Game of Thrones back with a bloody bang for season six

Without the magnificent visuals, you’d be left with pretty thin gruel

The new season of Game of Thrones returned on Tuesday night

A corrupt prince who somehow carries on a conversation even though he’s just been stabbed through the heart. A female beggar with immaculately shaved armpits. A royal heir feeding the corpse of his paramour to his dogs, having agonisedly mourned her seconds earlier. Ah, welcome back,Game of Thrones(Sky Atlantic). It’s been a while.

Of all the blockbusters that have reaped vast harvests of cash for HBO in the past two decades, Game of ...