Series 4





Series 4 Info
Series 4 of Merlin will air in autumn 2011. Its air date is not yet known. The series was originally cut to ten episodes from the previous series' 13 due to financial issues. However, Johnny Capps revealed on 18 March 2011 that the show has been increased to its original 13 episodes, opening with a two-parter. Filming started in mid-March 2011 in Cardiff, Wales and Pierrefonds, France. This season is said to be darker and mature than the rest, with the other three having a few violent scenes, and this one having much more. Most characters will show a darker side to their personality. Colin Morgan has revealed that series 4 will air in September or October 2011. The offical tagline for the fourth series is: The Darkest Hour Is Just Before The Dawn.

Trailers/Previews

 * Official Sneek Peek : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abYVy0eeATk
 * Official Trailer shown at Comic-Con: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjVsDiHbS64
 * Offical Poster from Comic-Con:here.

Confirmed Facts

 * The series will open with a two parter called Revival of the Witch.
 * Revival of the Witch will take place a year after the events of The Coming of Arthur.
 * Nathaniel Parker will play Arthur 's uncle Agravaine.
 * Arthur will become either King or Prince Regent.
 * Morgana will return.
 * Gwen and Arthur will get married.
 * Morgause will be brought back by Morgana and thus return.
 * Merlin will be injured and perhaps lose his powers.
 * Excalibur will make an appearance.
 * Merlin will show a darker and damaged side to his personality.
 * Merlin is badly injured and Arthur defies Leon to save him.
 * Merlin will disguise as Dragoon the Great (Old Merlin) again.
 * Gwen has been looking after the King during the period of time between the series.
 * A sword will be burned near the start of the series.
 * Entertainers arrive in Camelot.
 * There will be more Knights of the Round Table.
 * Agravaine will be the new enemy within the walls of Camelot.
 * Merlin will try to discover his destiny as Emrys, and will find out there are massive reasons why he can't reveal his magic.
 * Morgause and Morgana will start looking for Emrys, unaware that he is Merlin.
 * Merlin will somehow be stripped of his powers (possibly temporarily).
 * Lancelot has a major role in Revival of the Witch.
 * The Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot love triangle will be a major plot line.
 * Lancelot will be declared dead, which causes mourning among Merlin, Arthur, the knights and especially Gwen..
 * There will be more stories about Uther's past.
 * Arthur and Gwen get engaged.
 * The way Lancelot is portrayed may be substantially different from the legends.
 * Morgana's magic has finally become as powerful as Merlin's.
 * A battle for power will occur between Arthur and Uther.
 * Morgana becomes quite nomadic, moving from one place to another, she also becomes more powerful than Morgause.
 * Morgana gets to blast a guy against a wall.
 * Lancelot will meet the Great Dragon.
 * Grettir will make an appearance.
 * The Isle of the Blessed will reappear.
 * Gwen will learn about Merlins powers.
 * Gilli will return and form an alliance with Agravaine.
 * Hunith will return.
 * Morgana will find out Merlin's secret and injure him, to prevent Merlin protecting Arthur and the King.
 * Agravaine will be the enemy of the future queen.
 * Merlin and Gwen will go on a mission together and their friendship will be explored this series.
 * Gwen and Lancelot may be under a love enchantment, causing a fight between Lancelot and Arthur. In the official trailer, Guinevere is shown to be wearing a suspicious bracelet, while kissing Lancelot. What is more Lancelot has a suspicious behavior, since he attacks Arthur. The most possible is that Agravaine has put a spell on them with Gilli's help causing a fight and trouble.
 * Agravaine, as the Uncle of Arthur and brother of Ygraine, also lays a claim to the throne.
 * Merlin finds his true place at the Camelot Court.
 * Merlin will have a new reason to hide his magic from Arthur.
 * Uther has had to face up to his past actions, and the repercussions will continue in this series.
 * Merlin finds his rightful place at the court of Camelot.
 * Merlin will reveal your secrets to someone who at this stage can not understand who he is and destroy it all.
 * Arthur will learn the truth of his birth again.
 * Lancelot and Gwen are caught kissing (shown in Merlin season 4 trailer) then Arthur and Lancelot start a battle (also seen in season 4 trailer) Lancelot is then captured by Arthur and burnt at the stake. (It's confirmed Lancelot is declared dead, how is unknown, another confirmed spoiler states that a main character is burnt at the stake, that could be Lancelot).
 * Agravaine arrives to the court as Arthur grows older and things happen for him and Agravaine becomes Arthur's problem as he is slightly controlling and plots to get the throne for himself.
 * The Great Dragon is back, in fact there's an episode that focuses solely on dragons and the future of the dragons.
 * Morgana has a paranoia of Emrys. She doesn't know who this is. She keeps having visions of an old man called Emrys. She doesn't know it's Merlin in the future. We get glimpses of the future, the genuine future, of what's to come right from the beginning.
 * Uther losing his mind.
 * Merlin is discovering more and more how lost he is and the he finds out, the more he loses. While everyone else is slotting into place, he finds himself wondering where he fits and he's never fitted in. When family ties and loyalty and royalty overrule friendship, that's a big blow to him. Throughout the series, Merlin's very much left in a limbo.
 * Uther is on a mental state that prevents him from ruling so Merlin gets the biggest chance that he's ever going to get, to set the future in the direction that he wants, the destiny that he is set to achieve. He wants to see magic return to the kingdom under the rule of Arthur.
 * Merlin is gonna struggle keeping his friendship with Arthur going on, but he is met with a wall and he's not sure how to deal with that.
 * The knights or the Round Table are back with a strong feel that they are a band coming together.
 * The big upset and the big fear that Merlin has is a reincarnation of Uther in Arthur: if there's any sign that Arthur is thinking like Uther's thinking, then he can never bring his magic to the fore. He can never get that kingdom he wants to have.

