The autumn TV schedules will inevitably be dominated by the early arrival of two fantasy blockbusters, battling to outpace one another for budget, star wattage and audience devotion. In the blue corner is the long-awaited TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman which is already with us, splitting viewers squarely down the middle between those who worship every frame of the author’s dreamscape and those baffled by its innate WTF-ness. In the red is House of The Dragon, the massively hyped Game of Thrones prequel. For viewers struggling with theses fantasy leviathans, there is a whole range of fayre from across the spectrum of drama as the nights close in and telly heats up.
