4. Knights of Camelot
Now here’s a fun, upbeat adventure series which is going to have all the little boys and girls donning their capes and faux chainmail to take up live action role playing in the forest!
Knights of Camelot follows the four main Knights of the Round Table: Percival (Tom Hopper), Leon (Rupert Young), Gwaine (Eoin Macken) and Elyan (Adetomiwa Edun). It takes place during the three-year period following Arthur’s coronation where Camelot is at relative peace, and where the knights complete all their legendary quests which Merlin never showed us.
Whereas we could also see Gwaine leading his own show (see #1), the legend of Gawain and the Green Knight would also work well as an ensemble quest. As would, of course, the search for the Holy Grail (the original Percival’s claim to fame), which for the purposes of this spin-off we choose to imagine isn’t quite the same as the Cup of Life (which was already used in Merlin).
One convenient thing about Knights of Camelot is that the show has an end date. We know that everything the knights do must be resolved within three years (although however long of a time they decide to make each season span is up for debate, so if we want to we can make this baby go on forever), and we know where the characters ultimately end up.
But the very best thing about Knights is that it would allow for us to finally get to see the Leon, Gwaine, Elyan and Percival take center stage in the story and go through some real character development, and the series could explore their backstories and their friendships with one another. Plus, Knights would allow for occasional cameos from all of the other characters: we could potentially see the quartet return to Camelot for special reunion-style episodes, or even meet up with Arthur and/or Merlin while out on their quests.
There’s also the potential for flashbacks, that could show us some missing moments between the knights and other characters – were there any interactions we missed between Gwaine and Merlin? Elyan and Guinevere? Percival and Arthur? Leon and Uther? Or even Gwaine and Morgana (okay, that one is just our personal wishful thinking)?! All of this could be shown or alluded to, all the while taking us on a great buddy-cop style road trip across Albion.
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