BBC Merlin Filming Locations

Merlin Meet Up 2015

2015-08-23T10:08:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

We celebrated Merlin and the Merlin Family with another Merlin Meet Up in Pierrefonds over the weekend of 15-16 August. Merlin Locations’ intrepid reporter Shell tells us all about it on the Merlin Locations website, supplemented with photos by her husband Robin.

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news re Colin and Rupert

2014-09-04T10:19:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

BFI London Film Festival | 14, 16, 17 October | whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff

Colin Morgan's film Testament of Youth will premiere at the festival, and he is listed as a guest. I don't have any further details, but I assume he would only attend the first of the three screenings. Tickets on sale to BFI Champions on 10 September, Members on 11 September, and the public on 18 September. Will post more details as/when available. (Thanks to Shell for the heads up!)

Also, Rupert Young to 'appear' in Half My Age Plus Seven | BBC Radio Scotland, radio pilot, comedy ?, ? release | source

Apparently Rupert is starring, along with Geraldine James and Belinda Stewart Wilson. Steven Canny, Exec Producer of Comedy in Scotland, tweeted about it, and it's written by Wendy Wason.

update: Colin Morgan to 'appear' as Newton Pulsifer in Good Omens based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | Radio 4, radio play, comedy apocalypse, December 2014 release, with six episodes broadcast across a week | bbc.co.uk, Twitter

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news and a rewatch

2014-08-27T00:06:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

I have just done a rewatch post on episode 105 Lancelot over on the website. Be warned that the post is image-heavy!

And for those of us in the UK: Colin Morgan is to narrate the documentary Addicts Symphony on Channel 4 at 11pm on Wednesday 27 August. Source: unitedvoices.tv, thanks to arthurmerlinfan.

ETA: Sheffield Film and Comic Con | 30-31 August | sheffieldfilmandcomiccon.com

Anthony Head is attending this con on both days. Autographs and photo shoots available for £15 a pop.

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Merlin locations used for Galavant on ABC this fall

2014-07-24T20:03:00Z

Posted by: archaeologist-d.livejournal.com

There's a new ABC tv series called Galavant and I was watching the trailer and just noticed so many Merlin locations. I always get excited about stuff like that! I was able to spot Caerphilly and Cosmeston Medieval Village and I'm sure I'm missing a lot. Anyway, it looks completely ridiculous. But in a good way.

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Shell goes to WizardCon!

2014-07-16T22:03:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

The awesome Shell attended WizardCon in Madrid last weekend, and has written up a report for the website. I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it, and seeing the photos! It looks like the Knights were in fine form. ♥

Click here for the report.

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Richard in Krapp's Last Tape

2014-07-05T23:12:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

So ... I saw Krapp's Last Tape twice today, and was intrigued! I've written up a report for the website, if you'd like to read it:
http://merlinlocations.com/2014/2878/

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#AskRichard

2014-07-04T21:32:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Richard is currently appearing in Krapp's Last Tape at the Crucible Theatre. They kindly hosted a Q&A with him today. And here's how it went!

crucibletheatre: We're here with Richard and ready to take your questions! #askrichard

merlinfanworld: Hey Richard, do you plan to guest on any conventions?

Richard: No plans at the moment.

suspectsnargles: What was the best part about working on Merlin?

Richard: The best part about Merlin was getting to know Paris really well & of course working with Colin Morgan was great fun.

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Merlin Meet Up 2014!

2014-07-04T20:55:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Merlin Meet Up, Pierrefonds | 16-17 August | twitter.com/Pierrefonds13

Join us in Pierrefonds for our second annual Merlin Meet Up! The village is holding a medieval fair, so there'll be lots to enjoy quite apart from meeting up with your fellow fans and reliving old memories. Read this post on the website for a full report on last year's Meet Up!

Thank you to Sarah for making it happen all over again!

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Ask Richard!

2014-06-30T16:22:00Z

Posted by: mrs-leary.livejournal.com

Hot on the heels of the lovely #AskBradley, we have the wonderful #AskRichard - with thanks to crucibletheatre, where Richard is currently starring in the one-man show Krapp's Last Tape. This is scheduled for 2:15pm on Friday 4 July.

Twitter notification here.

ETA: OMG check out that virile facial hair! ♥ I wish I had Mark Douet's job, I have to say... He's been snapping Rupert as well! :-)

P.S. My 'mood' is ironic, I assure you! :-)

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events news: NOT our Colin in a play in the US {sad face}

2014-06-13T08:35:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

The Jungle, Chicago | 19 July - 6 September | broadwayworld.com/chicago

Confirmation has been received that this is NOT our Colin Morgan listed as one of the ensemble cast.

