Merlin (TV series)

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Merlin
Genre	Drama
Starring	Bradley James Colin Morgan Anthony Head Katie McGrath Richard Wilson Angel Coulby
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
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Merlin is a forthcoming British television drama series, currently in production as of April 2008.^[1] It is based around the legends of the mythical wizard Merlin and his relationship with King Arthur. Produced by independent production company Shine Limited for BBC Television, the series is designed to run in the same BBC One Saturday evening family drama slot as series such as Doctor Who and Robin Hood.

The programme will star Colin Morgan as Merlin, with Bradley James as King Arthur, Richard Wilson as Gaius and Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon. Consisting of an initial series of 13 episodes, it is currently due to be transmitted in the UK in the autumn of 2008.^[1]

The show became particularly notable in April 2008 when it was purchased by the NBC network in the United States, one of the so-called "big four" television networks in that country.^[2] It was the first British television series for many years to be purchased by a major television network in the US; usually British shows are broadcast on PBS or cable television stations there, with the main networks only purchasing the rights to remake US versions of foreign shows.^[2]