Updates 22-29 Aug: S4 air dates in Europe; SDCC articles; cast sightings; Bradley school photo
Merlin
Two supporting artists (extras) have tweeted about taking part in the show this week.
ianchilditch Is it even worth going to bed?! 7am call time in South Wales. This is going to hurt [22 August]
ikayonline On the Merlin set today,filming in the middle of no where. Should be an exciting one. With @ianchilditch & @Allanmgill enjoy ur day guys.✊ [23 August]
ikayonline Off to the set Merlin with my boy @DaleSocialSnail have a grt day people's. Peace✌ [29 August]
[Guest star and filming location tweet]
Filming location tweets by
alawrobertson:
■ "#bbcwales filming #Merlin again in Fforest Fawr...caterers have left a right mess!"
■ "@ZZValleyGirl a lot of horses around a camp in this scene!"
S4 Airing Schedules - Italy, Poland and Sweden
burstintocolors @Merlin_net S4 finally starts in Italy on sept 10, everyday (except saturday and sunday) at 4:50 p.m. on "Italia 1" channel.
katiemfan @Merlin_net Swedish fans will be able to watch series 4 as it airs on SVT2 Saturdays at 6.15 pm starting from Sep 8th! http://www.svt.se/merlin
Merlin_net AXN Poland is also airing Merlin S4 daily at 9:00 (replay) & 16:00 (new ep) http://bit.ly/SNXiXP Thanks to @mcatherine_art for the head up!
SDCC
The TV Addict has a link to a 4.10 minute video of Angel during her previously seen SDCC round table interview, Comic Coin Quickie: Angel Coulby Teases Merlin Season Five.
The TV Addict also has a written article, Spoiler Alert: Colin Morgan and Angel Coulby Preview Merlin Season Five, which reiterates some of the earlier comments by Angel, Colin, Katie, Johnny and Julian, as seen in previous articles.
Dolbadarn Film Horses, the company that has supplied some of the horses used in Merlin, is selling Zoio, who was ridden by various cast members in S4 and S5. Photos of Bradley and Colin on Zoio are included in the ad. The official Dolbararn facebook page features a behind the scenes photo of the cast on some of their horses as their cover photo. They also feature some previously seen photos of the cast on their horses from S2 - S4 in their photo album.
Star Spotting - Bradley, Richard and Rupert
cmktaylor94 Bradley James... The guy who plays Arthur in merlin is in the pub. :D #SoSexy [26 August]
Andrew6MS Just seen Richard Wilson walking down The Strand wearing Nike Air Max. Was tempted to point at them shouting 'I don't believe it!!!!' [24 August]
MsLaura_T @RupertFYoung Hey. How are you? Passed you in town yest but you were on phone so didn't wanna interrupt. X [23 August]
Anthony Head will be appearing at Comic Con Wales on September 23rd, at Glyndwr University, Wrexham.
walescomiccon: "Do not miss out ona meeting with the legendary @AnthonySHead at @walescomiccon next month! #buffy #merlin #doctorwho #littlebritain"
Bradley James
TableKnight posted a photo of Bradley from his school days at Crown Point Elementary School, Jacksonville, Florida, to the Reddit site - My Wife Went to School with the Once and Future King. Although not specified, it is estimated Bradley is around 9-10 years of age in the picture (as he moved to Florida at age 9, and the school ends after grade 5/age 11).
The official Fast Girls facebook page has released a copy of the DVD cover, due for release on 8 October. The artwork is slightly different to that of the movie poster.
Katie McGrath
Caf-Powinc tumblr has posted a new S5 promotional picture of Morgana to their site (costume has previously been seen on other sites).
Joe.Ie featured Katie as their Woman of the Day, and included 6 photos that can be viewed as a slideshow.
Motion Graphics has released a 31 second trailer and some stills of the animated short film, Trid an Stoirn (Through the Storm) for which Katie has provided the voices of both Alice and the Banshee.
Rupert and Eoin provided a message for Merlin fans attending the FanExpo Canada (23-26 August). Should a copy of this become available, we'll post it to Merlin_Network.
ALilyPea Thanks to @eoincmacken & @RupertFYoung for the message to the fans at FanExpo Canada at the InnerSpace panel!
The Aljazeera blog has written about the increasing trend in online trolling, showing that some people confuse onscreen and online fantasy with reality. Merlin (show) was mentioned as an onscreen analogy. The BBC's Merlin series recently aired an episode about Camelot infiltrated by a disgusting troll whose sorcery transforms her into a beautiful, mature woman. Thus disguised, she seduces Arthur's father into marriage. The threat is spelled out for all of us in TV-land: if she gets her selfish way, young Arthur never gets to be the Once and Future King.