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"Merlin star Colin Morgan has spoken about the more &amp;quot;adult&amp;quot; fifth series. The Irish actor told Entertainment Weekly that the new episodes will focus more on the show&amp;#039;s core characters.  &amp;quot;It was always going to be a growing-up tale for all of us,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;We do have some brilliant guest stars - we&amp;#039;ve got Liam Cunningham coming in - but the stories are more focused now on the legends that we&amp;#039;re going to become.&amp;quot; Morgan&amp;#039;s co-star Katie McGrath (Morgana) agreed that the new series, expected to air on BBC One in late 2012, has a more adult feel. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a three-year time-jump, so... we&amp;#039;re all older,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;We were playing... very early 20s at the start, now I feel like we&amp;#039;ve all started to play adults, which for us is a great change.&amp;quot; Game of Thrones star John Bradley will also appear in series five of Merlin, while Anthony Head will reprise his role as Uther for a guest appearance. &amp;gt; Merlin exec: &amp;#039;Series six talks have begun&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Merlin exec talks &amp;#039;sophisticated&amp;#039; series five, Mordred recast Watch a trailer for the next series of Merlin below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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