Comedy pilot for Game Of Thrones' Gemma Whelan

In Game Of Thrones she is the fearsome warrior queen Yara Greyjoy.

But now Gemma Whelan is hoping to become queen of the chat show as well, by adopting more traditionally regal airs and graces.

The actress – last seen as Kate, servant to David Mitchell's William Shakespeare in Upstart Crow – is to record a Radio 4 talk show pilot in the guise of her upper-class comedy character Chastity Butterworth.

She performed the creation, a pampered upper-class socialite, at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe and on BBC Three's Live At The Electric. And next month she tapes the radio pilot in front of an audience in London.

The show will also star Man Down actor and stand-up Mike Wozniak as her butler, and producers promise 'refreshing drinks and equally refreshing conversation with her very special guests'.

Earlier this week, Wheelan told ITV's Good Morning Britain that in her daily life she was not often recognised from Game Of Thrones, but 'It is happening a bit more now because I've had more to do this season.'

Click here to be in the studio audience at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill.

And here is Butterworth on Live At The Electric:

Published: 23 Jun 2016