Thanks to team_merlin on Twitter for the all-too-brief scurry of excitement!

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news of events

2014-06-11T13:25:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Screening on Sky Arts 1 in the UK on Thursday 5 June, and repeated on Wednesday 11 June at 10:30pm: Richard Wilson to appear as John in an episode of Playhouse Presents titled Space Age along with Simon Callow | TV one-off episode, comedy, June 2014 release | sky.com, imdb.com

Sorry for the short notice. I missed this episode when it was first screened last week, but it's repeated tonight. It sounds rather wonderful! And it's nigh on impossible to complain about the cast. :-)

Blurb: Eager to escape the indignity and hopelessness of their nursing homes, John (Richard) and Dudley (Simon) volunteer for a space mission that aims to seek out and prepare new planets for human settlement. Working alternate solo shifts, they battle isolation and loneliness as they spend months travelling the galaxy, with their only company being Iris, the starship's temperamental computer (voiced by Richard Vaughn).

And news of something a little further off:

Supanova, Australia | Adelaide 21-23 November, Brisbane 28-30 November | supanova.com.au

These conventions include guests Eoin Macken and Alexander Vlahos.

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Santiago in Soccer Aid this Sunday!

2014-06-02T08:18:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Soccer Aid, Manchester | 8 June | unicef.org.uk/soccer-aid

Apologies for the short notice, but our own dear Santiago Cabrera is playing as a celebrity on the Rest of the World team for this worthy cause - along with James McAvoy and Jeremy Renner.

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Rupert!fest: 'Tonight at 8:30' and 'Matisse Live'

2014-05-12T08:23:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Myself and Mr Mod were lucky enough to see all nine plays in Tonight at 8:30 on Saturday, featuring our splendiferous Rupert. I blogged about it here on my Rupert site. I'd very much recommend you going if you like a singing-dancing swoonsome Rupert... and who doesn't? If you can only go to one of the three shows, make it Trio 1 or Trio 3!

Meanwhile, the news is that Rupert is somehow involved with the cinema event Matisse Live from the Tate Modern, which is broadcasting into UK cinemas on Tuesday 3 June. You can see the Tweet confirming his involvement here, and the webpage about the show here.

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Rupert at the Cardiff Film & Comic Con

2014-03-03T01:34:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Just a quick note to say that I've reported on the con that happened today ... yesterday now! In Cardiff. At which Rupert was his usual lovely self. ♥

The report is on the Rupert F Young website here, and a gallery of images is here.

I hope you enjoy!

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pimping: the Merlin Writers Friending Meme

2014-02-16T00:08:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Everyone is welcome!
Authors, Artists, Lurkers, and More!
merlin_writers

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update on events...

2014-01-25T14:03:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Apologies for not posting here as often as I used to... LJ is driving me a little crazy, so I tend to keep things up to date on the website instead - and that include the Merlin cast at events page, which has a shiny new edition for 2014. Recent updates include:

events

Cardiff Film & Comic Con | 2 March | cardiffcomiccon.com

Rupert Young is attending this convention on the Sunday. Autographs and a photo shoot are available for £10 a pop.

Wizard Con, Madrid | 11-13 July | klzevents.com/WizardCon

This convention focuses on a number of shows including Merlin. Alexander Vlahos, Eoin Macken and Rupert Young have been confirmed as guests.

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Good People, London | 27 February - 5 April | hampsteadtheatre.com

Angel Coulby is featuring in this play as the character Katie.

Macbeth, New York | 31 May - 22 June | armoryonpark.org

This production was first seen in Manchester in 2013, with Alexander Vlahos as Malcolm. It is transferring to New York in June 2014, at the Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. The only casting officially confirmed for now is Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston, but I have it from Alex himself that he will be reprising his role - and he features in the banner on the website!

Krapp's Last Tape, Sheffield | 25 June - 19 July | sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Richard Wilson will star in this one-man play by Samuel Beckett. Tickets go on sale to the general public on 8 February.

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Alex in Fortune's Fool

2014-01-12T19:30:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

I had a great day at the theatre yesterday, and particularly enjoyed seeing Alex Vlahos in Fortune's Fool. I have posted to the Merlin Locations website about it here, if you'd care to read!

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reliving The Tempest...

