User blog comment:GianG/Merlin characters ages/@comment-5674726-20141116000448/@comment-24492510-20141116152238

"Which interview? Could you post a link, please? 

Four days ago, I saw many interviews about Merlin and in one of these, it was said that 8 months passed between Season 3 and Season 4. I'll try to recover the interview.

Gwen states at the beginning of The Darkest Hour, Part 1 that it has been a year since Morgana betrayed Arthur so canon is very clear on the subject."

Gwen didn't say: "it has been a year since Arthur discovered Morgana betrayed him", but she said " it has been a year since Morgana betrayed Arthur". It is clear that a series lasts at least 3 months... (3 months + 8 months = 11 months). Therefore, I thought that it is reliable that 8 months passed between Series Three and Series Four.

"I'd dispute that. In Series Four, Arthur's birthday takes place in the third episode, with the first two set at Samhain, and in the days that follow. The second to last episode begins at Beltane, 30 April/1 May. It is unlikely that the events of the 3rd to 11th episodes took place over a period of less than six weeks. I'd say that it is more probable that Arthur was born in late November/early December.

Weatherwise, I am convinced that Camelot the musical had the right idea about there being special laws to keep the weather good all year."

You can notice that in the 1st and in the 2nd episode, the weather was not good, while in all the other episodes the weather was very good! There are multiples episodes, where the weather was not good (especially in Series Two, that was placed in Autumn), therefore I assumed that at least 3 months passed between the 2nd episode and the 3rd episode.

PS: Do you know what is a Personnel Article?