The BBC has released a brand new photo of Jack Donnelly as Jason in the first episode of fantasy drama Atlantis, which begins this Saturday on BBC One.

Executive produced by Merlin‘s Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy, the thirteen-part series is created and written by Howard Overman (Misfits).

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Episode 1 sees Jason in search of his father when he finds himself washed up on the shores of a mysterious land – a world of mythical creatures, soothsaying oracles and palaces so vast it is said they were built by giants: this is the city of Atlantis. But it seems the newcomer has chosen the wrong time to arrive in the fabled realm and Jason soon finds himself at the mercy of a deadly ritual, from which there can be no escape.

Watch the launch trailer…

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