0:00:02 > 0:00:03It's term time again
0:00:03 > 0:00:06and our four magicians have left school on a brand-new mission.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09But do you think you'd recognise them
0:00:09 > 0:00:11if they were outside the classroom?
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Do you?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Now's your chance, cos they're going deeper undercover
0:00:17 > 0:00:22with new disguises, ambitious costumes and even taller tales.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# La, la, la, la! #
0:00:25 > 0:00:29This time, we're taking unsuspecting kids out of school,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33piling them on coaches and sending them on school trips.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36They're off to visit some amazing locations
0:00:36 > 0:00:39where they'll witness incredible magic.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- I was like, - HE GASPS:- "Oh, my gosh!"
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And once again we're hiding secret cameras in every corner
0:00:44 > 0:00:47so you don't miss a trick on any school trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The magic is bigger than ever.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Wow!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53It might be term time, but school's out.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I can't believe our teachers did that.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58How long will it take before the classes shout...?
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Hello. It's me, Ian. Welcome to Help! My School Trip is Magic.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Our magicians are no longer supply teachers.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18They're now masquerading as staff in some popular attractions.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23And because we know you know them, we've disguised them even more.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26We've secretly filmed the results with special hidden cameras.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Let's see what's coming up in today's show.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Fergus runs rings round this school trip to the museum.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38There he is! Thank you, Alexander.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43James can't stand keeping a secret in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45You've been sending in all your best magic tricks
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and later on I'll be picking my favourite.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50It's the Wannabe Wizards.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53And the class don't know where this trip is blowing
0:01:53 > 0:01:56when Katherine lets rip with some musical magic.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Do you think you'd be able to tell if your school trip was magic?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Do you?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07When it comes to school trips,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09John's always on the ball.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13And this ball's about to become - that's right - small.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15But plenty of big surprises to come.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20This is Year 4 bundling on their bus.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23They're going on the road for a school trip, but they've been
0:02:23 > 0:02:27led up the garden path, as this is a school trip with a difference.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Yes, it's a day out of school, yes, it's educational,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32but it's also magic.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Oh, no, we didn't!
0:02:34 > 0:02:38They won't know what's hit them on their trip to the Geffrye Museum.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Named after a former Lord Mayor of London, it's a museum showing
0:02:42 > 0:02:45how the interiors of homes have historically reflected
0:02:45 > 0:02:47changes in society.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And it's time to change the exteriors of our magicians
0:02:51 > 0:02:53so they won't be recognised.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The museum contains front rooms
0:02:57 > 0:03:00ranging from 1600 to the present day.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02But we're going back to a time before TV,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and it's going to be a big wind up.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08The school are wending their way to the scene,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11but what can they expect from our leading men today?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16For the class today, I'm going to be Gerry Farthing
0:03:16 > 0:03:19who's Victorian, but he's a little bit more working class.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- GRUFF VOICE:- He's a little bit more "Now then, 'ow ya doin'?"
