Description Find out more: www.bbc.co.uk Merlin is at the cusp of adulthood, heading to Camelot where he hopes to find adventure and a use for his hidden talent: magic. However at the mythic city, he finds all is not quite as he'd dreamed. Magic is banned by King Uther, the tyrannical leader of the realm, its practice punishable by death. But at least he gets a warm welcome from Gaius, the court physician, who provides him with bed and lodging.