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has almost been off screens for a year, but fans can now relive the first season in preparation for what looks to be a terrifyingly intense follow-up that we now know will be released Spring 2018 thanks to Evan Rachel Wood.

We\'ve been granted an exclusive look behind-the-scenes at how the amusement park - created by fictional corporation Delos in the series - was brought to life.

Showrunner Jonathan Nolan introduces Melody Ranch (also used for HBO series 

), the location where the world of the HBO series is brought to life alive, and the crew\'s efforts in "ripping the town apart" to place in the recognisable railway track frequently featured in the series.

Nolan describes the series as "a pastiche of different ideas" from across several decades and cites 1968 Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western

Starring: Rosemarie Dewitt, Andrea Riseborough, Maxine Peake, Jesse Plemons

Created by: Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones

The Emmy-winning anthology series returns with six new dystopian parables

Starring: Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Adelayo Adedayo, Kadiff Kirwan, Samson Kayo

New comedy about a struggling four-piece South London jazz band who travel back in time to the 1920’s via a lift in a dilapidated block of flats.

Starring: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Bobby Cannavale

The fate of hacker Elliot Alderson is revealed after suffering a gunshot in the closing moments of season two.

Starring: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross

Based on the book \'Mind Hunter: Inside FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit\' by Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas, the series follows FBI agents who must delve in the psyches of serial killers in order to solve pending investigations.

Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Lauren Cohan, Lennie James, Jeffery Dean Morgan

The war against the Saviours intensifies as Rick leads Alexandria and surrounding factions on a mission to rid their world of Negan.

Starring: Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour

Beginning nearly a year after the first instalment, on Halloween in Hawkins, Indiana, Will Byers has rejoined his pals after being rescued from the Upside Down. But all is not as it seems with him.

Starring: Louisa Krause, Anna Friel, Carmen Ejogo, Narges Rashidi

The cast of the first season is ditched for an all-new experience following two parallel stories produced once again by Steven Soderbergh.

Starring: Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Deborah Ann Woll

This Daredevil spinoff revolves around Frank Castle, who uses lethal methods to fight crime as the vigilante, the Punisher.

Starring: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Jodi Balfour, Michael C. Hall

In Foy\'s own words, season two will place the focus on Philip and his impact on the crown.

Starring: Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, David Bradley, Mark Gatiss

\'Twice Upon a Time\' will see Capaldi\'s Time Lord come face-to-face with the original doctor as his regeneration into Jodie Whitaker\'s new incarnation begins.

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen

The new series will take place six months after season three\'s conclusion with Tommy Shelby receiving a mysterious letter on Christmas Eve telling him the Peaky Blinders are in "danger of annihilation." As the enemy closes in, Shelby flees his country house and returns to the streets of Small Heath, Birmingham where a fight for survival begins.

Cult comedy character Partridge will return to the BBC as "the voice of Brexit."

Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Holly Taylor

The final season of the period drama will offer a dramatic conclusion for married Russian spies, Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, and their FBI neighbour Stan Beeman.

Starring: David Morrissey, Kelly Reilly, Mackenzie Crook, Zoë Wanamaker

This ten-part historical drama - set in AD 43 - follows ancient Rome\'s conquest of the Celts in the British Isles, "a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld."

Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Kate Lamb, Stephen McGann, Leonie Elliott

The period drama series follows a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the early 1960s.

Starring: Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Stanley Tucci, Jackie Hoffman

Showrunners: Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam

The first season chronicles the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford during and after the production of their 1962 film \'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\'

Start date: TBA, BBC Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Mark Gatiss, Peter Mullan

This three-part drama series is based on the Gunpowder Plot in London in 1605.

Created by: Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos

The true-crime sensation will continue to follow the cases of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey who may have been wrongly convicted for the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.

Starring: Anna Friel, Ray Panthaki, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer

This series will catch up with London detective Marcella Backland who returns to the murder squad after an inactive serial killer strikes again.

Starring: Dylan Minnette, Anne Winters, Bryce Cass, Chelsea Alden

This controversial series focuses on a box of cassette tapes recorded by a young girl before her suicide drtailing thirteen reasons why she ended her life.

Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Chrissy Metz, Sterling K. Brown

The second season of the US smash hit follows the family lives and connections of several people who all share the same birthday and the ways in which they are similar and different.

Starring: Nicola Walker, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Peter Egan, Lorraine Ashbourne

The series follows two London detectives as they work together to solve cold cases involving historic disappearances and murders.

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Thandie Newton, James Marsden

Following the tumultuous events of season one, the lives of the guests of amusement park Westworld are thrown into danger following the uprising of its robotic inhabitants.

Season 2 plot details are sparse but the release of a new website teased the destruction caused by the park\'s anarchic robots as witnessed in the climactic moments of the first season - something that seemed to be all part of Anthony Hopkins character Dr. Robert Ford\'s master plan.

season 1 is available to own on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD now - the second season will arrive on HBO, Sky Atlantic and NOWTV in 2018.

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