0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's a new term and CBBC has sent these four magicians
0:00:04 > 0:00:06back to school.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09They're pretending to be supply teachers
0:00:09 > 0:00:13so that they can perform amazing magic on unsuspecting classes.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16But because you know and love them,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19this time we've cunningly disguised them.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Then we hid secret cameras all over classrooms
0:00:25 > 0:00:28and watched as they taught spectacular lessons.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It looks... Flying around, like a magic saucer.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35That was sick.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38It's more magic, it's more outrageous.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40I was just flabbergasted.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43But how long will it take before the classes shout...
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hello! It's me, Iain, we're back to school for another term as
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Help! My Supply Teacher Is Still Magic.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58You could say it's...
0:00:58 > 0:01:03(DEEP VOICE) Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic II: Magicians Assemble.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Once again, we've swapped regular teachers with magicians
0:01:06 > 0:01:10and because you know them, we've disguised them.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13We've filmed the results with special cameras
0:01:13 > 0:01:14hidden in the classrooms.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Yeah. We're trickier than Dynamo riding a trick unicycle
0:01:18 > 0:01:19at a magic convention.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We're also showing you loads of other great tricks,
0:01:22 > 0:01:24tricks like this.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Please notice that this is a regular pack of cards.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Oh! I brought the wrong pack of cards.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Just watch the clips!
0:01:37 > 0:01:39The smaller Fergus' shrinking trick becomes,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42the bigger the reaction it gets.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46For John's interactive illusion, you'll need a 5p, a 1p,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48a 50p and a 2p.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Plus, you've been sending in clips of all your best magic tricks
0:01:51 > 0:01:55and later on, I'll be picking my favourite.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The Wannabe Wizards are back and this time they mean business.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00But first...
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Do you think you'd be able to tell if your teacher started doing magic?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Do you?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08This is Fergus.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11If he plays his cards right he won't be recognised.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13The disguise is on.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18He's walking with purpose to his unsuspecting class.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Enter, Year Five. They don't know it,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23but Fergus will give them a lesson about shrinking people
0:02:23 > 0:02:25that's going to expand their minds.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28So far none of the class have recognised Fergus in disguise,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31or noticed the hidden cameras in their school hall,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34but will they be able to believe their eyes?
0:02:34 > 0:02:40- Good morning, class. - Good morning, Mr Barkus.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Very good.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Now, I'm actually from a company called Air Squash,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49and what we do is look at the space management
0:02:49 > 0:02:54on different forms of transport. So rather than have, say,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58100 people on a plane, we'll fit 1,000 people on a plane.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Sounds incredible, doesn't it?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Fergus is pretending to work for a company who've invented
0:03:03 > 0:03:06a new way of travelling and the class are still with him!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09What happens with Air Squash
0:03:09 > 0:03:12is you arrive at your location for departure...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15These diagrams are here to help convince the class
0:03:15 > 0:03:16the lesson is real.
0:03:16 > 0:03:22Then, you're placed into the contraption you'll see on your left.
0:03:22 > 0:03:30You're diminished to a fifth of your capacity, you're boxed,
0:03:30 > 0:03:36placed alongside other people, until you reach your destination
0:03:36 > 0:03:41where you're elongated, where you're stretched back to your regular size.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Would you like to see how this works?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- ALL: Yes!- Are you sure?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Yes!- Right, I have a colleague with me today, Miss Floyd,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51who will be assisting...
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Miss Floyd is actually a magician's assistant,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56but the class don't suspect a thing.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Miss Floyd is going to step into our contraption.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07Fantastic, and we will place this back here...and bring...
0:04:08 > 0:04:09There.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Lovely. So, at the moment, you'll see Miss Floyd occupies
0:04:15 > 0:04:18the entire space of the box, right?
0:04:18 > 0:04:23What we want to do is to get Miss Floyd from her full size,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27squashed right down, able to fit in something that size.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30So far, Fergus has been telling the class tiny fibs.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34He's now about to make Miss Floyd smaller with a massive trick.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38We start with the top of her body - so head, chest, tummy, back
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and we squash that down,
0:04:41 > 0:04:47so we contract all of those muscles...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54..until she's half of her original size,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56so now we have half of Miss Floyd.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Half of Miss Floyd, yet we're about to double the magic.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04What we need to do, this time, is work from the feet upwards,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07so we need to contract the legs...
