Profile Facts: Camelot (TV series)

Camelot

Genre	Drama Fantasy History
Created by	Chris Chibnall Michael Hirst
Starring	Jamie Campbell Bower Tamsin Egerton Joseph Fiennes Eva Green Peter Mooney Clive Standen Philip Winchester
Composer(s)	Mychael Danna Jeff Danna
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom Ireland
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executiveproducer(s)	Michael Hirst Chris Chibnall Fred Fuchs John Weber James Flynn Ann Thomopoulos Craig Cegielski Tim Headington Graham King Douglas Rae Morgan O'Sullivan
Editor(s)	Sidney Wolinshy Steven O'Connell
Location(s)	County Wicklow, Ireland
Cinematography	Joel Ransom
Camera setup	multiple-setup
Running time	60 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	Starz Media Ecosse Films Octagon Films World 2000 Entertainment
Distributor	Starz Media (US) Channel 4 (UK)
Broadcast
Original channel	Starz
Original airing	seek preview: February 25, 2011 season premiere April 1, 2011
Status	Upcoming
External links
Website

Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series co-produced by the Starz cable network and GK-TV that began production during the summer of 2010, with planned to premiere on April 1, 2011. The series, based on the Arthurian legend. The series is produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.

Plot Synopsis

Tagline: "New blood will rule."

Based on the 15th century book Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, the series tells the legendary story of Camelot and its many characters. Beginning with the sudden death of King Uther and the birth of Arthur--Uther’s illegitimate son and heir to the throne--chaos threatens the land and people of Britain. In this gritty and raw version, the sorcerer Merlin has visions of a dark future, and uses his magic to bring a young Arthur, who has been raised from birth as a commoner, to the crown. However, Arthur’s cold-hearted half sister, Morgan wants the crown for herself and will fight him at any cost by summoning unnatural forces in a battle for control of Camelot. Tough times are in store for the new king, with moral decisions to be made and the task of uniting his kingdom that has been broken by many years of war. But Arthur meets and falls in love with Guinevere, the only elegance left in his deceptive world.

"Forget everything you think you know...this is the story of Camelot that has never been told before."

Cast of Characters

Regular

Jamie Campbell Bower as Arthur

Joseph Fiennes as Merlin

Eva Green as Morgan

Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere

Peter Mooney as Sir Kay

Clive Standen as Gawain

Claire Forlani as Queen Igraine

Sinéad Cusack as Sybil

Sebastian Koch as King Uther

Philip Winchester as Leontes

Recurring

James Purefoy as King Lot

Diarmaid Murtagh as Brastias

Sebastian Spence as Sir Lucan

Tyler Kennington as Albion

Jamie Downey as Ulfius

Lara Jean Chorostecki as Bridget

Daragh O'Malley as Leodegrance

Sean Pertwee as Ector

Colin Maher as Duke of Cornwall

Episodes

Season One (2011)

* Note: A sneek prewiew of the pilot episode aired on February 25, 2011 at 11:05pm EST on Starz.

№ Title Directed by Written by Original Airdate US viewers

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UK viewers

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1.1 "Pilot *" Ciaran Donnelly story by Michael Hirst

teleplay by Chris Chibnall sneek peek February 25, 2011

April 1, 2011

1.2 "TBA" TBA TBA April 8, 2011