[ direct link] This 2:25 Picardie news report about the last filming block at Pierrefonds aired on France3 Pluzz on September 14th. Pluzz talked to two fans, the manager of Pierrefonds castle, a French extra and the French production director about rumours S5 may be the last Merlin series or that at least filming in Pierrefonds came to an end.
Many thanks and a special merci to oriane_34w4 for providing a French transcript of the clip. I translated the transcript for the English subtitles, any and all translation mistakes are mine.
Le tournage de la seconde session de Merlin saison 5 s’est donc achevé ce jeudi soir à l’issue de 3 jours de tournage intenses autour d’un verre sous les tentes cantine transformées pour l’occasion en dancefloor. Malgré la très courte période à Pierrefonds, les fans sont venus en nombre, et France 3 Picardie a eu le temps de faire un petit sujet dont voici le lien:
pluzz.fr/jt-19-20-picardie-2012-09-14-18h59.html
Évidemment on ne risquait pas de m’y voir, étant un peu beaucoup occupé au bureau pour organiser la logistique de cette grosse machine arrivant le lundi et repartant le vendredi de la même semaine.
[English translation]Filming Merlin5 - end of season in France Posted September 16, 2012
The filming of the second session of Merlin season 5 was closed this Thursday evening after three days of intense shooting with a drink in the canteen tent that transformed into a dancefloor for the occasion . Despite the very short period in Pierrefonds, fans came in numbers, and France 3 Picardie had time to make a little topic here is the link:
pluzz.fr/jt-19-20-picardie-2012-09-14-18h59.html
Obviously you couldn't see me [in the clip] as I was very busy at work and had to organize the logistics of this big machine arriving on Monday and departing on Friday of the same week.