House of the Dragom, the much anticipated prequel to Game of Thrones, will launch on Sky and NOW in August.

The first episode will premiere on Monday 22nd August.

Each episode available at the same time as the US premiere and on demand thereafter.

Based on George RR Martin’s Fire & Blood and set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series tells the story of House Targaryen. Starring Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel, and Rhys Ifans.