Updates 21 Aug: Guest star tweet, Eoin Macken tweets, Richard Wilson, and more
Merlin
Filming
■ New guest star tweets about filming with a cast member
[Casting spoiler - click to read]
Third_Eye84: "@ErinRRichards I love that show! So awesome that you'll be on it. Hopefully you have some scenes with Katie McGrath, she is amazing."
ErinRRichards: "@Third_Eye84 we had a scene today and she was so so lovely. Amazing actress."
■ Justin Molotnikov is directing the 3 episodes in the closing block of S5 as well as 3 episodes of the opening block, according to his CV. (via
Ruther2)
Airing schedules
■ AXN Czech Republic is airing Series 4 daily at 10:55 (replay) & 17:20 (new ep, currently 4.06 'A Servant of Two Masters'); their schedule page is at this link. Fans in the Czech Republic can rewatch aired episodes from S1 and S4 on the channel's website. Thanks to
merlinczechfan for the heads up.
■ AXN Poland is running similar programming, airing Series 4 daily at 9:00 (replay) & 16:00 (new ep, currently 4.09 'Lancelot du Lac'). Fans in Poland can also rewatch the episodes on the AXN website. Thanks to
mcatherine_art for the head up!
■ According to CultBox, Radio Times has confirmed the premiere of Doctor Who Series 7 on 1 September at 19:20. Again, this does not discount the possibility of Merlin starting on 29 September, but we'll have to wait yet for official announcements.
SDCC articles
■ SciFiPulse has an article based on the 15 August SciFiNow article with Colin talking about Merlin's magic in S5.
■ Cultfix and Digital Spy have articles based on the 21 August SFX article with the producers talking about Merlin and Game of Thrones.
Merlin horses: Tweet from Green Field Valley Park in North Wales:
greenfieldvally: "Dolbadarn Horses here this Sunday as well as Coastal hawks. Yours chance to get into the #Merlin groove for when it returns in the autumn."
Eoin Macken
■ Tweet about Supanova:
kma80552: "@eoincmacken I hope we see it in Australia soon after. Do you have any news for us about Supanova in Aus this year? :-)"
eoincmacken: "@kma80552 should be attending hopefully ...:-)"
■ Tweet about S5 premiere date:
lawpaj: "@eoincmacken do you know when merlin is back on? My little girl Aimee is a huge fan and loves you to bits!!! xxx"
eoincmacken: "@lawpaj I think it starts in England in late late September....I think.,,give or take a few weeks..:-)"
Richard Wilson
■ BBC Two's Antiques Road Trip will return on 3 September, Monday at 19:00, and on this premiere episode Richard will be reunited with his One Foot in the Grave co-star Annette Crosbie, who played in his wife Margaret in the show. They filmed the episode in June. Daily Record has two photos and more information on Richard's episode. (Also via ATV Today)
■ Nigel Richardson has a feature in The Telegraph about his road trip with Richard in 2009 for the BBC show Britain's Best Drives.
■ The Spectator has a photo of Richard with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and shadow chief secretary to the treasury Rachel Reeves trying out some cheese samples in an article about the UK government's debt.
John Hurt sighting by
19chrisavern79: "On a delivery today I met the actor john hurt #chuffed, very nice gentleman indeed."
Filming
■ New guest star tweets about filming with a cast member
[Casting spoiler - click to read]
Third_Eye84: "@ErinRRichards I love that show! So awesome that you'll be on it. Hopefully you have some scenes with Katie McGrath, she is amazing."
ErinRRichards: "@Third_Eye84 we had a scene today and she was so so lovely. Amazing actress."
■ Justin Molotnikov is directing the 3 episodes in the closing block of S5 as well as 3 episodes of the opening block, according to his CV. (via
Ruther2)
Airing schedules
■ AXN Czech Republic is airing Series 4 daily at 10:55 (replay) & 17:20 (new ep, currently 4.06 'A Servant of Two Masters'); their schedule page is at this link. Fans in the Czech Republic can rewatch aired episodes from S1 and S4 on the channel's website. Thanks to
merlinczechfan for the heads up.
■ AXN Poland is running similar programming, airing Series 4 daily at 9:00 (replay) & 16:00 (new ep, currently 4.09 'Lancelot du Lac'). Fans in Poland can also rewatch the episodes on the AXN website. Thanks to
mcatherine_art for the head up!
■ According to CultBox, Radio Times has confirmed the premiere of Doctor Who Series 7 on 1 September at 19:20. Again, this does not discount the possibility of Merlin starting on 29 September, but we'll have to wait yet for official announcements.
SDCC articles
■ SciFiPulse has an article based on the 15 August SciFiNow article with Colin talking about Merlin's magic in S5.
■ Cultfix and Digital Spy have articles based on the 21 August SFX article with the producers talking about Merlin and Game of Thrones.
Merlin horses: Tweet from Green Field Valley Park in North Wales:
greenfieldvally: "Dolbadarn Horses here this Sunday as well as Coastal hawks. Yours chance to get into the #Merlin groove for when it returns in the autumn."
Eoin Macken
■ Tweet about Supanova:
kma80552: "@eoincmacken I hope we see it in Australia soon after. Do you have any news for us about Supanova in Aus this year? :-)"
eoincmacken: "@kma80552 should be attending hopefully ...:-)"
■ Tweet about S5 premiere date:
lawpaj: "@eoincmacken do you know when merlin is back on? My little girl Aimee is a huge fan and loves you to bits!!! xxx"
eoincmacken: "@lawpaj I think it starts in England in late late September....I think.,,give or take a few weeks..:-)"
Richard Wilson
■ BBC Two's Antiques Road Trip will return on 3 September, Monday at 19:00, and on this premiere episode Richard will be reunited with his One Foot in the Grave co-star Annette Crosbie, who played in his wife Margaret in the show. They filmed the episode in June. Daily Record has two photos and more information on Richard's episode. (Also via ATV Today)
■ Nigel Richardson has a feature in The Telegraph about his road trip with Richard in 2009 for the BBC show Britain's Best Drives.
■ The Spectator has a photo of Richard with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and shadow chief secretary to the treasury Rachel Reeves trying out some cheese samples in an article about the UK government's debt.
John Hurt sighting by
19chrisavern79: "On a delivery today I met the actor john hurt #chuffed, very nice gentleman indeed."