Kit Harington is glad 'Game of Thrones' is coming to an end because he's ready to explore other projects

Speaking to Digital Spy, he admitted: "'It will be liberating, just the thought of having a whole year free - you shoot for six months, but half of the projects you might want to do will have started shooting before that six months is over. There's a lot of things you can't do. I'm looking forward to finishing, and eight years is the right amount of time. I wouldn't want it to go on any longer than it has. I have other ideas I'd like to look at producing."

Kit will be seen on the small screen in BBC One drama 'Gunpower', which he co-produced and developed as well as starring as Robert Catesby.

His work behind the scenes on the mini-series - based on the real-life Gunpower Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London in 1605 - has been a new experience for the actor, and he revealed he is looking forward to more opportunities behind the camera.

Kit said: "I've learned working with the 'Thrones' producers what the job involve... I found the producing side of Gunpowder fascinating, I would like to do more of it. I've found it's opened up a different side of my creative brain, which I've really enjoyed."

Away from his career Kit is preparing for a wedding after asking his 'Game of Thrones' co-star co-star Rose Leslie - who played Ygritte in the TV series - to marry him.

The loved up couple confirmed their engagement with a formal announcement in births, deaths and marriages section of The Times newspaper.

The note read: "The engagement is announced between Kit, younger son of David and Deborah Harington of Worcestershire, and Rose, middle daughter of Sebastian and Candy Leslie of Aberdeenshire."