Episode 2 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'd be on TV.

Did they trick you?

I'm just so freaked out.

And did you shout...?

CHEERING

Hello! It's me, Ian, and this is Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.

We've fooled hundreds of you by swapping regular teachers

with magicians and we've been secretly filming the results

with special hidden cameras in the classrooms.

Oh, yeah - we are slicker than an oil slick covered in banana skins.

We've also got loads of other great tricks though, like this one -

watch as I turn this piece of blank paper

into a crisp £20 note.

Here we go...

Here's what's coming up... Have you got a pen?

Today we're going to be learning telekinesis.

Katherine's going undercover to cause mayhem in this Year 3 class.

Look! The books are flying off the shelves.

Will she have them flying around the room?

We'll teach you a magic trick to fool your friends.

Grab some paper and a pen to join in.

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

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

Will you be one of my wannabe wizards?

Do you think you'd be able to tell if your teacher started doing magic?

This is Katherine, magician extraordinaire.

She's got mad skills and she'll use them undercover as a supply teacher.

The hidden cameras are set. Is it your school? Your class?

Let's find out.

Katherine is about to give Year 3 a superhuman lesson.

They're moving so quickly they look superhuman already.

None of them know there are hidden cameras,

or they'd have waved.

My name's Katherine and I'm going to be taking your class today.

ALL: Good morning, Katherine.

I wasn't sure what you've covered this term,

have you done superpowers yet?

Yes, she did just say superpowers. And no, that's not in Key Stage 2.

Today we're going to be learning telekinesis.

Telek...what? Telekinesis - it isn't made up.

Telekinesis is a word scientists use to describe

when people move things with the power of their mind.

I'm going to show you what it looks like first -

I'll use this pen which will be perfect.

What I need to do is create a lot of energy,

so we'll all rub our hands together. Can you feel it?

-ALL: Yeah.

-It's getting hotter and hotter.

The class loves this. They're rubbing their hands in glee.

-If you do this can you feel the tingling of energy?

-All: Yes.

This is what I'm going to throw toward the pen to make it move,

but before I do that, I have to focus.

1...2...3...move!

ALL: Oh!

Pretty cool...and now it's the class's turn.

Who would like to have a go?

Would you like to come up? What's your name?

Her name's Maryama but soon her friends will call her super Maryama.

Really rub your hands together. Can you feel them getting hotter?

I want you to throw all the energy that you're building up

towards the pen and to tell it to move.

Really rub them together and on the count of three,

shout MOVE. Are you ready?

1...2...3...

MOVE!

Woah...it moved. That was incredible!

Katherine made them believe it's in the mind,

but it's actually amazing magic.

Well, you're all going to have a go now

and I'd like you to work together as a team to do it.

They haven't realised Katherine's a magician.

Keep watching as the magic goes to a whole new level.

What I'd like you to try

is attempt to move this pen from all the way...

..over here.

So rub your hands together... that's perfect.

Can you feel them getting hotter?

This is going to be the big one.

-That's it, focus your attention.

-I'm excited! Here we go!

-Are you ready?

-ALL: Yes.

OK. 1...2...3...MOVE!

ALL: WOOOAHHH!

Woah, I can't believe my eyes! Let's get a rewind.

ALL: WOOOAHHH!

Wow - what a trick. Forget the pen,

those books flew like they had a life of their own.

It's time for Katherine to let them in on her super-powered secret.

Do you know what, everyone? I'm going to have to come clean.

Unfortunately superpowers aren't real.

And I'm not a real teacher, I'm a magician.

And that was magic!

Because if you look over there, there's a camera in there.

And over here.

Because you're all going to be on the new CBBC TV show called

Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.

She did it! Katherine totally tricked the class.

-Move!

-First Katherine made the pen move.

Just amazing to see.

Then Maryama made the pen move herself!

It was freaky.

Katherine made the books fly from the shelf.

The books just moved out of nowhere.

I can't even do that by moving all of those nine books by myself.

Katherine pulled it off, the class had no idea she was a magician.

Would you realise your supply teacher is magic?

The class really believed Katherine had superpowers, didn't they?

You could say it was a very MOVING experience?

Because of the...erm...the books.

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

He'll make this class's jaws drop to the floor.

Is this your class?

John's not a real teacher,

he's an incredible magician with a big appetite...for magic.

He'll teach you the secret behind a trick you can use on

your mates to melt their minds.

If you fancy yourself as a musician, here's trick you can try.

You need a pen and paper with the Roman numerals for 9 written on it.

That's an I and an X.

If you haven't got them already, go and get them now. Go on, quick.

Got it? OK.

Now draw the Roman numeral for 9.

Ready?

The challenge is to turn the numerals into 6,

using only one line. Can you work it out?

Keep watching and you'll find out later in the show.

Right now Katherine will amuse some people

in this amusement park with a trick you'll never work out.

-Hi, guys.

-Hi there.

This is Rebecca and Jess.

