It's a bit difficult to talk about Game of Thrones series two without mentioning some of the major events of series one, so what we're going to do is to WARN YOU THAT WE WILL BE DOING EXACTLY THAT BELOW, and if you don't want to know, then look away now. 

First of all, it's looking like anyone who was hoping Sean Bean's Ned Stark was going to return after being beheaded will be disappointed, plus, as mentioned, he has been beheaded so that's not totally surprising. Still, killing off Sean Bean? Does no-one remember Goldeneye?

Elsewhere, Stephen Dillane as the dead king's brother Stannis Baratheon seems to have taken over Ned Stark's role as the series main protagonist, and we also get a look at all the main players, including the fantastic Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, that little bastard Joffrey Lannister, played by Jack Gleeson, and of course Emilia Clark as Daenerys Targaryen.

Anyway, for anyone who hasn't seen the first series, yet read through this despite our warning, you should absolutely, definitely watch it. There's nothing around at the moment to touch it. In our humble opinion.