Taking the myth

I was seduced by the realisation that it co-starred Anthony Head (or, as he was known for some time, Anthony Stewart Head. Or Anthony "Ripper" Head. Or even just Giles).


But I was nervous: Merlin is BBC made-for-adolescents telly, with lots of mythical dragons (albeit voiced by John Hurt) and cheap magic effects.

I needn't have worried because within minutes there was some lovely man-flesh on display from our eponymous hero:


And then we were introduced to the once and future king himself:


Er... yummy.

Yes, I have become an adolescent. Again.


Who gives a stuff about all that archaeological "evidence" and all the mythical heroic saga overtones? This is just a cute romp with a couple of cute, er, cuties.

Nothing wrong with that.