0:05:07 > 0:05:08I can't believe my eyes!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I bet Miss Floyd can't believe her legs!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Until... - CHILDREN LAUGH
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Miss Floyd...is...small.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22At that point, we can remove this as a package
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and we can put it into an aeroplane with lots of other people
0:05:25 > 0:05:27until you reach your destination.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34So where we had an ENTIRE Miss Floyd occupying the WHOLE box,
0:05:34 > 0:05:41we now have space for one, two, three, four, five Miss Floyds.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Isn't that incredible?
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Fergus can even get underneath her feet through the Air Squash gizmo.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Once you get to your destination,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51you don't want to travel round like this all day,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56you need to be stretched out, so we start...with the legs.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58So we bring those legs down...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04..until we have, just like we did last time,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08half Miss Floyd, then we do the same but with the tummy,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10with the chest, with the back
0:06:10 > 0:06:14and we stretch those muscles right the way out,
0:06:14 > 0:06:19until Miss Floyd returns to...
0:06:19 > 0:06:21her regular size.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24And then, of course, she can... she's now at her destination...
0:06:24 > 0:06:25step out...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29..and continue her holiday.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31She deserves a holiday after all that!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34The class are beginning to suspect that this lesson
0:06:34 > 0:06:35isn't what it seems.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Who would like to have one of them? - CHILDREN: Me, me!
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Course they would, but they've also got a few questions to ask you!
0:06:42 > 0:06:46The trouble is, none of you will own one of them
0:06:46 > 0:06:51and the truth behind that is... I'm actually a magician
0:06:51 > 0:06:55and all of you have been set up by your parents at home,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57by your teachers at school
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and you're all going to be on a CBBC show called
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Help! My Supply Teacher's Magic
0:07:02 > 0:07:04and there's a camera filming you there,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07and there's a camera there and you're going to be on TV!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09CHILDREN LAUGH AND CHEER
0:07:09 > 0:07:14No wonder they're excited, that was an unbelievable trick!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16But how did they describe it?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I thought that trick was amazing
0:07:18 > 0:07:22because no-one else could shrink that small and then she...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25And then she come back to her normal size.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28The best part is when she was, like, really shrinking, shrinking,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32shrinking, shrinking and I thought it was kind of amazing.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36All of those muscles...
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Miss Floyd got smaller, but the trick got bigger!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Her legs just shrunk and her head just shrunk
0:07:42 > 0:07:45and she looked like she was in a suitcase.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Fergus stretched the truth with his shrinking trick,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51but the class had no idea he was a magician.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54How long would it take for you to shout...
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Later on you'll see what happened
0:08:02 > 0:08:05when James went undercover in another school.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09He does amazing magic that's far from the oldest trick in the book.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Right now, though, James is at a car museum
0:08:11 > 0:08:14and he's about to get up close and magical.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Do you guys like music? ALL:- Yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I love music. Have you got an MP3 player at home you listen to?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- No.- No? I have.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26I've got an MP3 player that is fantastic. I'm not just saying this.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29It's so vintage and retro, it's actually cool again.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Do you want to see it?- Yeah.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Here is my MP3 player. Boom!
0:08:35 > 0:08:38That MP3 player looks more like a deck of cards to me.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- What do you think?- Ooh, yeah.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I've got loads of songs loaded in there.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43In fact, could you hold this?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Just be really careful, OK, that cost quite a bit of money.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Use both hands actually, just in case. Perfect, excellent.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Now, I've got loads of songs in here, we've got...
0:08:53 > 0:08:57They're not songs, they're printed cards, surely?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- We've got Bruno Mars.- Cool. - Do you like Bruno Mars?- Yeah.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Yeah, we like Bruno Mars. We've got...
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- What have we got? Jessie J!- Yeah. - Yes! Jessie J, rocking it.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Now this model, this is an old model. This is a Shuffle...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11This is a Shuffle model.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14So at the moment it's loaded to play Bruno Mars.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16So what I'd like you to do, Morgan,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18is if I go through the songs like this,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20you just say stop whenever you want.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- Stop!- There? OK. If you can remember that song.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27The song says, "What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction."
