Episode 10 Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic

CBBC have sent these four magicians into your schools.

They are some of the hottest magicians

in the country.

Our magicians went undercover

and they pretended to be supply teachers.

We hid secret cameras all over your classrooms

and watched while you

had the most incredible lessons.

Our magicians fooled whole classes

and shocked them with their spectacular tricks.

But did they come to your school?

I never knew we were going to be on TV.

-Did they trick you?

-I'm just so freaked out!

And did you shout...

Hi, folks. I'm Iain with two Is - the spelling, obviously,

not these bad boys - and welcome to the fresh new episode

of Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic. We have amazed hundreds of you guys

by simply swapping your teacher with one of our magicians.

That's pretty smooth operation.

Not only that - we have been secretly filming the results

with special cameras hidden in the classroom.

Oh, yes - we are more clever than Professor Green,

if Professor Green was a professor and not a rapper. Yep.

Anyway, the fun does not stop there.

We'll be showing you loads of other mind-boggling stuff.

Here's one of my favourite tricks - it's the spoon bending.

You just have to rub the spoon and it just bends. It just bends.

It just...

RECORD SCRATCHES AND MUSIC STOPS

Here's what's coming up.

We're going to need a softer spoon! This is ridiculous!

Fergus is going undercover to cause mayhem in this class of year fours.

Look - his magic flea is diving into the water.

Will Fergus' trick cause a splash?

We're going to teach you a magic trick so you can fool your friends.

Grab a piece of paper and some scissors so you can join in.

Plus, you've been sending in clips of all your best magic tricks,

and later on I'll be picking my five favourites.

Will you be one of my Wannabe Wizards?

-I bet...

-BANGING

I bet you think you would spot a fake teacher in the class,

especially if they were doing magic, but it's not that easy.

It's like wondering if you can cry underwater.

Anyhow, this is Fergus.

He loves to string people along with his amazing tricks.

He's about to go undercover as a supply teacher.

The hidden cameras are set. Will it be your school?

Will it be your class? Let's find out.

Here's a year four class.

They don't know it, but Fergus is about to give a history lesson

that will go down in the history of their school.

None of the class suspect there are hidden cameras in their classroom

or realise that Fergus is not a real teacher, but can he keep it up?

Today's lesson is going to be about history.

As I've studied history, I've grown to really love one particular part

of it, and that is the history of entertainment.

The class don't look very entertained yet, mate.

I've brought with me an incredible act.

It's over 200 years old.

Whoa. That got their attention.

It is the flea...

-circus.

-Whoa!

They already love this lesson

and they don't even realise that Fergus is an incredible magician.

Now, I'd like...

to introduce you...

to Finley. Now, Finley is the trapeze flying flea.

Here's a secret - there's no flea in that box.

So, what I want to do to begin with is just to get Finley

to sit up on that trapeze. So come on, Finley.

Come on. There he goes, up on to the trapeze. Excellent.

Now what he needs is lots of encouragement

to start swinging the trapeze.

Ready? So lots of encouragement. Come on, Finley! Everybody!

-Finley! Come on, Finley!

-CHILDREN SHOUT

Oh!

The trapeze is swinging, but it's all a trick.

There's no flea and Fergus is no teacher.

Now we need to get Finley to loop the loop.

I'm going to count down from three.

-Three, two, one.

-Come on, fake flea, Finley!

-Oh!

-Whoa - the trapeze has looped the loop, but how?

Now, sometimes he can jump all the way over to the other trapeze.

Ready? Three, two, one!

Oh! There he goes!

And back on to the other trapeze - hup, oh, very good!

The class absolutely love it,

but have no idea that Fergus is fooling them all.

-A round of applause for Finley!

-APPLAUSE

The lesson is already legendary, but it's not over yet.

Now, in the Amazon jungle - it's a huge, huge rainforest,

ginormous animals - lives the flea...

Tiny. Just because Tiny's small, it doesn't mean

she's not brave and she's not one of the strongest.

So I'm going to get Tiny out of the matchbox.

Tiny the flea is so tiny that she's not even there.

It's another flea-sized fib.

Just there.

Now, I need someone to come up.

Whoa! I bet their hands have never shot up that quickly

in a history lesson before!

