by Thinus Ferreira
HBO's new Game of Thrones fantasy prequel drama series House of the Dragon will be an Express from the US series with DStv subscribers in South Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa who will be able to watch it on Monday mornings at 03:00 on M-Net at the same time as in America, with a primetime repeat later.
MultiChoice is following Sky which announced in March that it will be showing the 10-episode House of the Dragon in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 22 August directly after its debut on HBO in the United States. In New Zealand the show will also be on that Sky service from 22 August and on Foxtel in Australia.
HBO and M-Net did the same 03:00 "Express from the US" airings for seasons of Game of Thrones, with weekly episodes of House of the Dragon which will be on M-Net (DStv 101) on Monday mornings at 03:00, and with the same episode getting a late-primetime repeat on Monday nights at 21:30.
Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood and set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series which will feature 17 dragons brought to life with special effects, tells the story of House Targaryen at the peak of its power and influence in the land of Westeros.
The show will chronicle the beginning of the end of House Targaryen and the events leading up to and covering the infamous Targaryen war of succession which became known as the "Dance of the Dragons".
The series stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel and Rhys Ifans.
The first season was filmed in the UK, Spain and California in the US.
