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"Merlin will return to BBC One on Saturday, October 6 at 7.45pm. The series will premiere with the first half of a two-parter titled &amp;#039;Arthur&amp;#039;s Bane&amp;#039;.  Series five will see the return of regular cast members Colin Morgan (Merlin), Angel Coulby (Gwen), Bradley James (Arthur), Katie McGrath (Morgana) and Richard Wilson (Gaius).  Co-creator and executive producer Johnny Capps also revealed at Comic-Con that Anthony Head will reprise his role as Uther Pendragon as a guest star. Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham was confirmed to join the cast back in April, while John Bradley will play a character named Tyr Seward. Watch the cast of Merlin discuss the fantasy drama&amp;#039;s fifth run with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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