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Yeah.- So we just put this back in with the other songs.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Careful, careful, careful. Vintage, antique.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36So put those back in the player like this.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You remember that song? Don't forget it -
0:09:38 > 0:09:41it'll be important shortly. At the moment,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44you'll not be able to hear that song, do you know why?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45- Why?- Some people say to me,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49"James, it's because that's not an MP3 player, it's a cardboard box."
0:09:49 > 0:09:51And I say to them, "That's a lie."
0:09:51 > 0:09:54The reason you can't hear that song at the moment
0:09:54 > 0:09:56is because you need headphones.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59How can you listen to a song without headphones or a speaker?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Luckily, I've got some headphones here in my pocket
0:10:02 > 0:10:05and if we just connect those, just like this...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09The headphone's magically attached!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Do you remember the song?- Yeah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- Excellent. It was...?- One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16One Direction. Press play.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Just listen...
0:10:19 > 0:10:21SONG PLAYS
0:10:21 > 0:10:24That is One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
0:10:24 > 0:10:27and it's coming from the deck of cards! Amazing!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- I've had enough of One Direction. - That was awesome.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Do you want to buy it?- Yeah.- 20 quid.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35He was shuffling the cards and he said stop to me, so I said stop.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37He showed me the song...
0:10:37 > 0:10:39One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- You can remember that song? - And then it suddenly came on.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- So that's connected. - A piece of cardboard playing music?
0:10:48 > 0:10:49It's awesome.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52# That's what makes you beautiful. #
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Now Katherine's going to set YOU a magical challenge
0:10:55 > 0:10:57in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59If you fancy yourself as a magician,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01here's a trick you can try on your mates.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Katherine's got a coin and a plastic cup.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Standing like this, Katherine will show you how to get the coin
0:11:08 > 0:11:11into the cup without bending your arms.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Can you work out how to do it?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Not easy, eh?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Keep watching and you'll find out later in the show.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21It's going to be incredible.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Right now, we have something amazing for you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Have you got your 1p, a 2p, a 5p and a 50p?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Because this is the interactive illusion.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34This is a trick where you can take part at home.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37So come on, you'll need to pay close attention.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40So get over here, nice and close, if you want to join in.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I mean, you and your telly go way back,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44it's time for you now to come way forward.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Here's John.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50You need to get those coins ready now.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53So, you've got your coins.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Arrange them so that you have two piles.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00One containing the big coins - that's the 50p and the 2p -
0:12:00 > 0:12:05and one containing the little coins - that's the 1p and the 5p.
0:12:05 > 0:12:11OK. Place a hand on either pile. It's completely up to you which one.
0:12:11 > 0:12:17Now, spell the pile your hand is on, either big or little,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20moving your hand from pile to pile, as you spell.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24So if your hand was on the big coins, you would spell big,
0:12:24 > 0:12:25and move your hand like this -
0:12:25 > 0:12:28B-I-G.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Do that now.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36OK. Whichever pile your hand landed on,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40keep it there and with your other hand, push away the other pile.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Now, lift your hand and separate the two coins
0:12:43 > 0:12:48so that they are next to each other, and place a hand on one of the coins.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Now spell the name of that coin -
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Penny, five, two or fifty.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Move your hand from coin to coin just like before.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Do that now.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Good. Now, there is no way I could know which choices you made,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11but I think your hand is on a silver coin.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It's a small coin...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It's on the 5p, isn't it?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18I'm going out for Sunday lunch.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20A small one.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Did it work for you?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Wow! Well, the quantity of the magic is exhausting
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and the quality has been right up there,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31so high I'm... feeling a little bit giddy.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35I think I've earned a sit down but before I do,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37let's have a look at what's coming up.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's all kinds of ridiculousness.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44John gets up close and magical to put his card where his mouth is.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Katherine will reveal the secret in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Have you worked it out yet?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56And watch what happens when James goes undercover in another school.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Will he fool the class or will they realise
0:14:00 > 0:14:03their supply teacher is still magic?
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Ooh! Each week I'm bringing you another of my new favourite
0:14:07 > 0:14:10magic movers and shakers doing tricks in their own cribs,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12yards and front rooms.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16We call them the Wannabe Wizards. So I've got my comfy chair...
