Women to the fore in Game of Thrones

As the fantasy epic returns, Paula Burns lauds the impact of the female characters

GAME of Thrones — the mash of bloody brutal battles between the medieval dynasties of the North and South, occurring under the threat of the malevolent winter’s arrival — looks, on paper, like a typically male TV show.

So how is it so successfully filling the void left by the likes of Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City?