25 February 2010
As we all know by now, our heroic cast and crew film the Merlin episodes in blocks of three (give or take) along with any pick-ups that are needed for earlier episodes, along with moving the filming from Wales to France and back again three times each season. This creates complications and presents challenges to everyone involved. One full scene might be filmed in segments spread over a number of weeks and in different countries.
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27 November 2009
Caerphilly Castle is the largest castle in Wales, and while much of it is ruined, it is a fascinating place to visit with some striking features. The episode Lancelot and Guinevere used the Castle as the decaying stronghold of Hengist, a ‘ruthless bandit leader’.
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27 November 2009
The iron-ore rich Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean were used in three second-season episodes. In The Curse of Cornelius Sigan, workers are digging day and night in the caverns below Camelot’s castle, keeping poor Arthur awake. They stumble upon the tomb of an evil sorcerer, and a plot ensues.
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27 November 2009
Like any tv show, Merlin uses a few main filming locations that appear in each episode, and then various alternate locations for single episodes. One unusual feature of Merlin, however, is that the episodes are filmed in blocks of three or four; an alternate location might therefore be used for two or more episodes in one block.
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main locations,
studio sets (England),
studio sets (Wales)
25 May 2010
We have a number of scenes for which we don’t know the location… but we also have a number of locations for which we don’t know the episode or scene. These places have been mentioned as filming locations in newspaper articles and the like, without any further details or hints being given as to what exactly was filmed there.
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