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Merlin

Young Merlin (Colin Morgan) is a teenager, discovering and then learning to master his magical gift. Magister Gaius (Richard Wilson), King Uther Pendragon's (Anthony Head's) learned court physician to whom he's assigned as humble page, teaches him medicine, coaches his magical self-study, and warns him of Uther's strong aversion to magic. Merlin becomes squire to the noble but imprudent crown Prince, Arthur (Bradley James), whose fate is linked with Merlin.

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John Hurt
The Dragon
Colin Morgan
Merlin
Bradley James
Arthur

Season 5 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Arthur's Bane: Part One

Fri, Jan 4, 201343 mins

Arthur has been king for three years without incident, but now an expedition north to the land of Ismere, led by Gwaine and Percival, is captured by Morgana and fellow sorcerer Ruadan and set to work in the mines to locate a mystical key. A search party headed by Arthur and Merlin goes after them, coming upon a village whose inhabitants have been massacred, A dying Druid warns Merlin of Arthur's bane - a battle where the young king will be slain. Ruadan's daughter Sefa is a spy working as Guinevere's maid, who warns her father of Arthur's army heading for Ismere through the lands of his ally Queen Annis. The group is thereby ambushed and Merlin and Arthur captured by Mordred, whom Merlin recognizes from the prophecy as being Arthur's killer.

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Awards

  • 2009 - VES Award - Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial - nominated
  • 2009 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Interactivity - nominated
  • 2009 - TV Quick Award - Best New Drama - winner
  • 2010 - TV Quick Award - Best Family Drama - nominated

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