Merlin

Merlin commissioned for fifth series

TV Gossip

25 Jul 2011

'Merlin' has been renewed for a fifth season. The BBC One fantasy drama - focusing on the legendary wizard as a young man in Camelot - stars Colin Morgan as Merlin, Bradley James as Prince Arthur, Anthony Head as King Uther, Katie McGrath as Morgana…

Colin Morgan wants a more 'damaged' Merlin

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1 Apr 2011

Colin Morgan wants viewers to see a darker side to Merlin. The 25-year-old actor portrays the mythical wizard as a young man in the BBC TV series of the same name and revealed instead of his character hiding his emotions all the time, he would love…

Colin Morgan wants Bill Bailey for Merlin

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28 Mar 2011

Colin Morgan wants Bill Bailey to play his "crazy uncle" in 'Merlin'. The Northern Irish actor - who plays the title character in the BBC TV series based on the Arthurian legends of the mythical wizard- revealed as he can't work with his first…

Harry Potter star to appear in Merlin

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18 Nov 2010

Harry Melling is to guest star in 'Merlin'. The 'Harry Potter' actor - who played spoiled bully Dudley Dursley in the wizard franchise - is due to play Camelot newcomer Gilli in Saturday night's (20.11.10) installment of the BBC One drama. While…

Emilia Fox's terrifying disguise

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29 Oct 2010

Emilia Fox found her old woman disguise in 'Merlin' "terrifying". The 36-year-old actress - who is best known for her role as Dr. Nikki Alexander in BBC crime drama 'Silent Witness' - admitted being made up with prosthetics was not a pleasant…

Merlin

18 Sep 2008

DRAMA It would perhaps be unfair to describe this new BBC1 post-teatime ‘is it ok to let the kids watch?’ show as ‘Robin Hood meets Doctor Who’, but you can see what the schedulers were going for when they plopped this fresh take on the Arthurian…

Merlin ‘lived in Glasgow’, claims historian

28 Aug 2007

An amateur historian from Scotland claims the legendary wizard Merlin was from the Partick area of Glasgow - not Camelot as previously believed. Adam Ardrey spent six year researching Merlin for his new book Finding Merlin: The Truth Behind the…