What’s up, babushka? Watching Game of Thrones

Brutal murders, White Walkers, and dragons – we watched the first episode of season seven of Game of Thrones with Russian babushkas (grannies) who had never seen it before. Check out their reaction!

Season seven of Games of Thrones (GoT) premiered on July 16 on HBO. Amazingly, some people in Russia have never heard of it, despite the TV series taking the world by storm. To be honest, Russian babushkas can be forgiven for not being in the know - they’re probably too busy preserving vegetables or knitting!

But the time has come for grannies to get up to scratch with the show. Get ready for their priceless reactions as they watch GoT for the first time, in our new series “What’s up, babushka?”

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