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I've got my tape measure
0:14:19 > 0:14:22to make sure I'm safe viewing distance from the computer
0:14:22 > 0:14:25and I've got aforementioned computer to watch the magic on.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Let's do this already!
0:14:29 > 0:14:31We asked you to send in clips of yourself
0:14:31 > 0:14:33performing your best magic tricks.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36We received loads of clips from all over the country.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Each week I'll be choosing a favourite Wannabe Wizard
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and showing them to you guys.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44My Wannabe Wizard this time is Cai from Berkshire
0:14:44 > 0:14:46with two tricks for the price of one!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Hi, I'm Cai or as most people know me as - Magic Eye.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I'm here today to show you some of my tricks.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- I have a volunteer, Serena.- Hi.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Right, now, I've got a pack of cards here, and the box with the cards.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You have a look at that, make sure that's normal.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Whilst you're doing that I'll take the top card...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07The eight of hearts. Show it to the camera and I'll show it to you.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12Now I'll take the cards and I'll place them inside the box
0:15:12 > 0:15:13so you can see them going in.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Now take the card and wave over the top for me.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18And tap it on the box.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And the cards have gone. Stick your fingers in there.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Make sure they've definitely gone.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Incredible, but there's more!
0:15:25 > 0:15:30So a glass, which we use every day to drink, and two coins.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- So we've got a 1p...- Yeah.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34..and we've got a pound, yeah? And we've got the glass.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Have a look at the glass, make sure it's real,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39make sure there's no trap doors or anything
0:15:39 > 0:15:43and I'll take the 1p and the pound and just place them like that.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45They're both there.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Now, I'll take the glass and put it over the top of the coins.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51So they're both still in there, yeah?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- Yeah.- Now, I want you to choose a coin - the one pound or the penny?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- The one pound.- The one pound, yeah. Right, now watch. Ready?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Whoa! Wow.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10As you can see, the 1p has now completely vanished
0:16:10 > 0:16:14and all I have here is your chosen one-pound coin.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- Wow, you're my Wannabe Wizard. - Thank you, I'm Magic Eye.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Now it's time for Katherine to reveal the secret
0:16:21 > 0:16:23in Tricks Of The Trade.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Katherine's been standing like this for a while now and before
0:16:27 > 0:16:31her shoulders give out, she's going to show you how to get the coin
0:16:31 > 0:16:33into the cup without bending your arms.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Maybe you think you have to throw the coin in the air?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Nah! Maybe you can slide it down your arms?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Don't be daft! The trick is simple.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Keeping your arms straight, place the cup on the table
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and then turn your body and drop the coin in the cup.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Sneaky, but it works! Did you get it?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Are you amazing already?
0:17:05 > 0:17:10Now you've all got something to show off with in the playground.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Next, John is at a car museum getting up close and magical.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Hi, how are you?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Fine.- Excellent, just move a bit closer together.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Perfect, and apart. Great, I wanted some exercise.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22A bit of exercise before the trick.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'll do a card trick, but it's different
0:17:24 > 0:17:26cos I'm going to break the rules of magic.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- One of the rules of magic is never tell people...- Yeah.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30- ..what the trick is.- Yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33If I tell you the trick, you'll know what's happening,
0:17:33 > 0:17:34but I'll tell you.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I'm going to flick through the cards like this
0:17:36 > 0:17:38with the cards behind me.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40As I flick through, you say, "stop,"
0:17:40 > 0:17:42any time you like, and when you say it,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44think of the card we've stopped at
0:17:44 > 0:17:47and then you take the cards off me, while my back's turned,
0:17:47 > 0:17:51then I will turn round and make the card that you're thinking of
0:17:51 > 0:17:53vanish from the deck that's in your hands.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54- Would that be amazing?- Yeah.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- It would, wouldn't it? So we know what's happening.- Yeah.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Excellent, here we go.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Stop!- Matthew said stop and is checking out the card.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07We don't know what it is yet.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Why has John got a card in his mouth? Isn't it peaceful?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Remember I said the card that you were thinking of
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- would vanish from the deck? - Yeah.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19- What was the card?- Four of hearts.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Have a look through the deck. Spread through, spread through them.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25There's 52 of them, spread through...