-What's your name?

-Khalsa.

Khalsa? I'd like you to come to the side of the table

and hold your hands just like this, because a couple of weeks ago

when Tiny was training, she dived off the board,

missed the pool and landed on this, so she hurt herself.

Tiny is going to attempt a two-and-a-half backward somersault

with a two-and-a-half twist and a pike dive into the pool.

According to Fergus, Tiny is about to do a Tom Daley,

except she can't cos she's not actually there.

Now, Tiny, up to the diving board.

Excellent! Very good.

I want everyone - "Tiny, Tiny, Tiny..."

CHILDREN CHANT

Oooohhh!

Hey, there she goes up, three somersaults and down into the pool.

Oh!

Whoa! That trick really made a splash.

Thank you, Khalsa, for your hands.

-Round of applause for Tiny!

-APPLAUSE

The class are lapping it up, but there's more.

Last up is Sampson, the strong flea.

Now, Sampson is the daredevil.

Now, he's a lively one so as soon as I...

Yep, there he goes, straight away, you see.

Sampson is going to flip this coin.

It's the equivalent of him lifting weights.

So I'm going to place him on to my hand.

He's going to use all the power in his legs, back, arms,

all his muscles and everything to get under that coin and hopefully...

Can you see it? He's starting to lift it.

Look.

Whoa! Sampson the flea lifted 133 times his own body weight,

or he would have if he was real.

Here is the final part.

Sampson is going to be placed into

the death-defying cannon.

He's going to be fired all the way across the flea circus

and he's going to land on the carousel.

This sounds like a spectacular finale.

Come on, Sampson! Three, two, one...

Oh! And there he goes, he's turned it.

Whoa! Explosions and acrobatics - that was a brilliant mixture.

Sampson, boys and girls!

The class are loving his flea-sized tricks,

but it's time for Fergus to let them in on our big secret.

Do you know what?

This isn't really a flea circus and I'm not actually even a teacher,

because I'm a magician.

CHILDREN LAUGH

All of you have been set up

and you're all being filmed right now

with hidden cameras for a new CBBC show!

CHILDREN LAUGH AND SCREAM

How good is that? And there's a camera there

and a camera there!

He did it! Fergus' flea circus has totally fooled the class.

First, Finley the fake flea amazingly did the trapeze...

My favourite part was when the first flea came and swung on the swings.

..then Tiny the flea did a belly flop, except she wasn't there...

It went everywhere.

..and Sampson lifted a coin and got shot from the cannon,

but not really.

I was so amazed.

Fergus pulled it off - the class had no idea he was a magician.

Would you realise your supply teacher was magic?

Later on, James will also be going undercover as a supply teacher.

He's got a lesson that will go with a bang.

Is this your class?

This is John. He'll teach you the secret behind a trick you can use

on your mates to blow their minds.

If you fancy yourself as a magician, here's a trick you can try at home.

You'll need a pair of scissors and a piece of paper.

If you haven't got them already, go on, get them now, hurry!

You back? Good.

Do you know how to make this shape using a piece of paper?

It's really weird. That middle section can't come from either side.

Keep watching and you'll find out how to do it later in the show.

This is Katherine.

She can turn silver into gold! Well, bronze.

And she's about to do a great trick at the theme park.

This is Lewis and Emily.

They're about to see an awesome trick that will bend their minds.

I'm going to show you something very cool with this piece of plastic.

Now, have you ever collected any gaming cards?

-Yeah.

-You have done?

This is what is used to protect the cards.

I want you both to have a look at that for me

because actually, I can get it to do some very strange things

with a straw. So I'm going to put these ones away in my pocket.

And what I'd like you to do, Emily,

is just hold your hand out with your palm up and your fingers all spread.

That's perfect.

And if we could just get the cameraman to come in

over the top here so everyone can see at home,

and if you guys could just stare through the top of the lens as well.

Can you see that there?

Can you see the straw lying across your fingers? Yeah?

Now, watch.

If I turn the piece of plastic, it actually makes the...

Whoa! It looks like the middle of the straw has vanished!

-Wow! Amazing!

-Can you see that?

It's very cool, but there's more to come.

