in the UK, and by many sources it is not going to be shown much after its US release date of the 17th of April.

The much anticipated show which has been based on George RR Martins popular ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series of novels has been described as ‘the Sopranos in Middle Earth’ and has a style which is sure to be very representative of HBO. Martins novels are far grittier than traditional fantasy books and the directors of the HBO series have promised a earthy series full of double dealing and lust.

Casting has found some notable names with Sean Bean playing the lead role of Ned Stark (an embattled Nobleman), with Mark Addy as King Robert, Leana Headey as his Queen, with Charles Dance and Peter Dinklage in central roles. Also many exceptional up and coming British thespians have been cast list with Harry Lloyd and Kit Harrington notable. Also Alfie Allen (Lilly’s younger brother) appears and we believe relative debutant Emilia Clarke will steal many scenes in the series.

George Martins fans interest in the project has been intense with a number of fan websites covering the creation, casting, and shooting of the entire first series, which was filmed in Belfast and on location in Scotland, Malta, Ireland and Morocco. The Books author Martin has been delighted by the series, immersed in the production, blogging continually and actually scripted one of the episodes in the first ten part series.

We should be able to watch a Game of Thrones because Sky managed to acquire the rights to air the show in the UK with the deal it struck with HBO to shows its entire catalogue in July 2010. Sky launched its new channel Sky Atlantic as a vehicle for its extensive HBO catalogue at the beginning of February this year.

The Richard Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell

The Richard Sharpe Books by Bernard Cornwell are a fine piece of popular historical fiction which chroncile both the life of Richard Sharpe and the histiory of huis commander Sir Arthur Wellesley later known as the Duke of Wellington.

They cover Wellesley’s India camapigns, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Penisular War in Portugal and Spain and finally the battle of Waterloo.

As well as being a series of books they were turned into a very well recieved series of TV films staring Sean Bean as the lead and an impressive supporting cast including Brian Cox and Elizabeth Hurley.

The popularity of the books has done a great deal for both historic fiction writing in general and career of Bernard Cornwell who has become one of our better loved and most prolific  writers.