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Merlin Series 4 Episode guide E1-8 descriptions from BBC Press Office


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Merlin Ep 8/13
Saturday 19 November
8.10-8.55pm
BBC ONE



A mysterious illness draws Merlin to a distant village as the magical drama continues. But it soon becomes clear that there is more at stake than just his well-being as something sinister turns the air sour. 

 Far from home and with no one to trust, Merlin becomes embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse. No longer sure who is the hunter and who is the hunted, can the young warlock survive long enough to uncover the truth?

 Katie McGrath plays Morgana, Nathaniel Parker plays Agravaine, Colin Morgan plays Merlin, Bradley James plays Arthur, Richard Wilson plays Gaius, Angel Coulby plays Gwen, Tom Hopper plays Sir Percival, Eoin Macken plays Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun plays Sir Elyan and Rupert Young plays Sir Leon.



Merlin Ep 7/13

High Definition programme
Saturday 12 November
8.15-9.00pm BBC ONE and BBC HD
Morgana joins forces with enigmatic wizard Alator to uncover a secret that could change the course of destiny, as the magical drama continues. With allies on both sides of the castle walls, can anyone stop her before Merlin's greatest secret is revealed?
Katie McGrath plays Morgana, Gary Lewis plays Alator and Colin Morgan plays Merlin. The drama also stars Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine, Bradley James as Arthur, Richard Wilson as Gaius, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Tom Hopper as Sir Percival, Eoin Macken as Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun as Sir Elyan, Rupert Young as Sir Leon and Emilia Fox as Morgause.





Merlin Ep 6/13


Live event/outside broadcast
Saturday 5 November
7.55-8.40pm
When Merlin falls into Morgana's hands, he becomes a deadly weapon in her fight for supremacy, as the magical drama continues. Using ancient magic, she pits friend against friend and creates the perfect assassin. An oblivious Arthur is in great danger. Will anyone notice Merlin's unusual behaviour before he does the King some serious harm?
Colin Morgan plays Merlin and Katie McGrath plays Morgana. Merlin also stars Bradley James as Arthur, Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon, Richard Wilson as Gaius, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine, John Hurt as the voice of The Dragon, Tom Hopper as Sir Percival, Eoin Macken as Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun as Sir Elyan and Rupert Young as Sir Leon.

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Saturday 5 November
7.55-8.40pm
Morgana joins forces with the enigmatic wizard Alator (Gary Lewis) to uncover a secret that could change the course of destiny, as the magical drama continues. With allies on both sides of the castle walls, can anyone stop her before Merlin's greatest secret is revealed?

Network TV BBC Week 44: Saturday 29 October 2011


Merlin [Series 4 Episode 5] "His Father's Son"


Saturday 29 October

8.10-8.55pm BBC ONE
For the first time since his coronation, Arthur finds out what it's really like to be King, as the magical drama continues.
Arthur faces his first true test as King when he incurs the wrath of the formidable Queen Annis.
With the lives of thousands hanging in the balance, Arthur must find the strength to be his own man and become the leader Camelot so desperately needs.
Lindsay Duncan guest stars as Queen Annis, while Colin Morgan plays Merlin, Bradley James plays Arthur, Anthony Head plays Uther Pendragon, Richard Wilson plays Gaius, Katie McGrath plays Morgana, Angel Coulby plays Gwen, Nathaniel Parker plays Agravaine, Santiago Cabrera plays Sir Lancelot, Tom Hopper plays Sir Percival, Eoin Macken plays Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun plays Sir Elyan, Rupert Young plays Sir Leon and John Hurt is the voice of The Dragon.

Network TV BBC Week 43: Saturday 22 October 2011

Merlin – [Series 4 Episode 4]  "Aithusa"

Saturday 22 October
8.15-9.00pm BBC ONE
The mysterious Julius Borden arrives in Camelot with news of a magical secret that threatens to change the landscape of the kingdom for ever, as the fantasy drama continues. He has located the final part of the key to the tomb of Ashkanar – an ancient mausoleum which holds a very special treasure: the last remaining dragon's egg.
Merlin is understandably drawn in by Borden's news and promises to help him. But just who is this enigmatic stranger and, more importantly, what does he really want with the egg?
Merlin is played by Colin Morgan and Julius Borden by James Callis.

