Magic at the Merlin premiere - Tranter makes Fincham disappear

The great and the good were out for the premiere of BBC1's new fantasy drama Merlin at London's Imax cinema last night. BBC1 controller Jay Hunt was on good form while controller of fiction Jane Tranter (she's still there folks!) made a very long speech in which she thanked both Hunt and Roly Keating for their support of the show, but curiously omitted Peter Fincham, who actually commissioned it. Monkey found it disconcerting watching the action on the big screen but thought young Merlin actor Colin Morgan and Richard Wilson were great. The jury is still out on the big CGI dragon, voiced by John Hurt, though.