This show is so creative and inspiring. the actors took Merlin to a new level with romance and action. I recommend this show to anyone....Bradley James and Angel Coulby bring this show to an entirely new level with the romance between a king to be and a servant girl. The love between them is enough to get a person hooked on this show as I am.

Gwen is accidentally mistaken for Morgana and becomes kidnapped by Hengist, a savage outlaw. Uther refuses to pay any money for her return, so Arthur enters Hengist's territory with Merlin in tow to rescue her. But Arthur is not alone, as he finds that Lancelot is also out to save her.

BBC chose the best cast for the show. Each cast member gives their role it's own presence. One of my top favorite shows. The producers show great knowledge of the Arthurian legend. I also think that the producers are ingenious for making Arthur and Merlin about the same age. I especially like how they have Arthur truly care about Merlin and have Arthur rarely show it.

Unless one likes to nit-pick about a few details, the era of Camelot springs to life in this series. From the beginning, the characters are believable and lovable. The costuming and sets are quite decent, but it's the story lines that weave the magic bringing in characters that make the viewer escape to another era and believe this is how it might have been. Plus the humor and action abound enough to satisfy someone who may not be a fan of the time period.
This show is creative, smart and intriguing. A must see if wanting something a bit out the norm.

I love this series has every thing you need, drama, romance (theres not to much of it) theres lots of action I especially love the evil Morgana in this series and they are portraying the Arthurian legends well in this series but there have not yet had Morgana and merlin in a romance with they are in the real Arthurian legends. Merlin series also m,entions Mordred who really kills Arthur in the legends, and Morgana finding out that she has magic in the series and becoming evil, over all there is 3 seasons so far and they are continuing season 4 in a year or so BBC shows are awesome.

I love this programme very much and i hear that it is returning for a 3rd series! very entertaining and can be quite funny at times and perhaps abit cheesy but those are some of the aspects that make it sooo good :) Arthur is very arrogant before and a short while after he meets merlin and still is a little bit but merlin has helped bring out the true prince in him. I hate it when morganna does that evil smile ALL the time! i mean, it was kinda cute at first but then just got really annoying! This programme and others like really get me thinking if this kind of stuff actually really happened. Thats why i like history, its the mystery of it! Brilliant says it all - very good acting and directing! I would give a 4.4/5 but since i cant, im going to have to give it a well deserved 4.

I would like to correct my older review. I said something about this series returning for a 3rd but i actually meant 4th :) I would also like to add that the acting is a little cheesy most times but it actually works for this show, but there are some people who criticise this show for it but i also think that the writers are brave for making it what it is. The writers must have knew that it was a cheesy script and that would gain bad reception for it but again, thats a reason why i love it!