2014-01-04T20:10:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

{bursts into song} You make me so very happy, I'm so glad you came into my li-i-ife!

Every now and then I think that Rupert snuck in and completely stole my heart... and then I see something like this, with many many thanks to the wonderful arthurmerlinfan on Twitter, and I remember how that felt - to exchange smiles with Colin - and I realise that Colin still owns my soul... So that's all right then.

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A Locations Trip to Dublin

2013-12-23T13:06:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Bruce and I have just spent a few days in Dublin, which was terrific despite the cold and windy weather – full of serendipitous moments for Locations Geeks!

North Bull Island

It all started off promisingly as we flew in on Thursday, and I was gazing out the plane window at the Poolbeg Generating Station and North Bull Island, both Parked locations. We collected our hire car, checked in to the hotel, and then promptly headed out to North Bull Island.

Which is as good a time as any to thank Aggy and Cuddles for finding so many of these locations for us! Couldn’t have done this without you, girls. ♥

There was a beautiful late–afternoon light there as we arrived, but unfortunately the sun disappeared behind some thick clouds soon after – and the wind off the Irish Sea was bitingly cold – so we really didn’t catch the location at its best! Despite the wind, we walked out along the sea wall to the third bathing shelter, which I am now certain is the one they used when filming. It was such a thrill to be there!

A conveniently beanie–hatted man walks past the bathing shelter. (Actually I was soon wishing I’d taken a beanie myself, as my hair basically looked windswept the entire time we were in Dublin, not to mention strands of it flying past the camera lens whenever I was trying to take a shot!)

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spare tickets for Mojo

2013-12-06T13:16:00Z

Posted by: mrs-leary.livejournal.com

My mate nenimefish has two spare tickets for Mojo on Saturday afternoon ~~evening~~ (got this wrong, sorry, my bad) - and if this cold I have gets any worse, I may need to make mine available as well, but we'll see about that!

Please contact either her or me if you would like to take advantage of them...

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Spare Mojo tickets for Saturday 7th December @ 2:30pm

2013-12-04T22:49:00Z

Posted by: nenimefish.livejournal.com

Hello everyone!

As the title suggests, I have two spare tickets to see Mojo this Saturday 7th December at 2:30pm. It's at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London and stars the lovely Colin Morgan as well as some other big names (but I'm sure you're aware of this already!). The tickets are £30 each and are for the stalls so you'd be in for a good view.

You'd have to meet me to collect the tickets as there wouldn't be enough time to post them, I promise I'm not a lunatic! Our lovely mod can vouch for me :)

If you're interested then let me know by commenting on here or sending me a message. I'll reply as soon as I can.

Thanks!

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rewatch | episode 104 The Poisoned Chalice

2013-11-04T19:07:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

I have finally done another rewatch! This time it's episode 104 The Poisoned Chalice, with our first look at the beautiful Burnham Beeches, and the first cinematography by Dale McCready. I hope you'll come have a look at the (image-intense) post over on the website!

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new tv shows from Jeremy Webb and Anthony Head

2013-10-19T14:40:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

These two new tv shows begin screening on this Wednesday, 23 October:

Jeremy Webb is directing Ambassadors (formerly Our Men) starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb | BBC Two, TV series, comedy drama, October 2013 release | BBC media release, imdb.com, LocateTV

Anthony Head appears in a lead role in You, Me & Them with Eve Myles and Lindsay Duncan | TV series, comedy, UK Gold, October 2013 release | comedy.co.uk, LocateTV

I have to say that Ambassadors looks rather amusing, and Tony Himself told me very proudly about You, Me & Them when I saw him at the Cardiff con. I'm looking forward to these!

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It was five years ago today...

2013-09-20T23:51:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

Five years ago, on 20 September 2008, our beloved Merlin was first aired on BBC One. I was pretty much hooked right away, and I'm so very glad of it, for these past five years have been truly awesome.

I thought I'd put together a picspam of 'Reasons to be Grateful'. Of course we'd love to hear your reasons, too, via the comments, so please feel free to chip in!

The path where it all started as Merlin walked towards Camelot... and a beautiful, historic part of England, too! The real Merlin and Arthur, if they existed, would have known this path well.

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Another Merlin Family weekend!

2013-09-01T22:34:00Z

Posted by: merlocmod.livejournal.com

I have posted to the website about seeing Richard Wilson in a play last night at the Theatre Royal in Bath, and attending the Cardiff Film & Comic Con today along with Anthony Head, Alex Vlahos and various Merlin friends. ♥

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