They have no idea they're about to star in their own magic show.

Watch carefully.

Do any of you believe in the power of the mind?

-Yes.

-No.

Jess, have a look at both of these for me.

We've got a mint and a coffee stirrer.

Do they look perfectly normal to you?

-Yes.

-OK.

What I'd like you to do is hand me that back and watch very carefully.

I'm going to draw some arrows on the mint and you'll see why in a minute.

If you could just thread the mint on the stick for me.

You DON'T believe in the power of the mind,

and you DO believe in the power of the mind.

Rebecca, I'm going to let you have the first go.

What I'd like you to do is visualise the arrows moving towards you.

Can you do that? Keep concentrating.

There we go.

Your eyes are not lying to you - the mint is spinning on its own.

What I want you to do, in your mind, is say, "Stop."

Wow! I wanted it to stop then, too!

-She read my mind!

-Amazing.

I want to look at that again. Let's rewind.

Now, Rebecca, what I want you to do, in your mind is say, "Stop."

It's Jess's turn now.

-Jess, you don't believe in this, do you?

-No.

Shall we see if you can manage to get to do this?

And in your mind, I want you to say, "Stop."

Woah! That's awesome!

She wrote the things on the Polo,

and then it started spinning without her doing anything.

It was really weird.

Now I really, really believe in the power of the mind.

That sweet Katherine was using was called Prince William.

Yeah, it's a Royal mint.

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 where you can take part at home.

No...we're not going to saw you in half. Com'ere. Just come. Come.

Listen very carefully to everything Fergus tells you.

He's an incredible magician that's bright-eyed and bushy-haired.

He's about to talk you through a trick, so go on, get involved.

You're going to go on a trip,

and I am going to try and work out exactly where you are.

Here are 12 major cities, six from Europe, like London and Paris,

and six from the USA, like Los Angeles, New York, and Boston.

Now decide way you are going to start your trip.

By placing your finger on any red square.

Now, move left or right to the nearest blue square.

Now, move up or down to the nearest red square.

Now, move diagonally to the nearest blue square.

Finally, move left or right to the nearest red square.

I think I know where you are...

You're in New York.

Have a nice day.

I was thinking The Big Apple, too.

Actually, I was thinking of an apple that walks sideways, a "crab apple"!

Every week we are bringing you a top five chart

of the new magicians on the block.

I have got my comfy chair,

I've got my sausage rolls, and I've got my laptop.

Let's do this.

We asked you to send in clips of yourselves

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...

My man, Jake, from Norwich.

With his magic rope trick.

Rope number one, rope number two and rope number three.

There's nothing in my bowler hat, is there?

Which is pink with polka dots on.

I am liking your style, mate.

We put the three ropes into that hat.

Magicians have got their own things to say,

like, "Abracadabra" or "Alekazam".

But mine is, Izzy whizzy let's get busy!

I like your catchphrase, it's good to have a catchphrase.

Say, "Izzy whizzy let's get busy!" One, two, three...

Izzy whizzy let's get busy!

Got to love it when you get your mum involved.

One rope has turned really short, another has stayed the same length,

and the other one has gone really, really long,

and there's nothing in my bowler hat.

Jake's good, but because this guy has got more skills in his locker,

he is at number four. It's Peter, from Harrogate.

Not strictly magic,

but you've got to admit his juggling is pretty magical.

He's taking those balls to a higher level, literally.

I like that he's put a shirt on for this next level of juggling.

Watch out, that's a glass conservatory behind you, mate.

Check it out, more ceiling space to juggle the four clubs.

Four rings and he's made it into number four.

But something to really lighten up these clips is Mia, from Coggeshall.

She is at three, because I have not seen a trick like it before.

Mia's proving there's no business like glow business,

keep an eye on that red light.

MIA SNEEZES

Urgh.

I'm now going to throw it from one hand to the other.

Er, you might need to wash those hands afterwards.

Mind the ceiling! Oh, it must be a low ceiling.

Sometimes it vanishes, and appears in other places.

Like through her living room wall?!

Like this.

Come on, Ginger. Play nicely.

Mum is busy texting her mates, saying that Mia is on the telly

and not paying attention.

She needs to lighten up.

I like Nathan from Stafford better, because I still can't work it out.

For this trick we need a shuffled deck, and you'll say, "Stop", please.

-So just say "Stop".

-Stop.

Can you see that card?

-Have you memorised it, it's the seven of clubs.

-Right.

That gets lost into the pack.

Like so.

Now, I'm going to show you a series of cards,

if you see your card,

don't tell me, if that's your card, just keep a poker face.

-First one.

-No, that wasn't it.

-Nope, don't think that's your card.

-Second one.

-Yeah, that's it! Oh, he's put it down.

He didn't even realise it's our card.

I don't think any of them are your card.

-I think the top one is, the queen of diamonds. Right?

-No.

Watch, he puts the queen of diamonds back. The good bit is coming up.