0:18:25 > 0:18:27He's checking carefully for the four of hearts.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It's vanished and it was the one in my mouth!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Honestly, you, your socks, you've...
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Throw some on the floor.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Throw them all on the floor. Is your four of hearts there?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- No.- Of course it's not. You know why?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I've blown your socks off, well, one of them.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Watch! The four of hearts! - Wow!- Cool.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Cool.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Well done, John, that trick was tricky!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Really amazed.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55'He turned his back and went through the pack of cards
0:18:55 > 0:18:58'and told us to say stop whenever we felt like it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00'Then he got the four of hearts
0:19:00 > 0:19:03'and then he turned round and he had the four of hearts in his mouth.'
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- The four of hearts!- Wow!
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I think that trick was amazing.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Tough crowd, John. Magicians actually run in John's family.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Normally away from angry audiences. You're welcome.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Right now, another magical lesson that does my head in.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24James is pretending to be a supply teacher
0:19:24 > 0:19:27and trying to fool another class.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31The disguise is on. The hidden cameras are set.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Enter, Year Five.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36They think they're coming in for a lesson on literacy,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40but James is about to show them you can never judge a book by its cover.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43They don't even notice the hidden cameras or recognise James
0:19:43 > 0:19:45in his Harry Potteresque glasses,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47but will they realise it's magic
0:19:47 > 0:19:49or that the cameras are JK ROLLING?
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Hands up if you like reading? Excellent, most of you.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Now, I'm here to tell you today about something called
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Rapid Recall Literacy.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Now that probably sounds quite complicated,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04but what it means is you will be able to read
0:20:04 > 0:20:06much, much, much quicker than you can already.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Read their faces, they don't suspect a thing!
0:20:10 > 0:20:14So imagine you'll be able to read a book from cover to cover
0:20:14 > 0:20:18in a few minutes and not only that, you'll be able to remember
0:20:18 > 0:20:22everything that happened in the book and exactly where that happened.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24That sound like a good skill to have?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- CHILDREN:- Yes. - Before I tell you how this works,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30how about I give you a bit of a demonstration of what it looks like?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Shall we try something?- Yes.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Miss Benti, could you come and help me?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36This is a regular teacher, Miss Benti.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38She's choosing a book randomly.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40James hasn't read any of them before,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42he normally only looks at the pictures.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44We've got The Phoenix And The Carpet.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Has anybody read The Phoenix And The Carpet?- No.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Me neither.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53But what I can tell you is that there are exactly 320 pages
0:20:53 > 0:20:54in this book.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55All right?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57So what we're going to do is just look at one page,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00so I need somebody to put their hand up
0:21:00 > 0:21:03and choose a page number, any one between one and 320.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Yes?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Em...150. - 150, that's one...five...zero.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK, so let's turn to one...five...zero,
0:21:11 > 0:21:15just gone past it a little bit and you can see one-five-zero there.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Now, if you hold that for me, I'm going to try and remember
0:21:18 > 0:21:21as much of this page as I possibly can
0:21:21 > 0:21:23in the quickest time possible, all right?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27James is about to speed-read that page in record time
0:21:27 > 0:21:28using magical powers.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31What I need YOU to do, is I need you to count along
0:21:31 > 0:21:33to time me how long it takes.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36So count, one, two, three... OK? You know what you have to do?
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- Yes.- All right, and... Go!
0:21:40 > 0:21:46- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...- Done.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- ..eight.- Done.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52James couldn't have read it that quickly without using magic,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54but the class still believe him.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- How long was that, seven, eight seconds?- Eight seconds.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03I can tell you on page 150, there are 33 different lines.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Which line shall we use?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Number one, two, three, four?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- 20?- Number 20? OK.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Line number 20. Give me a moment...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Line 20, but what does it say?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Surely James won't know? He can't have memorised it!
0:22:19 > 0:22:24On line 20, on page 150, there are eight words.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Is that right, do you want to count the words?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Yes.- There are eight words. OK, excellent.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Which word shall we go for? One, two, three, four,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- five, six, seven or eight? Which one?- Six.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Six, the sixth word...
0:22:38 > 0:22:40..is... Oh, this is...
