EXCLUSIVE. Winter is coming! Superb fantasy drama Game of Thrones coming to M-Net from early November.

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Winter. Is. Coming. Okay. Make that an exclamation mark. Winter is coming! I can exclusively break the massive news that the highly acclaimed, utterly epic, and superb brand-new fantasy drama Game of Thrones will start on M-Net in early November.

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Dragons! Giant wolves! A massive wall to the north behind which lurks ... an evil that the peoples have forgotten. In April I broke the news RIGHT HERE that M-Net planned Game of Thrones for M-Net Series channel but this hotter than hot, big buzz show will now be on M-Net and in glorious high definition (HD) on M-Net HD come November for 10 episodes in the first season. ''Definitely early November for Game of Thrones on M-Net,'' a source told me moments ago when I nearly got a heart attack from hearing it.

The magnificent Game of Thrones is based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling fantasy series about duelling families in different wide-spanning geographical places - fighting for control and political rulership, while evil is actually brewing in their midst. Imagine Lord of the Rings but as a TV show, but done in that same epic, big-budget, big storytelling scope.

In whatever measurement - production values, scope, canvass, plot development (shockers coming!), immersive visual storytelling Game of Thrones is the best TV show of 2011, and now South African viewers will be able to see it this year as well, and in HD.