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Revisiting the Game Of Thrones Pilot 10 Years Later
Before it was a worldwide phenomenon, it was just a new HBO show with a hell of a good hook.
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This essay is part of our series
Episodes, a column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. This entry looks back on the Game of Thrones pilot, “Winds of Winter,” for its tenth anniversary. You could call it a Very Special Episodes.
Even the biggest show in the world has to start somewhere. Before
Game of Thrones won a record-breaking fifty-nine Emmys, dominated a decade’s worth of watercooler conversations, and changed the scope of television forever, it was simply a new HBO show with something to prove. And on April 17, 2011, the pilot episode, “Winter is Coming,” started off with a bang or, more specifically, a beheading.
Wednesday, 10th February 2021 at 5:49 pm
In season two of The Bay, Morven Christie and her colleagues at Morecambe’s police station are joined by guest stars including James Cosmo, Joe Absolom, Sunetra Sarker, Sharon Small, and (very briefly) Stephen Tompkinson.
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Christie stars as family liaison officer Lisa Armstrong, an important member of the police department who works closely with families and friends of crime victims.
In season one, she took on a missing persons case after teenage twins Holly and Dylan disappeared only to discover that she had a personal connection to the family, which threatened to jeopardise the case and her career.
Morven Christie stars in the drama January 21, 2021 - 10:26 GMT Francesca Shillcock The Bay: Viewers saying same thing about return of ITV Show
After two years since we last saw it on our screens,
The Bay finally returned for its highly-anticipated second series on Wednesday.
The ITV drama, which sees
Morven Christie play the lead role as former detective Lisa Armstrong, is set in the seaside town of Morecombe and sees tragedy strikes after a sudden murder.
And it seems that fans all had a similar reaction to watching the whodunnit, with many praising the gritty first episode. Taking to social media, one person wrote: So glad #TheBay is back. Only thing better than a gritty crime drama is when it s set somewhere you know.