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Game Of Thrones producers have confirmed that the eagerly anticipated fifth season WILL include flashbacks.

We previously broke the news that Charles Dance's character Tywin Lannister was to make a return to the new series of the HBO show despite his gloriously gory death at the end of season 4.

[related]And now, during a Q&A with Spanish film students, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have revealed that season five will include flashbacks to storylines, with the background provided by George R.R. Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire.

Mashable quotes the producers as saying: "By making the first season, we set a rule: No prophecies, dreams or flashbacks.

"We failed the first two and this season, the third. So yes, this season will finally have flashbacks."

Entertainment Weekly is also reporting that a flashback is expected to serve as the opening scene to series five, which is set to air next spring.

We can't wait!