Miniseries · TNT
The Mists of Avalon
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Joan Allen
Morgause
2 eps
Julianna Margulies
Morgaine
2 eps
Anjelica Huston
Vivianne
2 eps
Samantha Mathis
Gwenwyfar
2 eps
Caroline Goodall
Igraine
2 eps
Klára Issová
Raven
2 eps
Edward Atterton
Arthur
2 eps
Michael Vartan
Lancelot
2 eps
Michael Byrne
Merlin
2 eps
Hans Matheson
Mordred
2 eps
Clive Russell
Gorlois
2 eps
Freddie Highmore
Young Arthur
2 eps
Noah Huntley
Gawain
2 eps
Mark Lewis Jones
Uther
2 eps
Tamsin Egerton
Young Morgaine
2 eps
Bridget Hodson
Elaine
2 eps
Christopher Fulford
Lot
2 eps
David Calder
Uriens
2 eps
Edward Jewesbury
Ambrosius
2 eps
Hugh Ross
Bishop Patricius
2 eps
Ian Duncan
Accolon
2 eps
Tony Curran
Uther's Captain
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Mists of Avalon actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Mists of Avalon reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Character Depth.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The Mists of Avalon is a 2001 miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It was produced by American cable channel TNT and directed by Uli Edel.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- James CoburnExecutive Producer
- Gideon AmirProducer
- Lisa AlexanderExecutive Producer
- Bernd EichingerProducer
- David L. WolperExecutive Producer
- Mark WolperExecutive Producer
Direction
- Uli EdelDirector
Cinematography
- Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
Music
- Lee HoldridgeOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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