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- It begins with an "S".- Yes.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Yeah, it begins with an "S" and it's..."spoken". Is it "spoken"?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48- Yes.- Excellent.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50CHILDREN CHEER
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Here it is..."spoken".
0:22:53 > 0:22:56That's pretty good. That's pretty good, isn't it?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- Yeah.- D'you want to see something even better?
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- Yes.- This is amazing. - Great skills, James.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05With tricks like that he'll soon be writing his autobiography...
0:23:05 > 0:23:07with a magic marker, naturally.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09We'll try something different this time.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Miss Benti's choosing a new book at random.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15What's this one? This is The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Has anybody read this?- Yes.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20OK. We're going to try something slightly different this time
0:23:20 > 0:23:23because the advantage of this technique is
0:23:23 > 0:23:26you don't actually have to read the book traditionally.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29So you normally would turn to a page and go left to right
0:23:29 > 0:23:32all the way down the page, reading the words and then turning the page.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34You don't have to do that with this technique.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38This'll be strange. Could you hold the book with your one hand?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Great, and with the other hand,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43if you could reach over and flip through the pages like a flipbook,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46and you have to time me. Ready... Go!
0:23:46 > 0:23:52One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Done. What was that?- Seven.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Seven. Seven seconds, oh, I don't know if I got all of that actually,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01just trying to remember how many pages there are.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I think there are 303 pages in that book?
0:24:06 > 0:24:11- Am I close - 302, 303?- 303.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14303 pages are in that book. CHILDREN CHEER
0:24:14 > 0:24:16This speed-reading trick is a real thriller,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19but there's another magical chapter to come.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Let's try something different. A page number,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25so who can give me a page number between one and 303?
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- At the back.- Em...240.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35200, so that's two-four-zero. 240. OK, if you could turn to page 240.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Now James is going to remember the whole page.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Difficult number cos it's quite, quite far on in the book.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44All right, I'm struggling just to remember the first line.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Right, I think - don't let me see the book -
0:24:46 > 0:24:50page 240 is...
0:24:50 > 0:24:57"'What will they do?' Little Toomai called out."
0:24:59 > 0:25:01"'Ohe, little one...'"
0:25:01 > 0:25:04And then the next bit is...
0:25:05 > 0:25:10- "..Art thou there?" Is that right? - Yes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13CHILDREN CHEER
0:25:13 > 0:25:18- Page 240. Wouldn't that be a great skill to have?- Yes.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- Now, would you like me to tell you how it's done?- Yes.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Spoiler alert.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Time for James to tell the class how this trick ends.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I need to let you in on a little secret.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- So can you all keep secrets?- Yes.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Put your hand up if you can keep a secret? Excellent.
0:25:33 > 0:25:39The secret is Rapid Recall Literacy doesn't exist.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40I made it up.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46No such thing, and not only that, I'm not even a teacher.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I'm a magician and this isn't even real hair, it's a wig!
0:25:50 > 0:25:54And all of your parents and your teachers
0:25:54 > 0:25:57have set you up to be filmed today on secret cameras,
0:25:57 > 0:26:01just there and there and there for CBBC,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Help! My Supply Teacher's Magic! Give 'em a wave!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07CHILDREN SHRIEK
0:26:07 > 0:26:11James' speed-reading trick was a bestseller
0:26:11 > 0:26:15and the class bought it, but were they lost for words?
0:26:15 > 0:26:20I was just, like, scared and my belly went.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Even when I hadn't found out my belly went backwards,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28I felt like I was just somewhere magical.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31"'Art thou there?'" Is that right?
0:26:31 > 0:26:36James' feats of memory made this a lesson the class will never forget.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It was really amazing.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Like, he could remember every single thing on a page.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45It was so amazing, I thought I was going to faint,
0:26:45 > 0:26:46it was just so brilliant.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52An amazing trick and this class didn't realise...
0:27:01 > 0:27:05I love that speed reading. I'm going to give it a try.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10It's easy!
0:27:10 > 0:27:13We'll see you later, but until then if you're at school
0:27:13 > 0:27:15and you think something magical's occurring,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18maybe you'll find yourself shouting...
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Help! My Supply Teacher's Still Magic!
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd