Gwaine rides to Arthur’s rescue – again

Gwaine rides to Arthur’s rescue – again
Gwaine rides to Arthur’s rescue – again

Seriously, King Uther needs to reassess his friends and enemies; his poor judgement is causing Prince Arthur – and Camelot – all sorts of grief. A few weeks ago, the King wanted good guy Gwaine (Eoin Macken) dead after the real enemy framed him. Gwaine had saved Arthur’s life and Arthur saved his by getting Uther to settle on banishing Gwaine from Camelot. Luckily, Gwaine didn’t go too far as Merlin needs him to again protect the future King of Camelot. Arthur has set off on a solo mission to prove he is worthy to be King… He is determined to retrieve the legendary Golden Trident from the perilous realm of the Fisher King (Donald Sumpter – Being Human) and return it to Camelot. But Arthur is unaware of the dark forces working within Camelot to bring him down and make sure he never becomes King. Wicked witch Morgana is one of them and she’s determined to make sure Arthur doesn’t return from his heroic mission. She gives him a bracelet to wear which is supposed to bring him luck but, in reality, it saps his energy, leaving him vulnerable to all sorts of evil. Merlin knows his master’s life is in danger and is relieved when the force for good that is Gwaine blows back into Camelot and offers to help rescue Arthur...

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Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.