The King's in love... Camelot's in danger!

Merlin has to work his magic overtime in a two-part story that sees Camelot put under threat by King Uther’s attraction to a beautiful woman who’s really a scheming troll in disguise. In part one, Lady Catrina (guest star Sarah Parish – Mistresses, Cutting It) arrives in Camelot and captures the heart of King Uther. So entranced is the stoney-faced king that he even smiles – a lot! Catrina and her servant, Jonas, are also given a warm welcome by the people of Camelot but Arthur, Merlin and Gaius are less enthusiastic about her presence… Arthur’s put off his food as his father flirts shamelessly with the beauty over dinner but Merlin has stronger reasons for being repelled by Catrina: he’s discovered she’s a terrible troll. Will Arthur believe him, though? No. But Merlin’s guardian Gaius is right behind him. However, King Uther is not going to listen to a word said against his new love, so how can Merlin and Gaius prevent him making Lady Catrina Queen of Camelot? Because they’ve realised that once the monstrous Catrina has Uther where she wants him she will have the whole of Camelot to do with as she wishes – and that won’t be good for anyone… Is Merlin’s magic a match for Catrina’s? Find out in the concluding episode on Saturday 31 October.

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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.