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It will be fire-breathing Westeros warfare in Game of Thrones prequel House of the
Dragon (Sky Atlantic/Now, summer), which seriously ramps up the scale for season
two. Talking of GoT, its former showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss are now
masterminding 3 Body Problem (Netflix, 21 March), an ambitious adaptation of Liu
Cixin’s bestselling sci-fi novel.

Later in the year, expect returns for The Bear, Stranger Things, Squid Game, The Last
of Us, Bridgerton, The White Lotus and Wednesday. Last but not least, there’s the
tantalising prospect of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusting Rivals (Disney+, spring), with Aidan
Turner, David Tennant and Danny Dyer bed-hopping their way around Rutshire.
Saddle up. Michael Hogan

Music
Check out the Brixton art-rockers tipped for the top

The Last Dinner Party. Photograph: Cal McIntyre

London art-rock quintet the Last Dinner Party spent 2023 becoming the most talked-
about band in Britain. Despite releasing only a handful of singles, the group won
the Brit rising star award, supported Florence + the Machine, played a packed debut
show at Glastonbury filled with onstage theatrics, and were last week named the BBC’s
Sound of 2024. Their rapid ascent has prompted the usual online backlash of being
labelled “industry plants” – similar charges faced by 2022 newcomers Wet Leg – but
their highly anticipated debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, looks set to prove the
naysayers wrong, combining Abigail Morris’s vibrato-laden vocals with earworming
melodies and arena-sized choruses. Ammar Kalia

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