Game of Thrones season 5 premieres in London

The season five of popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones premiered at the Tower of London. It marked the first time that a new season of the HBOseries has gotten its world premiere in Europe.

The season five of popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones premiered at the Tower of London. It marked the first time that a new season of the HBO

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series has gotten its world premiere in Europe.

Sky Atlantic, the network of pan-European pay TV giant Sky, hosted the red-carpet gala in the British capital, said The Hollywood Reporter. Sky is HBO's pay TV partner in Western Europe and airs Game of Thrones across its markets in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy. Among the stars turning out for the event and after-party were Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell) and Mark Gattis (Tycho Nestoris), who is also a writer and star of Sherlock.

Top executives in attendance were led by HBO CEO Richard Plepler; Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch; Sky's director, entertainment channels, Stuart Murphy, among others. Plepler and Darroch spoke before the screening of the season 5 opener, with both touting Game of Thrones as "a global phenomenon."

"Also in absentia, we would be remiss not to pay tribute to the man whose stunning imagination created the world that have given us all so many countless hours of addictive entertainment," Plepler then continued. "The master craftsman, who started it all, Mr George RR Martin."