Thronecast

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Thronecast
GenreTalk show
Presented by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series8
No. of episodes77 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Danny Tipping
  • Ruby Thomas
  • Ben Boyer
Production locationsSky Studios, London
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companyZnak & Co Ltd for Sky Atlantic
Original release
NetworkSky Atlantic
Release18 April 2011 (2011-04-18) –
20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)
Related
Game of Thrones

Thronecast is a British television series which aired on

sixth series until it was cancelled after ten episodes.[1]

Thronecast was originally devised by executive producers Ruby Thomas, Ben Boyer and Koink Productions Ltd for Sky Digital Entertainment. The series began airing online in April 2011 as a series of 10-minute podcasts presented by

third series of Game of Thrones, and featured new guest presenter Grace Dent. The fourth series was presented by Jamie East and Rachel Parris, and was 30 minutes long. The fifth series was presented by Sue Perkins and Jamie East and was 30 minutes long, except for the series finale which was an extended hour long special.[2][3]
Perkins and East continued to present the seventh and eighth series of the show which were all 60 minutes long with the exception of the final episode of the show, which was 70 minutes. Series 7 and 8 included pre-series episodes titled War Room, and the eighth series also included a 90 minutes long gameshow titled Gameshow of Thrones and a 30-minute pre-finale episode titled Thronecast: The End is Coming.

Each series was also made available on

NOW TV. Series 1 to 4 of Thronecast were produced by Koink Productions Ltd for Sky Atlantic. Series 5 of Thronecast was produced by CPL Productions for Sky Atlantic.[4]
Series 6 and 7 of the show were produced by Sky's in-house production company, Sky Vision Productions. Series 8 of the show was produced by independent production company Znak & Co Ltd.

Cast

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11018 April 2011 (2011-04-18)20 June 2011 (2011-06-20)
2102 April 2012 (2012-04-02)4 June 2012 (2012-06-04)
3101 April 2013 (2013-04-01)10 June 2013 (2013-06-10)
4107 April 2014 (2014-04-07)16 June 2014 (2014-06-16)
51013 April 2015 (2015-04-13)15 June 2015 (2015-06-15)
61025 April 2016 (2016-04-25)27 June 2016 (2016-06-27)
7Special12 July 2017 (2017-07-12)
717 July 2017 (2017-07-17)28 August 2017 (2017-08-28)
8Specials30 March 2019 (2019-03-30)8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)
715 April 2019 (2019-04-15)20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)

Series 1 (2011)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
11"Winter Is Coming"Mark AddyRobert Baratheon18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)N/A
22"The Kingsroad"Nikolaj Coster-WaldauJaime Lannister25 April 2011 (2011-04-25)N/A
33"Lord Snow"Harry LloydViserys Targaryen2 May 2011 (2011-05-02)N/A
44"
Khal Drogo
9 May 2011 (2011-05-09)N/A
55"The Wolf and the Lion"N/AN/A16 May 2011 (2011-05-16)N/A
66"
Khal Drogo
23 May 2011 (2011-05-23)N/A
77"You Win or You Die"Gethin AnthonyRenly Baratheon30 May 2011 (2011-05-30)N/A
88"The Pointy End"Michelle FairleyCatelyn Stark6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)N/A
99"Baelor"N/AN/A13 June 2011 (2011-06-13)N/A
1010"
Khal Drogo
20 June 2011 (2011-06-20)N/A

Series 2 (2012)

An extended special episode of Thronecast was filmed before the start of the second series, which featured interviews with Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister).

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
111"The North Remembers"N/AN/A2 April 2012 (2012-04-02)[5]
122"The Night Lands"Maisie WilliamsArya Stark9 April 2012 (2012-04-09)N/A
133"
George R.R. Martin
Author16 April 2012 (2012-04-16)N/A
144"Garden of Bones"Sophie TurnerSansa Stark23 April 2012 (2012-04-23)N/A
155"
Yara Greyjoy
30 April 2012 (2012-04-30)N/A
166"
Isaac Hempstead-Wright
Bran Stark7 May 2012 (2012-05-07)N/A
177"A Man Without Honor"N/AN/A14 May 2012 (2012-05-14)N/A
188"
John Bradley-West
Samwell Tarly21 May 2012 (2012-05-21)N/A
199"
Hodor
28 May 2012 (2012-05-28)N/A
2010"Valar Morghulis"Natalia TenaOsha4 June 2012 (2012-06-04)N/A