Network TV BBC Week 42: Saturday 15 October 2011

Merlin [Series 4 Episode 3 "The Wicked Day"]

Saturday 15 October
8.15-9.00pm BBC ONE
The mighty citadel is buzzing in anticipation of the Prince's birthday celebrations, as the fantasy drama continues. But Arthur's old adversary, Odin, promises to ensure this is one party Camelot will never forget – for among the assembling guests lurks a deadly assassin set to strike.
As the dust settles, Camelot is left devastated. Just how far is Merlin prepared to go to put things right; would he really risk everything and reveal his secret?
Bradley James plays Arthur; Phil Davis plays the assassin, The Gleeman; and Colin Morgan plays Merlin. Merlin also stars Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon, Richard Wilson as Gaius, Katie McGrath as Morgana, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine, John Hurt as the voice of The Dragon, Santiago Cabrera as Sir Lancelot, Tom Hopper as Sir Percival, Eoin Macken as Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun as Sir Elyan and Rupert Young as Sir Leon.

Network TV BBC Week 41: Saturday 8 October 2011

Merlin [Series 4 Episode 2 "The Darkest Hour (part 2)"]
Merlin also stars Richard Wilson as Gaius, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine, John Hurt as the voice of The Dragon, Tom Hopper as Sir Percival, Eoin Macken as Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun as Sir Elyan and Rupert Young as Sir Leon. Emilia Fox guest stars as Morgause.
Saturday 8 October
8.15-9.00pm BBC ONE
The kingdom is on the brink of collapse and Morgana poised to strike, in the final part of this opening episode of the fantasy drama. As Lancelot races back to Camelot with the dying Merlin, Arthur must continue on his mission to vanquish the Dorocha without them. Though the Knights know their journey to the Isle of the Blessed is fraught with danger, none could anticipate the sacrifice Arthur intends to make there.
Friendship and loyalty are tested to the limit, but in the end, it's the power of love that changes all their lives for ever.
Katie McGrath plays Morgana, Santiago Cabrera plays Sir Lancelot, Colin Morgan plays Merlin and Bradley James plays Arthur.
Merlin also stars Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon, Richard Wilson as Gaius, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine, John Hurt as the voice of The Dragon, Tom Hopper as Sir Percival, Eoin Macken as Sir Gwaine, Adetomiwa Edun as Sir Elyan and Rupert Young as Sir Leon.

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Network TV BBC Week 40: New this week


Merlin [Series 4 Episode 1 "The Darkest Hour (part 1)"]

Saturday 1 October
7.50-8.35pm BBC ONE

Merlin (Colin Morgan, centre) faces his toughest challenge yet as the drama returns for a new series+
Merlin (Colin Morgan, centre) faces his toughest challenge yet as the drama returns for a new series

BBC One's Merlin returns, with a thrilling two-part opener to the new series.

Merlin faces his toughest challenge yet when Morgana's blinkered determination threatens not only Arthur's future, but also the very balance of the world. With her magic stronger than ever, the sorceress summons the mighty Callieach to tear open the veil between the worlds.

Hellish creatures pour forth, killing all who succumb to their touch. With Uther a shadow of his former self, it falls to Arthur and his loyal knights, including Lancelot, to protect the kingdom.

But it will take more than just swords to vanquish their enemy and Merlin is shocked to the core when he discovers the only way to restore the equilibrium requires a sacrifice of unimaginable proportions...

Colin Morgan plays Merlin, Katie McGrath plays Morgana, Bradley James plays Arthur, Gemma Jones plays Callieach, Anthony Head plays Uther and Santiago Cabrera plays Lancelot.

Merlin guests on BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning at 8:30am : Colin Morgan (Merlin), Katie McGrath (Morgana), Rupert Young (Sir Leon), Eoin Macken (Sir Gwaine), Adetomiwa Edun (Sir Elyan), & Tom Hopper (Sir Percival)





Catherine Moor works for the BBC and had this to say when asked who will be on BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM

The LONG Merlin Series 4 clip! + the other 2 clips. 7 versions of official Merlin S4 trailers. BBC News "On the set with Merlin Cast & Crew." All = SPOILERS!!!

Newest LONGEST clip of Merlin Series 4


The clip shown at "Something for the Weekend"


The clip shown at "The One Show"


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MERLIN SERIES 4 TRAILERS 1-7

#1 LONGEST 2 MIN TRAILER!!! posted on Merlin Official's facebook page


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#5 (just the short Merlin S4 part of the Original BBC British Drama trailer)


#6 (BBC short trailer: villains)


#7 (very first official Merlin S4 trailer)


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BBC News: "On the set with Merlin Cast & Crew"  September 2011


BBC Breakfast on the set of Merlin aired 1 October 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

On set with Merlin cast & crew, by BBC News. SPOILERS!


video posted by BJsRealm on YouTube

Merlin Series 4 DVD extras announced!