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I'm sort of more of the butler character,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26and Fergus, who's playing Alexander Ball,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29he's more of the... He's more of the squire, you know,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33so he's in charge of me although we'll see how that works out.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37I think we can see who the boss really is in this corridor of power.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39No time for slowcoaches -
0:03:39 > 0:03:41they better bust a move cos the bus has arrived.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47The trippers are sitting inside the historical sitting rooms
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and drawing the old drawing rooms.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Let's hope they don't waxwork out that that's John sitting there.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Meanwhile, Fergus is doing a little throwaway trick
0:03:56 > 0:03:58to test everything's working.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01John's joined him now, and he's running through his vocal warm ups.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Ooh, aah, eee.- Is he for real?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Aye.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06And if my eyes don't deceive me,
0:04:06 > 0:04:07there are the kids.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12My name is Gerry Farthing, this here is my squire,
0:04:12 > 0:04:13this is Sir Alexander Ball.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16We work here at the museum telling people about the Victorian era.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19This is John's audition as a butler for Downton.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21He's dumbing up with some magic later, though.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Now, of course, in the Victorian era they didn't have television.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27They had no television, they had to entertain themselves
0:04:27 > 0:04:29in different ways - they used to play games.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31A bit like when John was a boy.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34They played games outside, like football, they still had that,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37but in the house, in the parlour, they used to play parlour games.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40They used to have games likes this - we've got things like Ludo,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Snakes And Ladders and Draughts and all sorts.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45All manner, all manner of games.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47All real Victorian era games,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50but Fergus is about to play his magical game on them.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Well, now, the Victorians did love a jolly good puzzle,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56they couldn't get enough of good puzzles
0:04:56 > 0:05:00and what I have here is a Victorian puzzle mystery box.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05A box can be entered from the sides, the front and the top.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08The first part of this particular mystery involved
0:05:08 > 0:05:11two pieces of rope, one white, one red.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Now, what I'm going to do is place the pieces of rope into the box
0:05:16 > 0:05:21and I want everybody here to keep your eyes on the ends.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Fergus's posh accent knows no end,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25but I'm keeping my eye on the rope ends.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Can you do that for me?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- ALL SHOUT:- Yes!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Very good, very good. Yeah, very good.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The class are psyched, but wait till they get a load of this.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Watch them closely.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38So, the middles go into the box, and they come out the top,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40and the ends stay outside.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Now, some of the more astute of you in the class may have noticed
0:05:45 > 0:05:47the middles of the rope have linked.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51I'm astute, but how did that happen?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Despite the fact that those ends never left your sight,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56so those middles passed through each other.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Absolutely bamboozling - completely bamboozled those Victorians.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01And you can see they're properly linked.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03The ropes are linked, but they missed it.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05There's more to come from this box of tricks.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Have a look at that there, have a look at that rope there.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Just see if it pulls apart. Are there any funny bits in the rope?- No.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Lovely. Well, if you pass me back the rope.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16They've examined the ropes, but there's nothing ropey about them.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Well, if it's not the ropes, it must be the box. There must be
0:06:18 > 0:06:21something else hiding in the box.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Absolutely nothing, no extra pieces of rope,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27no funny business whatsoever.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33This makes the second part of the mystery completely confuddling.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34A real mind-messer. Ha!
0:06:34 > 0:06:38So, if we take the white rope and the red rope once again,
0:06:38 > 0:06:43we'll pass these into the box and pass them through the top.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46So, here we go, just like so.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Now, at this point some of the Victorians would say,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51"Hey, I bet those ropes are already linked",
0:06:51 > 0:06:54but as you can see, nothing has happened yet.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Now, I will need two volunteers to come and help me
0:06:58 > 0:07:00hold one end of the rope each.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Who'd like to come and help me?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Yes, let's' have you. What's your name?- Ruth.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Ruth, will you come up? And let's have... What's your name?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08- Iggy.- Iggy. Iggy, you come up.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11A round of applause for the two volunteers, please.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12APPLAUSE
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Assisting in magic beats homework hands down.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Lovely. Now, Ruth, I'd like you to, with one hand,
0:07:18 > 0:07:19hold both pieces of rope,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and Iggy, I'd like you to do the same. Lovely.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I'm going to place this quill... A quill's a thing that they used to
0:07:24 > 0:07:27write with back many, many years ago before the invention of pens.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I'm going to place that in-between the ropes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Could you lightly pull both your ropes very lightly?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Gently just pull them out of the box.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Lovely, so you'll pull your white rope, Iggy,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40and you'll pull your red rope, Ruth, fantastic job.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Now, don't pull for the moment, just loosen slightly,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46but hold on to those ends tightly.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Now, are we agreed it would be
0:07:47 > 0:07:49quite impossible for those
0:07:49 > 0:07:50two ropes to link as they are
0:07:50 > 0:07:51clearly separate, yes?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52- ALL:- Yes!
