The Invisible Driver Now You See It

In the world of magic, anything can happen.

Look! Here's a man taking his legs for a walk...

SHE SCREAMS

..and a driver so hungry they've disappeared.

Welcome to Now You See It.

Seriously, where'd he go?

Welcome to the great Chinese bake-off, with this contestant, Yif,

attempting the technical challenge.

Look what he can do simply by fiddling about,

for quite a long time, with some uncooked dough.

Just hope he's washed his hands.

Now that's a superpower worth having!

Never mind Spider-Man and all that clinging-to-buildings nonsense -

Yif is Croissant Man!

He may not be able to save the world, but he can always provide it

with a Continental breakfast.

Although Mary Berry said that the texture was quite dry

and there wasn't enough lamination.

Oh, yeah, help yourself.

I was only showing you.

Meals on wheels anyone?

You don't want to know where it drove out two hours later.

Talking of drive-throughs...

Supposed to be on a diet

but don't want anyone to see you buying a burger?

Internet prankster Rahat has come up with the perfect solution.

So, this is how the costume works while I'm wearing it,

and let's see how people react when a car with no driver

rolls up to their drive-through window.

"Perhaps if I keep opening and shutting the window,

"the driver will just suddenly...

"Er, no, it's not working."

Can I have two people from the audience, please?

Time to enter Robert's World Of Magic.

I'm sure I hardly need tell you

never to climb into a big cloth sack -

unless you're on stage and a, ahem, professional magician, like Robert.

Please, check the bag.

Check the bag to see if there's any trapdoors.

Yes, make sure Robert can't escape through a trapdoor

hidden at the bottom of the sack.

Start tying.

Now Robert's demanding to be tied firmly into the sack,

which, to be fair, is something the two audience members

seem more than happy to do.

Right, go and sit down.

Oh, the best thing about Robert's act is that 1970s side table.

And, actually, that has more chance of being able to get out of a sack.

Of course, if we were to try this,

we'd just end up pulling on the knots until they were really tight

and we were stuck in there for hours, whereas Robert...

Hmm.

No, there's no way of escape.

That's why the audience are still having to watch.

We'll pop back later.

Oh, look! It's Yif again, with something else up his sleeve.

Is it the girl's bill for eating his croissant?

How is he doing this?

And, more importantly, why is he doing this?

And please don't say, "He needs the dough."

It's sort of the opposite of shoplifting.

No, you're all right, thanks. I'm not sure where it's been.

Now, whatever you do, just don't show it to that...

Oh, too late.

She's particularly excited as she's been on a health drive.

She hasn't seen carbs for weeks.

Stand by for a trick that's already made seven waiters cry

in a section we're calling Tablecloth Magic.

Pulling off a tablecloth using a motorbike is a sure-fire way

to impress the Stig's beautiful daughter.

Perhaps not.

The master of the art is Matt Ricardo.

"Want to change tables, sir? No problem."

Still, no excuse not to iron the tablecloth.

It's time for our Magic Moment.

It's called "I Told You Not To Do That" -

for reasons that will become clear.

That's the sort of lipstick that really marks a person out

as cool, calm and unflappable in a crisis.

It's a simple trick with a smartphone.

No, it's not how to get a signal in Cornwall.

That's your hand, OK?

Now, all I have to do is wave my hand over your hand...

A wave over the screen and here comes...

-Oh!

-It's pretend, it's pretend, it's pretend.

-Are you sure?

-It's only in the phone.

If you let that bug in my phone...

-See?

-But how does it crawl...?

I'll teach you how to do it. All you have to do is wave your hand.

Another wave, and back it comes.

So far, so good.

All you have to do is wave.

It doesn't...

It...

-Oh, my God! If it's going to come out...

-Try again.

SHE SCREAMS

Oh, you didn't have to do that that! I told you not to do that!

I told you not to do it!

I told you not to do it!

A woman for whom the phrase "keep your wig on" was invented.

Meanwhile, here's a young magician attempting the tricky feat

of filming a trick involving his...feet.

I'm going to tie up my laces here without using my hands.

OK, those are hands.

Yeah, got that.

What I want you to do is just watch my laces.

Incredible - and in just slightly more time than it would have taken

to do them up normally.

I'll tell you could've used that sort of skill with knots...

It's Robert!

Oh, dear.

If you're a budding magician, then this is for you -

A Beginner's Guide To Magic.

How to perform the classic person-sawn-in-half trick.

It's already a good trick - her feet have come out of the other end

before she's even got in the box.

But one thing that can make the illusion less believable

s doing this.

Please don't do this at home!

Not the trick - that's a classic.

Just don't mess it up.

To be fair, that was considered good enough for A-star

in their Performing Arts GCSE.

The main thing now is for the person in the other end

to leave without drawing too much attention to themselves.

Moving on!

If that sawing-in-half trick does go wrong, you can always do this.

Agh!

Ohh!

Que paso?

Que paso, que paso?

Agh!

WOMEN SCREAM

Since doing this trick,

he's become literally half the man he used to be.

Luckily, this being America, nobody overreacts.

SHE SCREAMS LOUDLY

And then my girlfriend's no good,

because she left me standing and the man has no body.

Agh!

That's so wrong! You're dead!

Unfortunately, her day got even worse -

just down the road she met this guy.

Now, fasten your seatbelt, gang.

It's time for our Big Finish.

Illusionist Franz Harary is going to drive a truck at a global superstar

and make him disappear.

Much to everyone's disappointment,

and despite being offered large sums of money,

he didn't choose Justin Bieber.

So this is Japan's Taki.

But Franz Harary's first illusion

is to make an actual truck disappear into a car.

If it doesn't work,

unfortunately, Japan's leading pop star will be no more.

So, fingers crossed.

Now that was impressive.

The car's gone off to give an invisible man a lift

to the nearest drive-through.

But here's the truck again,

and this time it's going to drive straight at the vest-clad singer.

Taki's gone.

Surely that doesn't mean the end of his career?

What, no more hits such as "My Angel, You Are Angel"?

That's my third favourite song about angels.

Let's see who's inside.

You guessed it - even if you can't guess how Franz Harary did it.

And, just like Taki,

our time has vanished.

For more magical and not-so-magical moments,

join me next time for Now You See It.