The DVD details for the fourth series of Merlin have been revealed, ahead of the show's return to BBC One this weekend.
'The Darkest Hour' airs at 7.50pm on Saturday 1st October.
Series 4 Volume 2 and the Complete Series 4 boxset will be released on Monday 23rd January 2012.
See what's included in the DVD Box-set on CultBox's site!

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Unfortunately for Americans & Canadians, here are the only destinations eligable for delivery of Merlin Series 4 DVD from Amazon: 
UK, 
Eligible European Destinations (Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Andorra, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Vatican city and Poland.)

Other Eligible International Destinations
(Australia, India, New Zealand and South Africa.)



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Americans & Canadians still can't get Series 3 on DVD with the correct Region 1 code: 
You can order a set of Region 2 Merlin Season 3 DVDs if U have a multi-region DVD player or just want to watch it on your computer (most DVD-roms should be multi-region, if not, you can download a free DVD decrypter and open it when you put the DVD in).. amazon.com/Merlin-Complete-Third-Region-2

Katie McGrath (Morgana) & John Hurt (voice of Dragon) will star in series 'Labyrinth'

The Hollywood Reporter

Game of Thrones' Emun Elliott, John Hurt to Star in Labyrinth Miniseries


The four-hour adaptation of the Kate Mosse best-seller also features "Merlin's" Katie McGrath and "Captain America’s" Sebastian Stan.

BERLIN– John Hurt has signed on to star in the three-part mini-series Labyrinth, an adventure thriller based on the best-seller by Kate Mosse.
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Christopher Smith (Black Death) is directing the mini, which also stars Sebastian Stan of Captain America fame,Katie McGrath (Morgana in Syfy’s Merlin) and Emun Elliott of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Other cast members include British thesps Janet Suzman (Nicholas and Alexandria), Jessica Brown-Findlay (Downton Abbey) andVanessa Kirby (The Hour) and Italian actress Claudia Gerini (The Passion of the Christ).
Germany’s Tandem Communications and Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Films, the team behind the multi-Emmy nominated The Pillars of the Earth, are producing Labyrinthtogether with Film Afrika Worldwide and in association with Universal Production Partners as a German-South Africa co-production. Tandem co-head Tim Halkin and Ridley Scott and Liza Marshall of Scott Free are executive producing.
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Shooting kicks off in southern France Oct.10 before moving to South Africa.
Writer Adrian Hodges (Primeval) has adapted Mosse’s adventure story which jumps between modern and Medieval France and centres on a search for the holy grail. Delivery is set for late summer 2012.
Tandem is selling Labyrinth worldwide and will be shopping the title to channels at the MIPCOM confab next week. Germany’s Sat.1, Channel Four in the U.K., France’s M6, Spain’s Quatro and ORF in Austria have pre-bought the show, with NBC Universal Home Entertainment and Koch Media taking certain home entertainment rights.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Angel Coulby VIDEO: discusses return of Merlin, by Digital Spy


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'Merlin' Angel Coulby interview: 'Expect some dark moments'

Wednesday, September 28 2011, 10:30am EDT Add comment
By Morgan Jeffery, TV Reporter and Chris Allen, Production Manager


Gwen
© BBC Pictures
Merlin returns to BBC One this Saturday night, and Digital Spy is happy to see it back! To celebrate the show's return, we caught up with a number of the cast to find out what we can expect from the fantasy drama's fourth series.

To kick things off, we spoke to Angel Coulby (Gwen) who told us all about her character's new role in Camelot, "big developments" in the Arthur / Gwen romance and how the return of Lancelot (Santiago Cabrera) throws "a bit of a spanner in the works"!

Merlin: Ten teasers about the series four premiere

Merlin airs this Saturday at 7.50pm on BBC One. Keep an eye out later this week for video chats with Colin Morgan (Merlin) and Katie McGrath (Morgana).

Watch Angel Coulby discuss the return of Merlin below:



