ENTERTAINMENT - GAME OF THRONES RETURNS TO THE TV SCREEN AFTER ALMOST A YEAR

After nearly a year of waiting, the latest series of Game of Thrones is about to be shown on television.

Series 6 will mark the first time the show has overtaken the books with author George RR Martin still to release The Winds of Winter.

Showrunners David Benioff and D B Weiss say despite not having to base episodes on the books, they know exactly where they are going with the story.

"We're approaching the finish line, from the outset, our hope was to tell a complete story - beginning, middle and end.

"We are writing the final act now, and the last thing we want to do is stay on stage after the play is over."

Season 5 finished on a multitude of cliff hangers, including Jon Snow's apparent death, Cersei's walk of shame in King's Landing and the White Walkers on the march.

Alfie Allen, who plays Theon Greyjoy, told Sky News even he struggles to keep up-to-date with the programme.

"It's funny because you'll be sitting there watching it with your mates and then something happens and you're like 'What, Oh my God' - and your friend looks at you as if to say 'Aren't you in this show, aren't you meant to know this?'."

One storyline that we know will return is the re-emergence of Bran Stark, a character missing in the whole of the last season.

He is played by Isaac Hempstead Wright who told Sky News his real life escapades have been far more mundane: "It was quite convenient as it was my GCSE year at school.

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