If I turn it back,

it actually reappears again on your hand.

It's very strange. And watch this.

Can you see if I twist it, it looks as if

-the straw is actually twisting in your hand. Can you see that?

-Yeah.

-Can you feel anything, Emily?

-No.

You can't feel anything? Actually, it looks like it's twisting

because it is twisting

and it's melting into a knot.

Whoa!

Whoa! Now that's good.

Wow! That's amazing!

Let's get a rewind.

And it's melting into a knot.

Whoa!

Katherine made their straw melt into a knot before their eyes.

Unreal.

That's almost impossible! It's a knot.

I'm speechless! It was so cool!

I think it's amazing!

Coming up, we've got another magic trick that will leave

members of the public saying, "That was awesome."

But right now, we have something amazing for you.

This is the interactive illusion.

This is a trick that you can take part in at home.

Here's James.

He's ace at illusions and he's about to talk you through a trick

that's interactive and intergalactic, so get involved.

Now it's time to do some magic on you guys at home

which is out of this world.

Well, it uses the planets.

I want you to think of any one of

the nine planets in our solar system.

Any one you like.

Can I just stop you there?

Technically, Pluto was

classified a dwarf planet in 2006,

but I'll play along. Continue.

Have you got one? Good.

Place your finger

on the picture of Neptune

and spell out your selected planet

by moving in a clockwise direction

using one planet for each letter

beginning with Jupiter.

For example, if you're thinking

of Mars, say M and touch Jupiter,

say A and touch Earth,

say R and touch Pluto...

The dwarf planet.

..then say S and touch Mercury.

So, do that now

beginning with Jupiter.

Keep your finger on the planet

that falls on the final letter

of the one you've just spelt.

Now, because you could have chosen

to spell to any planet,

there's no way I could possibly know

which one you're touching.

Now, I want you to spell

the name of the planet

your finger is currently on.

Again, move around the solar system

one planet at a time

in a clockwise direction

beginning with the next planet along.

Just like last time, keep your finger

on the planet that falls

on the final letter you've spelt.

Now, concentrate hard

on the planet you're on.

Yes, your finger is on Earth.

Welcome home.

How on Earth? Did it work for you?

I've actually got songs about all the planets.

I call them my "Nep" tunes.

HE LAUGHS

Every week, we're bringing you a chart of the magic movers

and shakers. We're calling that chart Wannabe Wizards.

I'm got my comfy chair, I've got my popcorn

and I've got my laptop. Let's do this.

We asked you to send in clips of yourself

performing your best magic tricks.

We received loads of clips from all over the country.

Each week, I will be choosing my five favourite wannabe wizards

and showing them to you guys.

Number five this time is mind reader Jordan from Liverpool.

-I want you to stay stop whenever you like. Tell me when.

-Stop.

You're sure? OK.

'His brother has randomly chosen a card.'

Show it to the camera.

'Yes, it's the six of diamonds.'

OK. Keep saying it over and over in your head.

'Six of diamonds, six of diamonds, six of diamonds...'

I'm seeing your card. It's a six.

'He's got a six. Good skills!'

-It's red.

-'Yeah, it's red. Nice one!'

Is it the six of diamonds?

'It's the six of diamonds, yeah. How did he know that?'

I wonder if he knows who's at four? It's Hattie from Rickmansworth.

I have got an ordinary dice.

'Looks ordinary, but it's not going to be.'

I'm going to make this dice shrink in my magic shrinking box.

-Ready?

-'I'm ready.'

Two, one...

Whoa! Not only has the dice shrunk, it's turned red.

I can do that with my washing. Let's get a rewind.

Three, two, one.

'I still can't work it out.

'That dice is so small, it only goes up to three.'

Which is handy cos at three, it's Alastair from Derbyshire.

'He's mean, moody and in black and white.

'Stop smiling, this is supposed to be moody!

'His mate got the nine of hearts.'

Now put it in the deck anywhere.

'He's putting it back randomly into the pack.'

Now I'll do some shuffling.

'A quick shuffle and now watch closely. This blew my mind.

'He's thrown the card, right through the window!

'His mate can't get it through the glass, no matter how hard he tries.'

Was that your card?

And it's definitely his card.