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Good, so if I remove the quill,
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I'm going to place the red rope
0:07:55 > 0:07:56into the box and place
0:07:56 > 0:07:58the white rope into the box.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Now, I want you to hold on to those ropes nice and tightly,
0:08:01 > 0:08:02on the count of three, you're going
0:08:02 > 0:08:04to pull them out of the box.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Three, two, one, go!
0:08:06 > 0:08:07- RUTH:- What?!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09And you can see - impossible!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12They've linked, they've melted through and linked in the middle.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Wow! the ropes have linked inside the box. It's impossible!
0:08:16 > 0:08:17It's mind-melting magic!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Well, it's rope-melting magic.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Remarkable! Can we have a round of applause for my volunteers?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26The ropes are together, but it's not over yet.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30The last part of the mystery didn't involve two ropes,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32it actually involved just one piece of rope. So, er...
0:08:32 > 0:08:35This man here on the end. Which piece do you prefer?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- White.- The white piece.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Excellent, this is the piece we'll use.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41So, I place this through the box
0:08:41 > 0:08:44just like I did with those other pieces of rope -
0:08:44 > 0:08:46enters the box and comes out the other side.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Here's the next part - we use a solid metal hoop.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50So I'd like yourself...
0:08:50 > 0:08:53have a look at the hoop, make sure it doesn't come apart,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57no funny business, and then place the hoop back in my hand. Lovely!
0:08:57 > 0:08:58So, a solid hoop
0:08:58 > 0:09:00and a solid piece of rope.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03The hoop is going to go into the box
0:09:03 > 0:09:04with the piece of rope.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It only takes a few moments,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09we just let that hoop settle
0:09:09 > 0:09:12with that piece of rope.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Good tension building - they'll be open-mouthed in a minute.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I think now it should be done.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20The inexplicable, boys and girls,
0:09:20 > 0:09:21has happened.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Somehow that hoop has melted
0:09:24 > 0:09:27onto the centre of that rope.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Isn't that quite remarkable, boys and girls?
0:09:30 > 0:09:34The trick was inside the box, but the secret isn't out yet.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Fergus showed them his puzzling box of tricks.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42It was empty, but the ropes mysteriously connected in the box.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43What was going on in there?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Coming up - will it be hoop, hoop hooray
0:09:47 > 0:09:51when Fergus ends up inside these solid rings?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Incredible! Now, thank you, thank you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Now John is going to set you a magical challenge
0:09:56 > 0:09:58in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59If you fancy yourself as a magician,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02here's a trick you can play on your mates.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04John is going to show you how to stop James standing up
0:10:04 > 0:10:06by simply using one finger.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Can't be done, right?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Wrong!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13If you can't work it out,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16John will point you in the right direction later...
0:10:16 > 0:10:17with any luck.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Back to the museum, where Fergus fooled them
0:10:23 > 0:10:26with his hoop on a rope parlour game.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28And John's about to go one better. Hoop-fully...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Another hoop game that they played was this one here,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33which was called hoop jumping.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Now, hoop jumping used some of these things - big, horrible metal hoops.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Have a look at that one.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41You have a look at that one, solid metal. Now...
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Noted and verified.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46You just have look at that, Sir Alexander, and maybe that one.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Now, the idea of hoop jumping was that people used to try
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and jump in and out of the hoops.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55They see where this is going, and they're happy to follow.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Now, if you're really good, you might be able to jump
0:10:58 > 0:11:02into two or three hoops, but the record is ten hoops.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05And they used to play this game in the dark, the Victorians, right?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07They played a lot of games in the dark
0:11:07 > 0:11:10cos they didn't have a lot of electricity then, not many lights.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Not many lights -
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and soon they won't be able to hold a candle to Fergus' magic.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15So they had to play it in the dark,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and what you had to do is try to jump into these hoops.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Now, Alexander here is very good at the game.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24The game being magic, Alexander being Fergus.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Alexander can get into those hoops
0:11:26 > 0:11:28in under ten seconds, boys and girls.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30All right, mate, don't show off.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32In under ten seconds, without jumping over the top.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It's remarkable to see. We're going to give it a little go now,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and we're going to do it in the dark, so I've got a curtain here.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42John raised expectations, it's time to raise the curtain on this trick.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46So, what we'll do, we'll count him down from ten.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49We'll see if he can do it in ten seconds.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51I want you to all count with me from ten down to one.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Are you ready? Here we go. Ten...
