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SFX's February 2012 issue (#217) contains a review of the S4 Vol. 1 DVD set, reviews of episodes 4.05 to 4.07, and a mention of Merlin among TV shows to watch while staying in over the holidays.

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♦ Final rating for 4.05 ('His Father's Son') is 7.40m (26.7%) according to DMN at Digital Spy Forum. This is the third highest ever final rating of the show, after Episode 3.13 ('The Coming of Arthur - Part 2') with 7.67m and Episode 3.11 ('The Sorcerer's Shadow') with 7.42m.
♦ More reviews for 'A Servant Of Two Masters' (added to review post) ( Read more... )

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♦ On merlinlocations, pakafe has several posts about locations used in episodes 3.08 (The Eye of the Phoenix ), opening of S3, 4.01, 4.02, and 4.05, with photos of the actual location and episode screen shots for comparison.
♦ BBC Shop has some discounted Merlin items in line with their "Magical Merlin Gifts" for the holiday season

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♦ The overall rating for 'Aithusa' is 6.96m (via BARB). For a summary of the ratings so far this series, check out the rating post here.
♦ Review by Den of Geek added to the review post.
♦ Merlin Official: Thank you everyone for your Superfan competition entries - they were brilliant! The competition is now closed but check back for ( Read more... )

Merlin: More reviews for episode 4.05 (also added to review post): Dan's Media Digest | Daemon's TV | Dork Adore | Critictoo | Digital Fix | Sci-Fi Pulse


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'His Father's Son' scored the highest overnight rating of any Merlin episode in this series so far, with 5.9 million viewers, up 400k from last week. It was the third-highest rated show of the night and currently the most popular episode on BBC iPlayer as well. Check this post for a summary of ratings this series.

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♦ Episode 4.05 reviews by SFX and Simply TV have been added to the 4.05 reviews post
♦ merlinlocations has identified some filming sites used in Episode 4.05 at this post
♦ The Daily Mail has a fictional agony aunt letter from BBC Merlin's King Arthur, transcribed by shyfan1 at her journal

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