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Merlin

Merlin

2008 - 2012
Drama, Fantasy
TV Series
45m
Young Merlin is a teenager, discovering and then learning to master his magical gift. Magister Gaius, King Uther Pendragon's learned court physician to whom he's assigned as humble page, teaches him medicine, coaches his magical self-study, and warns him of Uther's strong aversion to magic. Merlin becomes squire to the noble but imprudent crown prince, Arthur, whose fate is linked with Merlin. (imdb)

Created by:

Julian Jones
Julian-Jones
6 total credits
Julian Jones has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, How William Shatner Changed the World, Rise of the Nazis and The Furies
,
Johnny Capps
Johnny-Capps
3 total credits
Johnny Capps has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, Atlantis and Demons
,
Jake Michie
Jake-Michie
1 total credit
Jake Michie has just 1 credit at Criticker: Merlin
,
Julian Murphy
Julian-Murphy
3 total credits
Julian Murphy has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, Atlantis and Demons

Starring:

John Hurt
John-Hurt
139 total credits
John Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place; Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal and Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York. Recognizable for his distinctive rich voice, he has also enjoyed a successful voice acting career, starring in films such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings ... (Wikipedia)
,
Liam Cunningham
Liam-Cunningham
56 total credits
Liam Cunningham has 56 credits at Criticker, including: Rick and Morty, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Hunger, War Horse and First Knight
,
Anthony Head
Anthony-Head
49 total credits
Anthony Head has 49 credits at Criticker, including: The Iron Lady, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Repo! The Genetic Opera
,
Richard Wilson
Richard-Wilson
12 total credits
Richard Wilson has 12 credits at Criticker, including: The Man Who Knew Too Little, Merlin, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, One Foot in the Grave and Work in Progress
,
Katie McGrath
Katie-McGrath
12 total credits
Katie McGrath has 12 credits at Criticker, including: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Merlin, Supergirl, Dracula and Freakdog
,
Colin Morgan
Colin-Morgan
19 total credits
Colin Morgan has 19 credits at Criticker, including: The Fall, Merlin, Humans, Corsage and The Happy Prince
,
Bradley James
Bradley-James-b
6 total credits
Bradley James has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Underworld: Blood Wars, Merlin, Fast Girls, Damien and The Liberator
,
Angel Coulby
Angel-Coulby
5 total credits
Angel Coulby has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, The Tunnel, Suspicion, Dancing On The Edge and Vincent

Genres:

Drama, Fantasy, Adventure

Country:

UK

Languages:

English, Old English

Merlin

2008 - 2012
Drama, Fantasy
TV Series
45m
Avg Percentile 50.09% from 338 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(338)
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Rated 01 Nov 2020
82
50th
Applies the Smallville formula to Arthurian legend with middling results. Bland but watchable pap.
Rated 23 Sep 2015
4
23rd
This show drove me insane. Made me straight up mad. It was so promising, could have been so good, but it went nowhere. I wanted to love it so much, but instead I waited season after season for the good stuff and it never came.
Rated 29 Dec 2021
85
58th
enjoyed it overall.. i watched it weekly as it aired. but it lost it's way towards the later seasons. had a lot of potential but not much happens
Rated 01 Jun 2025
85
22nd
I love it so much but I don't know if there is an other show that devastated and made me mad more. It has so much potential but ends abruptly. We have great characters and storylines but they don't really flesh them out, sometimes they are really inconsistent but it is still everything.
Rated 25 Feb 2024
100
93rd
The story revolves around the friendship between Merlin and Arthur; beautifully and considerately written with character arcs that overlap with the show's over-arching plot. Comes to a beautiful conclusion. One of my favorite shows of all time, and has some of the most genuine on and off-screen chemistry I've seen.
Rated 18 Jan 2023
85
74th
It honestly never gets old, even after rewatching it multiple times since it came out. It manages to be funny and witty while also having heartbreaking moments at just the right times. Overall enjoyable to watch.
Rated 15 Nov 2021
23
15th
Continuing the trend of making everyone in the media younger and more pudding-faced symmetrical, this cast and script are listless and anemic.
Rated 23 Sep 2021
78
53rd
I would have loved this series 40 years ago. Generally good fun aimed at a young audience, but would've been better if the Arthur-Merlin bromance had emerged a bit from the shadows. Maybe Morgan and James could do an adult version... (PS: Merlin's summoning the dragon is almost audio-erotic.] EJ 36, IF 32
Rated 22 Oct 2020
50
23rd
Season 1: 50
Rated 17 Jul 2020
100
0th
A year after watching this show I still get urges to see it. I literally joined this site just to find similar shows fml
Rated 01 May 2020
45
46th
worth a watch
Rated 26 Apr 2020
67
16th
watched only first season...ok
Rated 22 Mar 2018
53
32nd
The stories get a little more interesting in the later seasons, but it usually turns down interesting in favor of safe. There are a few stand-out episodes and a fair number of sweet little moments that kept me interested. Teenaged Merlin disguising himself as a grouchy old wizard? Classic.
Rated 22 Feb 2016
20
2nd
So annoying. This show is completely unwilling to let ANYTHING happen for fear of disrupting its tired monster of the week format. It's awful, worse even than the BBC Robin Hood show that came before it and seems to influence it structurally so much.
Rated 13 Sep 2015
1
20th
Perhaps unfair of me to rate this but the little I saw was awful. Wiki says it was conceived as an Arthurian Smallville, I think that's shit too.
Rated 12 Sep 2015
15
11th
Awful BBC prime time drivel. The acting, writing, effects, storytelling are all monotone boredom at its apex.

Cast & Info

Created by:

Julian Jones
Julian-Jones
6 total credits
Julian Jones has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, How William Shatner Changed the World, Rise of the Nazis and The Furies
,
Johnny Capps
Johnny-Capps
3 total credits
Johnny Capps has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, Atlantis and Demons
,
Jake Michie
Jake-Michie
1 total credit
Jake Michie has just 1 credit at Criticker: Merlin
,
Julian Murphy
Julian-Murphy
3 total credits
Julian Murphy has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, Atlantis and Demons

Starring:

John Hurt
John-Hurt
139 total credits
John Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place; Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal and Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York. Recognizable for his distinctive rich voice, he has also enjoyed a successful voice acting career, starring in films such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings ... (Wikipedia)
,
Liam Cunningham
Liam-Cunningham
56 total credits
Liam Cunningham has 56 credits at Criticker, including: Rick and Morty, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Hunger, War Horse and First Knight
,
Anthony Head
Anthony-Head
49 total credits
Anthony Head has 49 credits at Criticker, including: The Iron Lady, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Repo! The Genetic Opera
,
Richard Wilson
Richard-Wilson
12 total credits
Richard Wilson has 12 credits at Criticker, including: The Man Who Knew Too Little, Merlin, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, One Foot in the Grave and Work in Progress
,
Katie McGrath
Katie-McGrath
12 total credits
Katie McGrath has 12 credits at Criticker, including: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Merlin, Supergirl, Dracula and Freakdog
,
Colin Morgan
Colin-Morgan
19 total credits
Colin Morgan has 19 credits at Criticker, including: The Fall, Merlin, Humans, Corsage and The Happy Prince
,
Bradley James
Bradley-James-b
6 total credits
Bradley James has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Underworld: Blood Wars, Merlin, Fast Girls, Damien and The Liberator
,
Angel Coulby
Angel-Coulby
5 total credits
Angel Coulby has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Merlin, The Tunnel, Suspicion, Dancing On The Edge and Vincent

Genres:

Drama, Fantasy, Adventure

Country:

UK

Languages:

English, Old English
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