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- ALL COUNT:- Nine, eight, seven,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59six, five, four...
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Here he comes, has he done it?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04..two, one! And there he is - completely inside the hoops.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07He's only gone and done it! He's gone through those hoops.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08It's a tight squeeze.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Incredible. Now, now, thank you, thank you.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15The class are suitably impressed, but there's more.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17The incredible thing is that Alexander here,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20good that he is, right? He's a good guy to work for,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Alexander can get out of those hoops twice as fast as he can get in.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Good job she's holding her head on - her mind's about to be blown.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Alexander's going to attempt to
0:12:28 > 0:12:30get out of the hoops in under five seconds.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33They don't believe it can be done. I'm not sure I do.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- Under five seconds.- Five seconds?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I've never done that before in my life!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Oh, come on, sir, you'll be able to do it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Now, boys and girls, you've got to count me down.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Who does he think he is? Houdini?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Are you ready? Here we go.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- ALL COUNT:- Five, four,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49three, two, one.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Zero - and there he is!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Alexander - completely out of the hoops, there he is.- Hey!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Thank you, Alexander.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Yeah, he's out of the solid hoops in one piece.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Not a hair on his wig out of place.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Sit yourselves down.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I've... I've got a little confession to make, ain't I? Now...
0:13:06 > 0:13:09They've been dressed for the past, but now it's time to give
0:13:09 > 0:13:12this class a little present and reveal the big secret.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Myself and Alexander, we don't work here, really.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17This is really Fergus, in case you hadn't guessed.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18He's heard of Fergus.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20My name is John
0:13:20 > 0:13:22and we're actually magicians
0:13:22 > 0:13:24and you've been set up by your teachers and your parents,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and there's a camera here and there's a camera there,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31and there's a camera at the back, there's a camera over there,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and you're all going to appear on Help! My School Trip is Magic!
0:13:34 > 0:13:37CHEERING
0:13:41 > 0:13:45The hoop trick has sent this class loopy.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48But how did they describe what they witnessed?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53I thought it was just epic.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56The trippers were cock-a-hoop when Fergus showed them
0:13:56 > 0:13:58his magical box of tricks.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59My favourite bit of the trick was
0:13:59 > 0:14:03when the pieces of rope joined together and the hoop was on it.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05The hoopla hoo-ha got even larger
0:14:05 > 0:14:07when Fergus leapt into the ring.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09..one! And there he is.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12He got through all of those big rings
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and he couldn't have unscrewed them in that time, so...
0:14:15 > 0:14:17And there he is. Alexander -
0:14:17 > 0:14:21completely out of the hoops, there he is.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22At the end they said they were magicians,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26but I still couldn't work out how they managed to do it.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Magic, magic and more magic!
0:14:28 > 0:14:30They didn't expect that.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31How long would it take for you to shout...?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Still to come to come - John will reveal a secret that will
0:14:41 > 0:14:43make you stand out in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Have you worked it out yet?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48And will Katherine be brassed off if these pupils
0:14:48 > 0:14:50realise their school trip is magic?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52ALL GASP
0:14:53 > 0:14:56But first, we asked you to send in clips of yourself
0:14:56 > 0:14:59performing your best magic tricks.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00We received loads of clips
0:15:00 > 0:15:02from all over the country.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Each week, I'll be choosing
0:15:04 > 0:15:05a favourite Wannabe Wizard
0:15:05 > 0:15:08and showing them to you guys.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09My Wannabe Wizard this time is
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Phillip from Shrewsbury
0:15:11 > 0:15:12and he's a magician
0:15:12 > 0:15:14with plenty of bottle.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Now, I've got a trick here, and I've got
0:15:18 > 0:15:22a tube and a bottle in the tube.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Could you just take the tube up and show your bottle?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Two balsamic vinegar bottles.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31OK, just put the bottle in your left hand, please.