Series 3 (2013)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
211"Valar Dohaeris"Rose LeslieYgritte1 April 2013 (2013-04-01)0.441[6]
222"
Isaac Hempstead-Wright
Bran Stark8 April 2013 (2013-04-08)0.320[7]
233"Walk of Punishment"Joe DempsieGendry15 April 2013 (2013-04-15)0.268[8]
244"And Now His Watch Is Ended"Nikolaj Coster-WaldauJaime Lannister22 April 2013 (2013-04-22)0.228[9]
255"
Loras Tyrell
29 April 2013 (2013-04-29)0.139[10]
266"The Climb"John BradleySamwell Tarly6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)0.193[11]
277"
Meera Reed
13 May 2013 (2013-05-13)0.150[12]
288"Second Sons"N/AN/A27 May 2013 (2013-05-27)0.152[13]
299"The Rains of Castamere"Maisie WilliamsArya Stark3 June 2013 (2013-06-03)0.167[14]
3010"Mhysa"Carice van HoutenMelisandre10 June 2013 (2013-06-10)0.179[15]

Series 4 (2014)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
311"
John Bradley
Arya Stark/Samwell Tarly7 April 2014 (2014-04-07)0.403[16]
322"
Isaac Hempstead-Wright/Tony Way
Bran Stark/Dontos Hollard14 April 2014 (2014-04-14)0.242[17]
333"
Podrick Payne
21 April 2014 (2014-04-21)0.253[18]
344"
Jojen Reed/Producer
28 April 2014 (2014-04-28)0.257[19]
355"First of His Name"Aidan Gillen/Jonathan RossPetyr Baelish/Superfan5 May 2014 (2014-05-05)0.220[20]
366"The Laws of Gods and Men"Liam Cunningham/Ross MullanDavos Seaworth/White Walker12 May 2014 (2014-05-12)0.335[21]
377"
Yara Greyjoy
19 May 2014 (2014-05-19)0.280[22]
388"The Mountain and the Viper"Ian McElhinney/David J. PetersonBarristan Selmy/Language creator2 June 2014 (2014-06-02)0.271[23]
399"The Watchers on the Wall"Paul HerbertStunt Coordinator9 June 2014 (2014-06-09)0.246[24]
4010"The Children"Iwan Rheon/Natalia TenaRamsay Bolton/Osha16 June 2014 (2014-06-16)0.302[25]

Series 5 (2015)

The series finale was an extended one-hour episode and was viewed by 560,000 viewers, making it the second highest-rated broadcast that week, behind the actual episode. It also received 29,000 timeshifted viewers.[26]

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
411"The Wars to Come"Liam Cunningham/Dermot O'LearyDavos Seaworth/Superfan13 April 2015 (2015-04-13)0.419[27]
422"The House of Black and White"Jacob Anderson/Jimmy CarrGrey Worm/Superfan20 April 2015 (2015-04-20)0.222[28]
433"High Sparrow"Iwan RheonRamsay Bolton27 April 2015 (2015-04-27)0.246[29]
444"
Barristan Selmy
4 May 2015 (2015-05-04)0.206[30]
455"
Podrick Payne
11 May 2015 (2015-05-11)0.238[31]
466"
Nymeria Sand/Superfan
18 May 2015 (2015-05-18)0.371[32]
477"The Gift"Dean-Charles ChapmanTommen Baratheon25 May 2015 (2015-05-25)0.347[33]
488"
Carice Van Houten/Emma Willis/Al Murray
Melisandre/Superfan1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)0.482[34]
499"
Ricky Wilson
Roose Bolton/Superfan8 June 2015 (2015-06-08)0.516[35]
5010"Mother's Mercy"Gwendoline Christie/Jonathan RossBrienne of Tarth/Superfan15 June 2015 (2015-06-15)0.560[26]

Series 6 (2016)

The series finale was an extended one-hour episode and was viewed by 587,000 viewers, making it the second highest-rated broadcast that week, behind the actual episode. It also received 45,000 timeshifted viewers.[36]

