Medieval Dead – 6 part TV documentary series to air in UK
If the Medieval Dead could speak, what would they tell us?
Game of Thrones and Machiavelli
Megan Cavell reports on the lecture ‘Power is a Curious Thing: Game of Thrones as a Machiavellian Mirror for Princes’ given by Janice Liedl
NEW TV SERIES: ISABEL
The series is a fascinating look at the difficult journey Isabella of Castile endured on her way to the throne.
The White Queen over after one season
The War of the Roses era television series The White Queen will not have a second season, with some observers confused on whether or not the show was cancelled or was meant to last for just ten episodes.
The Borgias get axed – show cancelled after three seasons
After three seasons, the TV series focusing on the nefarious Pope Alexander VI and his wild family is being cancelled. The final episode, The Prince, will air this Sunday on Showtime in the US and Bravo in Canada.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 10: Mhysa
After last week’s The Rains of Castamere – which left many viewer saddened and despondent – this episode brings some hope back.
Constructed Authorship in Television and the Case of ‘Game of Thrones’
I turn to a selection of paratexts – critical reviews, producers’ commentaries and special features of the show’s DVD box set – to show how the team of Benioff, Weiss and Martin help manufacture and promote the presence of a showrunner-auteur collective in order to help foster a perception of this text as a quality television narrative.
Politics, Hidden Agendas and a Game of Thrones
The novel is analyzed from an intersectional perspective, and focuses on women’s positions in the power hierarchy, and in what ways they use their sexuality to access power.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 9: The Rains of Castamere
Game of Thrones is a show that does not shy away from shocking the viewer and thus episode was perhaps the most shocking yet.
The Borgias – Review of Season 3 Episode 6: Relics
Michelotto reunites Giovanni with Lucrezia, Plague ridden rags are sealed in a box and sent to Rome, Rodrigo negotiates with the Jews, and Cesare builds a bastard army all on this week’s episode of The Borgias.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 8: Second Sons
In this review of the latest episode of Game of Thrones, we look at the wedding of Tyrion and Sansa, which brings all of King’s Landing out; the Hound with Arya, Daenerys confronting the mercenary company known as the Second Sons; Melisandre getting close to Gendry; and Sam and Gilly being attacked by a White Walker.
Religion, Raids and Ragnar(ök): Series One of ‘Vikings’
Other than how gorgeous it looks–the rugged landscape of Ireland doubling convincingly for early medieval Scandinavia–the most initially striking facet of Vikings is how deliciously weird it is.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 7: The Bear and the Maiden Fair
This week, we get a special treat: George R. R. Martin wrote this episode. If you’re expecting another Battle of Blackwater, you’re not going to find it. This is a slower episode with basic storyline movement and few exciting scenes.
The Borgias – Review of Season 3 Episode 5 The Wolf and the Lamb
On this week’s episode of The Borgias, Lucrezia tearfully gives up Giovanni to Rodrigo and Vanozza. Forces against the Borgias gather at Forli, Cesare makes friends with the French and Rodrigo invites new scandal into his bed.
The Borgias – Review of Season 3 Episode 4: The Banquet of Chestnuts
‘So the King of Naples is to watch me in bed for the good of the family…the act may be done in a night, but I will have blood for this’ ~ Lucrezia
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 6: The Climb
This week on Game of Thrones, there are plots a plenty in King’s Landing, danger and daring North of the Wall and negotiating and pleading at Riverrun.
Vikings – Review of Episode 9: All Change
The season finale of Vikings – an angry wife, a decimated village, a pregnant lover and treacherous brother.
The Borgias – Review of Season 3 Episode 3: Siblings
Negotiations, marriage, deadly plots and forbidden love are all par for the course this week. It seems nobody can have a normal day in the Borgia household.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 5: Kissed by Fire
This week on Game of Thrones, plots thicken and are thwarted, alliances are made, and punishment is doled out.
Top Ten Videos from Museum Secrets
One of the best history TV shows being made right now (and made in Canada too!), Museum Secrets takes viewers each episode to a new museum to explore its artefacts and stories.
Vikings – Review of Episode 8: Sacrifice
This week’s episode of Vikings takes a break from the usual raiding and pillaging with the gang headed out to get some spiritual fulfillment. Fortunately, this also involves killing.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 4: And Now His Watch Is Ended
This week’s episode of Game of Thrones was packed full of plot twists, interesting dialogue and focused on revenge.
The Borgias – Review of Season 3 Episode 2: The Purge
This week, Rodrigo has lost faith in everything, including God. He finally realizes he’s surrounded by a nest of vipers and his family is in danger.
Down and Out in Westeros, or: Economy and Society in George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire
So What’s a Dragon Worth, Anyway?
Vikings – Review of Episode 7: A King’s Ransom
This week on the Vikings, we go back and forth between England and Scandinavia as Ragnar prepares to raid in Northumbria again and Lagertha rules the village in his absence.