It's almost as if they knew we all needed a lift.

The old gods and the new looked down on 'Game of Thrones' fans and took pity last night, sharing the first official look at the seventh season of the show via a brief teaser on HBO.

The series isn't going to return until summer of 2017 but HBO aired a brief 'Coming in 2017' advert before their broadcast of 'Westworld' last night and sent fans into a tailspin, even though it only contained three images of everyone's favourite Starks (sorry not sorry Bran).

The shots are by no means substantial (apart from Arya looking far more herself than before) but we'll take what we can get from the notoriously cloaked series. The video has yet to appear online but we'll get it to you as soon as it does.

Now we just have to get through the longest winter of our lives before it comes back.