0:15:31 > 0:15:38And then take the empty tube and put it on top of the bottle.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41OK. Now, all you have to do is do as I do.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43So, we'll turn it once,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46twice, third time,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and you should end up in the same place, like...
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Mum's is upside down!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- You did turn it round as many times as I did?- Yes.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55She definitely did.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Can you just turn it so it's the right way up?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01OK, this time let's spell out magic. Hold it this way up.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Both the same way up.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07M...A...G...
0:16:07 > 0:16:08I...C.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11And you should end up like...
0:16:11 > 0:16:12How did that happen?!
0:16:14 > 0:16:18I... You've got to... I'll turn mine so it's like yours.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20So we do it like this.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Let's turn it four times.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Once, twice, third and fourth time,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and you should end up like this because you did...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Third time unlucky.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35He's pretending - he knows it's magic.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38You end up like this, but you're meant to end up like this.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Thank you very much.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41The pleasure is all ours, sir.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Here's magician Fergus looking smart,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47as he's about to visit an academy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50He's got his pen ready, but he won't need it
0:16:50 > 0:16:52as the next trip is all about music.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55That's it now, he's ready for his next ROLL.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00And the kids are ready to roll - out of the school gates
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and onto the bus, ready for a day out with a difference.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05And this difference may not be MINOR,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07as it's going to be magic.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The only thing that the kids know is they're off to
0:17:10 > 0:17:13the Royal Academy of Music.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Founded in 1822, it trains 700 students a year.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Its museum includes ancient instruments and original
0:17:20 > 0:17:25manuscripts from composers like Purcell, Schubert and Mendelssohn.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27And it's time to compose a new look for our magicians
0:17:27 > 0:17:29to keep them undercover.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Eccentric for Fergus, strict for Katherine.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Not far away from their real personalities.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Also not far away is the bus.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Hope our magicians are ready for the performance of their lives.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I've never been any good at music, I'm still no good at music
0:17:43 > 0:17:46so I can only hope today will go OK.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I think everything will be fine as long as everyone
0:17:49 > 0:17:50does as they're told.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Wow, Katherine's not going to have trouble keeping the class in check.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57And here they are now - ready to check out the auditorium
0:17:57 > 0:17:59and soak up the atmosphere.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Fergus had Mozart on his mind, but it's time for magic.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06The kids are looking at the orchestra pit,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09but the best bit is coming up, and they won't know what's hit them.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Some last-minute fine-tuning in our magic room,
0:18:12 > 0:18:16and it's time for the class to take their front-row seats.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- Good morning, boys and girls. ALL:- Good morning.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24My name is Ronald Key, but you can call me Ron.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Ron Key? Has Fergus started on a bum note?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31And I'm in charge of the historical items, so everything that you see
0:18:31 > 0:18:35that looks a bit old, like me, I look after those things.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Now, we have loads of old musical manuscripts, like this,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43from composers such as Liszt to Schubert.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Could have been a longer List, then.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49And these are ancient pieces of music that are irreplaceable.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52So, what sort of things do you think we have to protect these
0:18:52 > 0:18:55musical manuscripts from? Anybody?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Er, being sampled by Rudimental?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Have a guess, yes? - Don't rip the paper.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Don't rip the paper. Tearing.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Aha! A more sensible answer.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Yes?- Don't bite the paper.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Don't bite the paper. - Unless you're a dog
0:19:08 > 0:19:10whose Johann Sebastian BACH'S worse than his bite.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I do that a lot, I get told off for that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Yes? At the very back.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- From water.- From water. Excellent.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Now, water is actually the biggest problem - it's the damp.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24So what we've developed here at the Academy
0:19:24 > 0:19:27is an anti-damp solution. An anti-damp solution.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30And I think you'll all agree after you've seen this,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32it is quite incredible.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35This is going to be more magic than you can handle.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36HANDEL - the composer!
