Who are the stars? What plotlines from previous seasons will you need to remember? And whose bum did Arnie love seeing on TV?

It’s won 15 Emmy awards. It turned Jennifer Coolidge into a TV idol at 59. It somehow depicted a character pooping into a suitcase – and didn’t instantly lose all of its viewers. In terms of astonishing television, The White Lotus is right up there, and now it’s back for a third season.

It’s also a show where having watched previous outings is really going to pay off, with former characters making a comeback. This, of course, means only one thing: hours spent combing the internet trying to remember what on earth happened all those years ago, right? Not if you read on – we’ve prepared a primer of all the key info you need to be ready to dive right in.