Oh, it does sound interesting! If it's still on, I'll have to give it a try. *is curious*
Mind you, if I look at the story I'm not at all sure why the characters are called Arthur, Merlin, Morgana and Mordred. It sounds like a fantasy series that is just about entirely unrelated to anything Arthurian XD. That's not necessarily bad, of course. But my first impression is that the creators are using well-known names purely to draw the audience in...
I am quite in love with an Arthurian television series of which the last season has just been aired in France: Kaamelott. It started out as a very low-budget production, oddly enough formatted in 3-minute episodes of comical Pythonesque sketches, but meanwhile it has turned into a grand and occasionally moving saga (the last three "seasons" are scheduled to be films on the big screen) as the creator, who also plays Arthur, really got into his character. Kaamelott takes quite a few liberties with the Arthurian source material - for example, we haven't seen the faintest hint of Mordred yet, Morgana's role is negligeable (she is certainly not a baddie), and important things happen that I can't mention without giving away major spoilers - but it is much more recognisable than what you describe. Kaamelott is playing very cleverly with Arthurian lore, whereas Merlin seems to be playing cleverly without it :).
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Mind you, if I look at the story I'm not at all sure why the characters are called Arthur, Merlin, Morgana and Mordred. It sounds like a fantasy series that is just about entirely unrelated to anything Arthurian XD. That's not necessarily bad, of course. But my first impression is that the creators are using well-known names purely to draw the audience in...
I am quite in love with an Arthurian television series of which the last season has just been aired in France: Kaamelott. It started out as a very low-budget production, oddly enough formatted in 3-minute episodes of comical Pythonesque sketches, but meanwhile it has turned into a grand and occasionally moving saga (the last three "seasons" are scheduled to be films on the big screen) as the creator, who also plays Arthur, really got into his character. Kaamelott takes quite a few liberties with the Arthurian source material - for example, we haven't seen the faintest hint of Mordred yet, Morgana's role is negligeable (she is certainly not a baddie), and important things happen that I can't mention without giving away major spoilers - but it is much more recognisable than what you describe. Kaamelott is playing very cleverly with Arthurian lore, whereas Merlin seems to be playing cleverly without it :).