0:19:36 > 0:19:41So, here is some of Handel's sheet music.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45And you'll see now what we're going to do
0:19:45 > 0:19:49is see what happens when this music
0:19:49 > 0:19:54gets wet after it's been treated with the Academy's anti-damp solution.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Handel wrote Water Music, so only natural for Fergus to use that.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02So, what's going to happen now if I pour this water into the sheets?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Would it ruin the sheets? ALL:- Yes!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07It would completely ruin the sheets, and these are irreplaceable.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Hope he knows what he's doing.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13It's my responsibility to make sure these don't get ruined - but watch.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17H2O, my gosh!
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- CHILDREN MURMUR - What are you doing?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25They can't believe it. This magic's anything but drippy.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30Now, if you watch, it will almost look like
0:20:30 > 0:20:35the sheets have absorbed the, er... Absorbed the water, right?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37But in actual fact,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41all that's happened is that water has been dispersed.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I can't believe the sheet music is bone dry.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46It's been dispersed in the paper.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49But where? Moved off to the second movement?!
0:20:49 > 0:20:52So, when you want that water to come back again, if you watch,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56we need to remove that water, otherwise it will ruin the sheets.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Get ready to drink this in.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00ALL GASP
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Poor class - they don't know what's hit them.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05That's amazing! Water, with a big hint of magic.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09How incredible is that?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12And these are the things that protect all of our musical sheets.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Spontaneous applause and it's music to his ears,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18but they have no idea our maestro is magic.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Looking like a broody Beethoven, he was "hoven" a laugh
0:21:22 > 0:21:24with his water music magic.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26He poured over the musical notes,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29the water went in, but they didn't get wet.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Then the water came out - but not his secret yet.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35The class are thirsty for more thrills and spills...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- TUBA PARPS - ..but what's that noise?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Hope Katherine hasn't blown it.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Now it's time for John to reveal the secret in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47John will show you how to stop James
0:21:47 > 0:21:50standing up by simply using one finger.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Have you worked it out yet?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Don't put your finger in his ear, John - urgh!
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Now, it won't work by simply putting it on his shoulder.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04However, if you put your finger here right in the middle
0:22:04 > 0:22:07of the forehead, without using any real pressure,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10James, or indeed anyone else, wont be able to stand up.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Your friends will be upstanding for an outstanding trick.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18That is, of course, if you don't put the finger on their forehead.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26It's time for another movement at the Academy of Music.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29So far this school trip has been anything but dry,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31and the pupils don't realise it's magic.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36But there will be something funny about Katherine's symphony.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Good afternoon, class. My name is Claire Annette Reed.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Claire Annette Reed? Sounds like "clarinet reed,"
0:22:43 > 0:22:45for which, read: Katherine's little joke.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48And I'm a symphony conductor.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50She's about to conduct some musical magic.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Although recently I've been travelling around the country
0:22:53 > 0:22:54working with a lot of brass bands.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Can anyone tell me an instrument
0:22:57 > 0:23:00that is a brass instrument? Any ideas?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01A trombone.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Excellent. Any other brass instrument? Yes.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Piano?- Not a piano.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I'll tell you what you have to have to have a brass instrument.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11First of all, it has to be made from brass,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and secondly, we make the sound with the instrument
0:23:14 > 0:23:16using the vibration of our mouth.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Ron, could you just demonstrate that for us, please?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20HE BLOWS A RASPBERRY CHILDREN LAUGH
0:23:20 > 0:23:22That's Fergus' level, right there.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25In fact, I'd like us all to have a go at that, please.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- They can't wait to get involved. - Purse your lips together and blow.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30ALL BLOW
0:23:30 > 0:23:33OK, enough now, thank you. That's very good.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Passing wind has never sounded so tuneful.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Now, behind me we have our music cabinet which
0:23:39 > 0:23:42we keep some of our brass instruments in.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- They're coming right up. - HE SINGS A FANFARE
0:23:45 > 0:23:47We've got some of the instruments which were mentioned.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Ron, would you mind just passing one of those out for me?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Thank you. Can anyone tell me what this is?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58It's called a bugle, this one.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I love a toasted bugle - bagel!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04And Ron, could you pass me out another one, please?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06That's a mini trumpet!
