Merlin

About Merlin

The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.

Merlin is an action-adventure, science fiction, and fantasy series made for BBC One. Colin Morgan leads the cast as Merlin, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon, and Katie McGrath as Morgana.

Its 5 seasons and 65 episodes were broadcast from September 2008 to December 2012. That is around 13 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under dragon, royal family, wizard, and knight. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Britbox Apple TV channel. It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 1,208 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-PG rating.

Dungeons & Dragons, The Colour of Magic, and Legend of Earthsea make useful companions to Merlin, all filed under fantasy world and magic.