Rumours

 * Nimueh will be revived by Morgause and will return.
 * Freya will return. This is likely.
 * Morgana and Morgause will form an alliance with King Alined.
 * Morgana will have somewhat of a reluctant romance
 * Mordred will return.
 * Uther will die.
 * Gwaine will be the second knight out of The Knights of the Round Table to find out about Merlins secret.
 * Morgause kills Gaius.
 * Somebody is going to be burnt at the stake.
 * Sidhe's will appear.
 * Merlin will reveal his powers.
 * Avalon will reappear.
 * Arthurs mother Ygraine will appear (in a vision or flashback).
 * Cornelius Sigan's soul will possess another person.
 * Mordred and Arthur will meet again.
 * Something devastating will happen to Merlin.
 * Alice will return.
 * Gaius departs Camelot with Alice.
 * There will be a Morgana/Merlin kiss scene.
 * Mordred kills Uther.
 * Merlin meets Morgause at the Isle of the Blessed.

Main Cast

 * Colin Morgan as Merlin
 * Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon
 * Katie McGrath as Morgana Pendragon
 * Angel Coulby as Guinevere
 * Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon
 * Richard Wilson as Gaius

Cast to Reappear

 * Rupert Young as Leon
 * Emilia Fox as Morgause
 * John Hurt as the voice of Kilgharrah
 * David Schofield as Alined
 * Laura Donnelly as Freya
 * Santiago Cabrera as Lancelot
 * Tom Hopper as Percival
 * Adetomiwa Edun as Elyan
 * Eoin Macken as Gwaine
 * Caroline Faber as Hunith
 * Asa Butterfield as Mordred
 * Warwick Davis as Grettir
 * Harry Melling as Gilli
 * Michelle Ryan as Nimueh (implied on her BBC profile)
 * Alice Patten as Ygraine Pendragon
 * Georgia Moffett as Lady Vivian

New Cast

 * Phil Davis as The Gleeman
 * Nathaniel Parker as Agravaine
 * Charlenne MacKenna as Lamia
 * Hayley Bishop as Caelia
 * James Callis as TBA
 * Gemma Jones as The Cailleach (gatekeeper to the spirit world)
 * Lindsay Duncan as Queen Annis
 * Zee Asha as Audrey
 * Steven Hartley as King Carleon
 * Emma Tainton as Servant
 * Andrew Fowler as Knight of Camelot
 * Sarah Beck Mather as Vilia
 * Zig Byfield as Goron
 * Anya Beth-Davies as girl (one of the girls who gets saved by Vikings)