Game of Thrones: The Last Watch documentary on M-Net to show the making of the final season of HBO's fantasy drama series.

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch is a behind-the-scenes documentary giving viewers a glimpse behind the making of HBO's fantasy drama series that M-Net (DStv 101) will broadcast this coming Monday morning at 03:00 at the same time as in the United States, and again on Monday during prime time at 21:00.

The Game of Thrones: The Last Watch caps the 8th and final season that was met with widespread criticism from viewers and the media about the story and its conclusion, as well as production mistakes and in some instances being "too dark to see".

Yet the documentary is a "must-watch" for viewers who have been fans of the series for close to a decade, and will explore the creation of the final season, revealing the tears and triumphs behind-the-scenes in Northern Ireland and the studios, fields and car parks where the last 6 episodes were filmed.

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch is a personal report, done by Jeanie Finlay, from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers.

The documentary is a Glimmer Films production for HBO, directed and produced by Jeanie Finlay. It will also be available on Showmax from 21:00 on Monday 27 May.

JOIN THE NIGHT'S WATCH (LITERALLY) A FINAL TIME. How to be a part of M-Net's big screen cosplay celebration and its Nu Metro cinema showing of HBO's Game of Thrones season 8 premiere episode.

M-Net's competition to literally join The Night's Watch has opened today (Friday 29 March) for South African DStv subscribers who want the chance to join other fans of HBO's Game of Thrones to watch the 8th season premiere of the fantasy drama series together at 03:00 in the morning on Monday 15 April in a big-screen cinema.

DStv subscribers older than 18 are able to enter for the chance to win a ticket to watch the 8th season premiere of Game of Thrones simultaneously as viewers in America at the Nu Metro Canal Walk cinema in Cape Town, the Nu Metro Pavilion cinema in Durban, or the Nu Metro Hyde Park cinema in Johannesburg for what M-Net tells TVwithThinus is "an opportunity of a lifetime and an exclusive for avid fans".

Fans are welcome to dress up in their best King's Landing, Dorne, Winterfell or even North of the Wall costumes with M-Net that will hand out prizes at the different cinemas for the best-dressed cosplayers as it did before, as well as giveaways for all other guests as well.

Attendees to the M-Net's Game of Thrones cosplay premiere celebration will get VIP star treatment since the premiere screening will be an "M-Net 101 VIP Experience".

I'm told there will be a blue carpet, thematic decor, themed beverages, light bites to ear, cooldrinks and popcorn, giveaways and other surprises, while fans mingle and chat beforehand over which dragon is the best, who they think will die first this season, and of course who they think will ultimately get to sit on the Iron Throne (sorry, Cersei!).

People can now enter here at https://m-net.dstv.com/competition/game-of-thrones-s8-screening until 10 April for the chance to win a double ticket to one of the Nu Metro cinemas in Cape Town, Durban or Johannesburg with M-Net that will notify winners on 11 April to get ready to wake-up for a night's watch on 15 April.

Although there is no way to ensure to definitely get a ticket, M-Net says people are allowed to enter the Game of Thrones cinema screening competition as many times as they want - something that will improve the odds of being chosen.

M-Net has arranged for one of the entrances to the malls to be opened for the screening and this will be communicated in the invitation sent to all guests and parking inside will be complimentary.

Besides the 03:00 simulcast broadcast of Game of Thrones that M-Net (DStv 101) will do at the same time as episodes are shown in the United States, M-Net will reshow Game of Thrones on Mondays at 22:00.

After its linear broadcast on M-Net episodes of the 8th season will become available on MultiChoice's subscription video-on-demand service (SVOD) Showmax, as well as on its DStv Now Catch Up service for DStv subscribers. Showmax also carries a library carousel of the previous 7 seasons' episodes.

The last episode of Game of Thrones' final 8th season will be broadcast on 20 May with the first part of a 2-part documentary "making of" film, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, that will start on M-Net on 27 May in the same timeslot, going behind-the-scenes of how the final season was produced.

HBO officially announces a 'making of' documentary, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, that will be shown on M-Net from 27 May after conclusion of the 8th and final season's episodes.

The 8th and final season of Game of Thrones on M-Net (DStv 101) will conclude with a special, feature-length documentary, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch that M-Net will broadcast over 2 weeks in May after the end of the series.

HBO announced the scheduling and addition of Game of Thrones: The Last Watch late on Wednesday.

The documentary, produced by Glimmer Films, with D.B. Weiss and David Benioff as executive producers, filmed behind-the-scenes of the fantasy series while cameras were rolling on the closing chapter and the last 6 episodes of the series.

The British documentarian Jeanie Finlay played an embedded role during the final season, with Game of Thrones: The Last Watch that will follow the cast and crew as they deal with the unpredictable weather and other on-set and filming challenges.

The footage captured by Jeanie Finlay who was given "unprecedented access" to the show, "delves deep into the mud and blood to reveal the tears and triumphs involved in the challenge of bringing the fantasy world of Westeros to life in the very real studios, fields and car-parks of Northern Ireland," says HBO in a press release officially announcing the documentary.

"Much more than a 'making of' documentary, this is a funny, heartbreaking story, told with wit and intimacy, about the bittersweet pleasures of what it means to create a world – and then have to say goodbye to it."

HBO says Game of Thrones: The Last Watch will give "an up-close and personal report from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers".

The 8th and final season of Game of Thrones will start on 15 April with M-Net that will do a simulcast showing at 03:00 on Monday mornings at the same time as episodes are shown in the United States.

M-Net will reshow Game of Thrones on Mondays at 22:00 with episodes of the 8th season that will become available after its linear broadcast on MultiChoice's subscription video-on-demand service (SVOD) Showmax, as well as on its DStv Now Catch Up service for DStv subscribers. Showmax also carries a library carousel of the previous 7 seasons' episodes.

The last episode of Game of Thrones will be broadcast on 20 May with the first part of Game of Thrones: The Last Watch that will start on M-Net on 27 May.