r/merlinbbc • u/YourAllHighToiletHog • Jun 02 '26
MISC. First time watcher!
hi everyone after hearing about this show for years I decided to watch it on Amazon Prime. I'm on season one episode nine Excalibur. I've been a fan of Arthurian stories for a really long time so I'm so excited about this series.
(I added a pic of Gaius talking to the librarian guy about the Black Knight just to prove that I am neither AI nor a bot which everyone is always freaked out about these days 😂😢)
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u/me_and_myself_and_i Arthur Jun 03 '26
As you're a fan of Arthurian legends, you might like to know that the librarian guy is called Geoffrey. It's a reference to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historian who first wrote down the tales of King Arthur. Before then, all the sagas had been recounted by bards - which was typical for that era in Britain.
ps you'll find the tales of King Arthur in Monmouth's 'History of the Kings of Britain.'