BBC Merlin

The new Merlin series is moderately watchable as family entertainmnt but doesn't look like it will be a classic version of the legend. The whole idea of making the cast into squabbling teenagers is obviously aimed at a family audience and draws on Harry Potter. It would have bn more interesting if they could have turned it into a fight between Christianity and Paganism because of the series premise that magic is illegal but obviously such a serious motif was not in keeping with the idea of the series

BBC - Merlin - Keep the magic secret.

However the BBC2 Wales documentary summarized here Merlin - The Legend was fairly good summary of the legend besides deciding to drag in the Nazis for no reason. Why ? The Nazi's were fascinated by Arthurian legend but it was the knights they idolized not Merlin as far as I am aware. It was filmed in Caerleon and in Carmarthen. It fautd Dr Juliette Wood who recently wrote a new book on the Grail.