House of the Dragon Sky Atlantic, Monday

Investigating Diana: Death in Paris Channel 4, Sunday

Walter Presents Agatha Christie’s Hjerson More4, Friday

You’ve probably read the many reviews, how the new Game of Thrones prequel is brilliant, but also more of the same. You’ve probably ascertained, with ruthless efficiency, how much sex there is in it (less, disappointingly), how many dragons (more: ten) and how many inappropriate relationships there are (about one every ten minutes, mostly grown women being offered to toddlers, sometimes their own half-brothers, for strategic marriages).

But you probably didn’t have the clawing, desperate reaction to House of the Dragon that I did — one of huge, shuddering relief. Massive, overwhelming, soul-filling thanks that this wasn’t yet another

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