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
511"The Red Woman"Mark Addy/Jonathan RossRobert Baratheon/Superfan27 April 2016 (2016-04-27)0.446[37]
522"
Myranda/Superfan/Superfan
2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)0.466[38]
533"
Tommy Dunne/Robert Webb
Weapons Master/Superfan9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)0.452[39]
544"
Lysa Arryn/Superfan
16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)0.432[40]
555"
Maester Luwin/Superfan
23 May 2016 (2016-05-23)0.483[41]
566"
Meryn Trant/Superfan
30 May 2016 (2016-05-30)0.414[42]
577"
Syrio Forel/Superfan
6 June 2016 (2016-06-06)0.523[43]
588"
Barristan Selmy
13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)0.467[44]
599"
Jeor Mormont
20 June 2016 (2016-06-20)0.572[45]
6010"
Meryn Trant/Superfan/Superfan
27 June 2016 (2016-06-27)0.587[36]

Series 7 (2017)

A pre-series multi-parter episode titled "War Room", filmed on location,[46] was broadcast the week before the start of Series 7.

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
61"War Room"Al Murray/Lauren Laverne/Jonathan RossSuperfan12 July 2017 (2017-07-12)0.262[47]
621"
Dragonstone"
Iwan Rheon/Jimmy Carr/Edith BowmanRamsay Bolton/Superfan17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)0.598[48]
632"
Rickie Haywood Williams
Tommen Baratheon/Superfan24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)0.589[49]
643"
Hodor/Superfan
31 July 2017 (2017-07-31)0.669[50]
654"
Meryn Trant/Superfan
7 August 2017 (2017-08-07)0.690[51]
665"
Pycelle/Superfan
14 August 2017 (2017-08-14)0.640[52]
676"
Walda Bolton/Superfan
21 August 2017 (2017-08-21)0.755[53]
687"
Lancel Lannister/Superfan
28 August 2017 (2017-08-28)0.788[54]

Series 8 (2019)

Two specials aired before Series 8: "Gameshow of Thrones" featuring a number of stars of the show with superfans, plus "War Room" featuring superfans Al Murray, Lauren Laverne and Jonathan Ross.

The series finale includes a special 30-minute pre-show episode titled "The End is Coming", and a 70-minute post-show episode. These episodes incorporated an additional studio segment titled "Littlefinger's Establishment", where Jamie East talked to stars of the show and superfans about their memories of working on the show.

Episode 3 of Series 8 was the most viewed episode of Thronecast according to

BARB
figures.

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeGuest(s)Role(s)Original air date Viewers
(millions)
69"Gameshow of Thrones"
Lysa Arryn/Superfan
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30)0.094 [4 April 2019 repeat] [56]
70"War Room"Al Murray/Lauren Laverne/Jonathan RossSuperfan8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)0.204[57]
711"Winterfell"Dara Ó Briain/James Faulkner/Natalia Tena[58]Superfan/Randyll Tarly/Osha15 April 2019 (2019-04-15)0.689[59]
722"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"Charles Dance/Jordan Banjo/Russell Tovey[60][61]Tywin Lannister/Superfan22 April 2019 (2019-04-22)0.677[62]
733"
Hodor/Superfan
29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)0.904[64]
744"The Last of the Starks"Miltos Yerolemou/Rickie Haywood-Williams/Melvin Odoom[65]Syrio Forel/Superfan6 May 2019 (2019-05-06)0.666[66]
755"The Bells"Hannah Waddingham/Professor Green/Phil Wang[67]Septa Unella/Superfan13 May 2019 (2019-05-13)0.831[68]
766"Thronecast: The End is Coming"Al Murray/Lauren Laverne/Jimmy Carr[69]Superfan20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)0.514[70]
777"The Iron Throne"Mark Addy/Ian Beattie/Kerry Ingram/Pixie Le Knot/Brenock O'Connor/Eugene Simon/Hannah Waddingham/Miltos Yerolemou/Tommy Dunne/Jimmy Carr/Giggs/Lauren Laverne/Al Murray[71]Robert Baratheon/Meryn Trant/Shireen Baratheon/Kayla/Olly/Lancel Lannister/Septa Unella/Syrio Forel/Weapons master[72]/Superfan20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)0.711[73]

See also

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