-That trick's pure

-GLASS,

-but don't be a

-PANE

and throw stuff at windows.

Not even if you're expert juggler

Charlie from Burgess Hill.

I want you to touch a ball. No, not that one.

-'He's a joker that Charlie!'

-You can have that one if you want.

But I'm going to take this one, OK?

I'm just going to place it in my hand, OK?

Like this. You need to take this one and squeeze it real tight.

'He's a bit rough with his mate's hand.'

OK, hold it.

-'They've both got a red ball.'

-Now they're going to swap places.

Ready? Did you feel it going?

I felt mine go.

'Whoa, his ball's disappeared, and appeared in his mate's hand.

'Great skills.'

Who's my favourite, though?

I'm not going to tell you yet, not before I put on

my funny chart show voice. At five, it's mind-reading Jordan.

Hattie's no small dice at four.

Flying in to three, it's Alastair.

Ball control puts Charlie at two.

And he was nearly my favourite.

But out of the tones of wannabe wizards, my top one this time was...

'Calum from Bristol. He's cleaned the kitchen with his hanky

'and he's about to use it for an amazing trick.'

If you watch the space just there, I'm just going to give it

a little wave and a snap, and you can get a coin to appear inside.

'Whoa! He made the coin appear from nowhere.

'That's a new way of earning pocket money.'

-The coin disappears again.

-'It's magically disappeared.'

Like that.

You can actually make the coin appear anywhere you want.

For example, underneath my elbow. If you watch just there...

'Whoa! the coin's appeared from his elbow,

'but just wait for the grand finale.'

..in my pocket. Snap!

'I love that bit. A nice bottle of olive oil. That trick's sizzling.'

Can't wait until next time for more Wannabe Wizards.

But right now, time for another classic magic trick.

The amazing dancing cane. Here we go, it's pretty impressive.

PHONE RINGING

Sorry, two seconds.

Hi? Oh, hi, Grandma.

Yeah, I know I've got Granddad's cane. It's for a trick.

Well, tell him he can stay sat down and watch these clips.

Katherine surprises this boy in a sports centre.

How did she get that in there?

And watch what happens when James goes undercover in another school.

Could it be your class? Could your supply teacher be magic?

It's the moment you've been waiting for.

A chance for you to learn how to fool your friends.

Me and John challenged you to make this impossible shape

using a sheet of paper and scissors.

Come on, have you worked it out?

How many of you got it?

Can you use glue? Nah!

Can you cut it and tape it back together? Uh-uh!

Go on, then. Show us the secret.

You fold the paper in half.

Cut from one side to the centre crease.

Make two cuts on the other side of the paper.

Now fold the top and middle sections over.

And re-crease.

And that's it. Now you have an impossible object.

Let's get a rewind.

Fold the paper in half,

cut from one side to the centre crease.

Make two cuts on the other side, now fold the top and middle over

and re-crease.

Did you get it? Are you amazing already?

Now you've all got something to show off with in the playground.

And Katherine's about to show off after school.

In Undercover Magic, we hide cameras in all sorts of places.

Our magicians play tricks on members of the public

who don't know they're being filmed.

This is Katherine. She's at a sports centre.

She wants to get a snack from the machine,

but she doesn't have any money. No matter when you're a magician.

Whoa, she made a coin appear out of thin air!

Watch this boy. He's been swimming and he's proud of his float.

It looks like a big stick.

But Katherine's about to go one better.

I can't believe it. A huge magic wand.

Let's get a rewind.

She pulled a massive wand from the vending machine.

How did that get in there?

Looks like Katherine's got a new fan.

And now John's about to get

some more fans at this theme park.

This is Beth, Louie and Georgia.

They have no idea they're about

to star in their own magic show.

Hold your hand out for me.

Just hang on to that. And you hold your hand out.

-Do you know what these are?

-Pins?

-Pins.

They're not ordinary pins, they're called safety pins.

If you put them together like that, they look like they link together.

But they're not linked together, they're inside each other like that.

Look at them from both sides. They look like they're linked.

But look. They actually are.

Whoa!

'Whoa! But there's more.'

Now I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to do that again.

OK? But this time, I'll try not to touch the pins.

I'm just going to flick the pin, so watch.

