At just 50 minutes, season 6’s opener, ‘The Red Woman’, was a little short given the wait for it, with first episodes averaging at around 55 minutes.
Game of Thrones season 7 arrives on HBO and Sky Atlantic on 16 July.
HBO has finally started feeding the anticipation for Game of Thrones season 7 in the past couple of weeks with a proper trailer, posters and now a runtime for the first episode.
With the show dropping down from 10 to seven episode this season, this could suggest that each episode will be given a little more time to play out.