The question on everyone's lips ahead of the new series of Game of Thrones is - what's happened to Jon Snow? Is he alive or dead? Or somewhere in between?

There are of course a whole heap of storylines which people are talking about online including Bran's return, the possible re-emergence of the Hound (who many people assumed had died), Margaery's still in prison, Arya Stark's blinding and Daenerys Targaryen's capture.

To whet fans' appetites, HBO has released a series of photos from series six of the show.

The new season simulcasts with America on Sky Atlantic on 25 April at 2am (UK time) and will be repeated on the same day at 9pm.

Bran Stark

Bran Stark is standing up here, which suggests that what we're looking at is a vision.

Hard to tell, but he could be at Winterfell, where we may be about to find out more about his father Ned Stark's past. More crucially, that jerkin looks hell to lace up.

Max von Sydow, who plays the Three-eyed raven, appears to be wearing some of Kanye's new stuff.

Melisandre (The Red Woman)

This is the face of a woman who absolutely is not going to tell you anything about what happens to Jon Snow.

Not until 25 April anyway.

Either that or she's annoyed about being photobombed by a horse.

Myrcella Baratheon

Uh-oh. So nobody on board that ship had one of those handy travel-sized bottles of antidote that the Sand Snakes like to take on weekends away.

King Tommen looks kind of upset about losing another sibling - either that or he's suppressing a large belch.

Cersei Lannister

"Who does your hair, Cersei? Tell me! How did a stern-looking nun learn to do such a finely-layered pixie cut with nothing but a cut-throat razor?"

Tyrion Lannister

Meanwhile in Meereen, newly-reunited Tyrion and Varys visit the city's most disappointing market.

Daenerys Targaryen

The Dothraki are holding a party, and Daenerys has come as Princess Elsa.

Seriously, you're thinking that that scrap of rope is going to hold the Mother of Dragons? In those heels? You are so getting flamed.

Arya Stark

Arya has clumsily pushed past this pot and smashed it. What's worse, she's spilled her soup. The elder daughter of House of Stark 

For more pictures, visit Making Game of Thrones’s website and Game of Thrones’ Facebook page.

Source: BBC