Bradley James interview by Sunday Murcury.net


After a hard day on the set of Merlin, Bradley James loves nothing more than simply getting out of his armour.
"That's the best part of my day," jokes the 27-year-old who plays king-in-waiting Arthur.
"It means I start floating round the room and have this light feeling in my shoulders, which I haven't experienced since six o'clock in the morning. As cool as it looks, I'm always happy when it goes."
During the past three years, James and his co-star Colin Morgan, who plays Merlin, have become as much a part of BBC Saturday night television as Len Goodman and
Bruno Tonioli on Strictly Come Dancing, and they're now back for a fourth series of the wizarding drama, which is set to be the darkest yet.
"Effectively, our audience is growing up," says James, whose dark blond hair and heroic good looks have brought him many female fans over the years.
"People who were 12 when we first started are now 15. And 16-year-olds are coming to the end of their teens, so it allows you to push those boundaries and also to develop the characters. We're really just dipping a toe in the water of the darkness of the actual
Arthurian legend, because of our time slot.
"The legends are incredibly dark, quite twisted and messed up, so we're pushing to do justice to the stories."
The end of series three saw King Uther Pendragon's illegitimate daughter Morgana (Katie McGrath) crowned Queen of Camelot and then dethroned by Arthur and his army, while Uther (Anthony Head) lapsed into mental illness.
In series four, the Knights of Camelot become a fixture and Arthur starts acting more like the king he's destined to become.
"The eyes of the kingdom are looking to Arthur for everything. He's become the stand-in leader, while Uther hopefully sorts himself out," says James.
When Merlin first started, Arthur was the antithesis of a heroic noble king, explains James: "So the first four episodes are very big, because he's tested in that role and put under stressful situations any leader would have to face."
The actor's clearly delighted with the way his role's developed.
"When you're working on a show a few series in, the challenge is to keep it fresh. Bold scenes and storylines help do that."
James is chatting during a short break from filming in Cardiff, where he's having a rare day in the studio, and is as polite and courteous as you'd expect someone playing a knight to be.
"We've been all over the place. Yesterday we started in the studio, went to film in some forests around the corner and then made this dash an hour up the road to the Brecon Beacons."
The jousting and castle scenes are all shot on location in France, he explains, but for "safety reasons" James doesn't do any actual jousting - a fact which might disappoint some of his waiting fans.
"They seem to know our movements even better than we do," he jokes. "They turn up at a moment's notice."
Merlin has gained quite a big following across the pond and this summer, the cast flew to San Diego for the second year running, to attend pop culture convention Comic-Con.
Devon-born James was intrigued to see how American fans differ from those back home: "There's a lack of cynicism out there, they take their appreciation for that world very seriously.
"Over here, there's always a bit of holding yourself back, it's the British way."
Having attained pin-up status from the show, James has also become used to the odd fan moment: "There's one thing that's happened and I'm a little bit nervous of letting the story come out, just in case I encourage others to do it...
"What I will say is there have been quite a few strange moments in my life, created by the fact that I do a show called Merlin."
He's certainly recognised in the street more: "I get a lot of those 'did I go to school with you?' looks. It's all part of a very flattering element to the job, and it's very nice when people come and say they enjoy your work."
At Comic-Con it was announced the show had been recommissioned for a fifth series. James puts its continued success down to its careful reworking of the Arthurian legends.
"We can all relate to the morals of the story - it doesn't matter where you're from. What Arthur was trying to achieve and instil in his knights has inspired many people.
"What we've done is taken that material and told the story in a way that allows an audience to sit down on a Saturday night and escape."

Digital Spy's 'Merlin': 10 teasers about the series four premiere

Digital Spy

'Merlin': Ten teasers about the series four premiere

Wednesday, September 28 2011, 4:24am EDT4
By Morgan Jeffery, TV Reporter
Sir Leon, Elyan, Merlin, Prince Arthur, Percival
© BBC Pictures
There's a bumper weekend in store for cult and sci-fi fans - Doctor Who might be coming to an end, but Merlin is back on the very same night! The fantasy drama returns this Saturday with 'The Darkest Hour' - the first installment of a thrilling two-part adventure.

A year after Morgana (Katie McGrath)'s betrayal, Uther (Anthony Head) is a broken man and Arthur (Bradley James) has stepped up as Camelot's ruler. But as dark forces threaten to overwhelm the kingdom, the prince faces his greatest challenge yet, while Merlin (Colin Morgan) finds himself powerless to intervene!

Merlin returns: The fourth series premiere in pictures

Check out Digital Spy's ten teasers for the return of Merlin below:

1. "It's not something you can chase or something you can kill."

2. With a new series comes a revamped title sequence - it's still in the style of the old one, but you'll notice a few additions.

3. "His heart is ****** and his spirit is ****."

4. There's some obligatory shirtless Arthur action - for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing.

5. "I'm sure a man of your talents can think of something."

6. The Knights of Camelot are not above a little mischief.

7. "He is your ******* and he is your ****."

8. Morgana suffers from some rather troubling visions...

9. "I always thought if things had've been different, we'd have been good friends."

10. Camelot comes under siege once again, but this time Merlin's magic may not be enough to save it.