And they link.

'Whoa! How did he do that?'

Shall we try and push it one more stage?

I think we're being a bit brave, but we'll try.

Can you hold that pin at each end with your fingers like this?

That's great. I'm going to hang this pin on to that,

so leave go with this hand. I'm going to hang that one on there.

Then I'm going to hang this one on here. Are you ready?

One, two, three.

Yes!

'That's the best one yet. Can I get a rewind?'

One, two, three. Yes!

'They can't believe it and neither can I.'

How?

I don't know how he did it.

I was just holding it

and it just suddenly came into one

and it was really, really cool.

All he did was flick it.

I reckon you could probably do that with coat hangars.

Watch as these coat hangars magically join together.

OK, this is pretty powerful.

Now it's time for James to fool another unsuspecting class.

He's at another school.

He's going undercover as a supply teacher to do an incredible trick.

Is it your school? Is it your class?

And will the class realise that their supply teacher is magic?

These year six pupils think they're coming in to learn science,

but this is a lesson that will get an unusual reaction.

The classroom's been rigged with hidden cameras

and James has got a trick that really pops.

They have no idea.

We're doing a science experiment this morning

that's hopefully going to be quite fun.

I'm going to use one of these.

And in addition to the balloon,

we're also going to be using one of these.

A big needle.

He's not joking - that's the biggest needle I've ever seen.

James can use one because he's a trained magician

but you aren't at home, so no big needles, you hear?

Now, I've got some nice gloves and I've also got these funky glasses.

He may look ridiculous, but this get-up should convince the class

he's a real science teacher before he does some serious magic.

You might want to put your hands on your ears.

One balloon plus one big needle plus hands over ears...

Even I know the answer to this equation.

..two, three...

There it goes.

The lesson's started with a bang,

but soon he's going to blow their minds.

We're going to try this again.

Now this time, what I've got with me is a very special spray.

And this spray comes all the way from America.

That's a big fib, James, and you know it.

This is where the magic starts.

What it does is it changes all the molecules in the balloon

and therefore, the balloon is not only a lot more flexible,

but it's a lot stronger.

So if we put a little bit of a spray at that end...

I'm going to let you in on a secret. That spray is really just tap water.

Just rub it in.

If this works, I should be able to push the needle

all the way through the balloon without it popping.

He's going to do what?

That sounds impossible and the class thinks so, too.

Put your hands on your ears just in case.

This could be an explosive trick. I'm putting ear defenders on.

The needle's about to go in.

It's going in and it's... How's he doing that?

The needle has pierced the balloon and it hasn't popped.

That's incredible, but James is not through yet.

-Right the way through.

-CLASS: Whoa!

Now it's come out the other side and there's still no pop.

The class can't believe their eyes or ears.

Not only that, we can pull it all the way through.

Even the knot on the thread.

Nobody could ever do this. It's impossible.

But it's done, thanks to that spray.

The needle's come all the way out and the string.

That's unbelievable. But is it a real balloon.

I've only treated the top and the bottom of this balloon, haven't I?

You've treated us though, James, to a magic masterclass.

What do you think will happen when I touch the side of the balloon?

Do you think so? OK, hands on ears.

One, two, three.

-And there it is.

-The balloon is real!

But James is not a real teacher and he's about to blow his cover.

In a normal lesson, I'd have you take out your exercise books

and write up the experiment.

But this isn't a normal lesson.

I'm not actually a real teacher. I'm a magician.

I knew it!

And see that little mirrored box at the back

and this little mirrored box here and that box there?

If you give them a little wave, you are currently being filmed

for a new TV show on CBBC called Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.

CLASS: Whoo!

He did it.

James' brilliant magic spray trick has totally fooled the class.

First he sprayed the balloon with magic spray,

which is really just tap water.

I was really shocked

when he put the needle right through the balloon.

And then he magically passed the needle all the way through

the balloon without it popping.

It was so cool cos we didn't know that we were going to be filmed.

James pulled it off.

The class had no idea he was a magician.

We totally got them and they loved it.

I think we can all agree that we've had another stunner of a show.

We will see you later, but until then, if you're at school and you

think something magical is brewing, maybe you need to shout

Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic!

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