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Game Of Thrones Season Five Gets US Release Date

New episodes of HBO's fantasy drama coming in April...

HBO has announced that season five of Game Of Thrones is set to be screened on 12 April in the US.

Which means that Sky Atlantic is highly likely to be showing the acclaimed fantasy drama one day later in the UK.

BREAKING: #GoTSeason5 premieres Sunday, April 12 on @HBO. Send a raven and spread the word. pic.twitter.com/oFKemvhnlE

— Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) January 8, 2015

[related]The cable TV broadcaster and programme-maker dropped the news with an image on its Twitter feed, adding the caption: "Send a raven and spread the word."

The massively popular show was recently revealed to have been the most illegally downloaded programme of 2014 - grabbing the dubious honour for the third year on the trot.

And if you can't wait that long without a GoT fix, you might want to head to London's O2 next month - which will be playing host to Game of Thrones: The Exhibition.

Running from 9 to 12 and 15 to 17 February, the special event will feature around 70 original artefacts from the show - plus a few bits and bobs from the upcoming series.

The London exhibition will be the first stop on a global tour.

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