0:24:06 > 0:24:09What is this one? Very good, it's a pocket trumpet. Excellent.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- So this is our pocket trumpet. - Have to have a big pocket, though.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16And this is a beautiful one.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Can anyone tell me what this one is called? Yes.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- A French horn. - A French horn, excellent.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22I love a cream horn, myself.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27French horn. And then, finally, this is my favourite.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28I love this, it's called the tuba.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33It's very heavy, the tuba, so we'll leave that in there.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Too bad she couldn't get the tuba out, that's a real BLOW!
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Ah, well.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41..the doors back up again. That's brilliant.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Now, can anyone else tell me, if we've got a brass band,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47what else do we need to make it all work and come together? Yes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50There's an old expression - where there's muck, there's brass
0:24:50 > 0:24:52but where there's brass, is there magic?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55What we also need, we need musicians to play the instruments,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57which is very important.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59And can anyone tell me what else we might need in a band?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Conductor.- A conductor, excellent. That's my job.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I conduct all the brass band together
0:25:05 > 0:25:07so we can make some fantastic music with the...
0:25:07 > 0:25:08TUBA PARPS
0:25:08 > 0:25:09That was my rumbling stomach.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Nope - definitely not me. I saw them jump in the room.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Did you hear that?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15TUBA PARPS
0:25:15 > 0:25:17That sounds like a tuba player.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20It's coming from inside the cabinet, but it was empty!
0:25:20 > 0:25:23HE PLAYS A TUNE
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I know this tune, but where do I recognise it from?
0:25:26 > 0:25:31It's our theme tune - and now my earworm.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Wow!
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- APPLAUSE - That was amazing.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37It was amazing! Where did he come from?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Other than the Academy, of course, where he's a talented student.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44But I have confession, everyone.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47This is a real tuba player, but I'm not really a conductor.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50In fact, I'm not even a semi-conductor.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51John lent her that one.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54My name's not Mrs Reed, it's Katherine.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56And I'm actually called Fergus.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59It's all building to a crescendo...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01And you've all been set up by your teachers and your parents.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- I knew it!- And you're being filmed right now.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08There's a camera over there, there's a camera over there and over there.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11You're going to be on CBBC's Help! My School Trip is Magic.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14CHEERING
0:26:14 > 0:26:17A well-orchestrated trick by Katherine and Fergus,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21with plenty of oompah, oomph.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23But how did the class chart its success?
0:26:24 > 0:26:30It was really, like, weird. It was really, like, impossible.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Nothing's impossible when Katherine's involved.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38She presented instruments from inside this otherwise empty cabinet.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40There was nothing in there, cos they opened the box
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and there was nothing behind.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46It looked normal but sounded strange.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- TUBA PARPS - Music with the...
0:26:48 > 0:26:52He wasn't there, and then just like teleported in there somehow
0:26:52 > 0:26:54and started playing!
0:26:54 > 0:26:58An academy student suddenly appeared playing the tuba.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00They all just started shaking and we were like,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03"How did he do that? How did he do that?"
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I want to know too, mate, but Katherine will not tell me.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09All I do know is this school trip featured a catchy trick.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20That's nothing. I can play the tuba.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24TUBA toothpaste!
0:27:26 > 0:27:27FALLING SLIDE NOTE
0:27:27 > 0:27:30See you later, but till then, if you're on a school trip
0:27:30 > 0:27:33and you think something magic's going on,
0:27:33 > 0:27:38maybe you'll find yourself shouting "Help! My school trip is magic!"