Well, I don't think that's your card.

The seven of clubs has turned into the jack of clubs, where's it gone?

Ta-da! It's now where the Queen was.

A top trick, but who's my favourite?

I am not going to tell you yet,

not before I put on my funny chart show voice!

At five, it was Jake, but keep it under your hat.

Peter's juggling trick gets him higher, at four.

He's not as flashy as Mia, though, who's at three.

She's put in the shade by Nathan at two, nearly my favourite,

but out the tons of clips, my top one this time round was...

Niall from Tynemouth,

because his trick is totally on the money.

Watch the coins very carefully.

How are they moving round the table like that?

I'm watching more closely this time.

He's piling the four coins up.

He's got one in his hand...

now it's gone.

I still can't work it out, even when I rewind it.

Very cool, it hasn't gone, it's still there.

Loving the coin trick and the million-dollar smile.

I can't wait till next time for more Wannabe wizards.

It's about time I did something a bit special,

so, ladies and gentlemen, I will now attempt to levitate.

OK.

So, come on then.

Oooh.

PHONE RINGS

Hello. What do you mean, "I didn't move"? Who is this?

The... the producer?

It's nothing important, you just see what's coming up...

Have you worked out the secret to John's challenge?

If you've not already got your pen and paper, go and get them now.

Go on. Hurry.

See James baffle these boys with a mobile trick.

Can you work out how he does it?

Amazing.

Watch what happens when John goes undercover in another school.

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

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

Our magicians play tricks on mumbers of the public

who don't know they're being filmed.

Fergus is in the shopping centre to play a trick on these girls.

They've been set up by their parents.

They have no idea what's about to happen.

Here comes Fergus now, check him out, what's he up to?

Excuse me, I'm really sorry, do you have the time on you?

-It's half past one.

-Half one? I knew I'd set my watch wrong.

I was just around the corner getting a drink, I just got a cola

but it looks a bit of a horrible colour, doesn't it?

Mum and dad are watching on Fergus as tricks the girls.

I wanted to get rid of it but I couldn't find a bin.

So, I thought the best way is to get rid of the liquid first.

-Just get rid of the liquid.

-How did he do that?!

Then I just need to bin the cup. I'll go and do that now.

Where did the cola go? Let's get a rewind.

I can definitely see cola in there.

I couldn't find a bin.

So, I thought the best way is to get rid of the liquid first.

Get rid of the liquid.

Then I just need to bin the cup.

But now it's disappeared! I still can't work it out.

I still can't work it out. Look at Ella's face, she can't believe it!

What did they think of the shopping centre surprise?

-Amazed. Amazed.

-Yeah.

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

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

Me and John challenge you

to turn this Roman numeral for the number nine,

into six, using only one line.

Come on, have you worked it out?

Maybe you thought you could draw around the X.

Nah. Here's how.

Did you get it? Are you amazing already?

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

James is about to show off one of his tricks in a theme park.

James found Danny and Ben amongst the miniature attractions.

They're now about to see a big trick.

-Trish, have you got a mobile phone on you?

-I have.

-Excellent.

Are, great, same as mine. Look, we'll swap.

If I take yours, can you hold your hand flat?

-You take mine and put your other hand on top.

-OK.

Hold that bad there, that's perfect.

-Now, do you guys send text messages?

-Yeah.

Keep your eye on the phone,

cos James is about to send a magical message.

I've found a way to send objects. I'll show you this.

It's an elastic band and a mobile phone.

If you just put the band round, give it a wrap like that.

-You can see it's round there?

-Yeah.

If I snap, it completely vanishes off the phone.

But it didn't disappear completely,

it just gets sent from my phone to yours.

Let's swap back.

Wow, that's awesome! Can I get a rewind?

See it's round there?

If I snap, it completely vanishes off the phone.

But it didn't disappear completely,

it just gets sent from my phone to yours.

-Let's swap back.

-OK.

-Thank you very much.

In this phone trick must be on vibrate cos it's left me buzzing!

He sent the elastic band to the other phone.

It just disappeared and then went on to my mum's phone. Amazing.

I've come up with my own method for that one. Watch this.

I've got an elastic band here, mobile phone, and...

BOING AND CRASHING

Not such a smartphone.

I think I should leave it to the experts...

Like John - he's at another school

and he's going undercover as a supply teacher

to do an incredible trick.

Is it your school? Is it your class?

And, will this class realise that their supply teacher is magic?

Let's find out.

SCHOOL BELL

This is Year 4. They think it's a normal lesson, but they're wrong.

There's nothing normal about John.

The classroom's rigged with hidden cameras

and he's about to do a totally uplifting levitation trick.

They have no idea.

-Good morning boys and girls. ALL:

-Good morning.

Today, we're going to do science. Who likes science?

Only one person likes science - that's a shame.

I think they'll all like science once they have seen John's trick.

I'm going to do an experiment today using helium.

It's a very, very light gas.

I'm going to do an experiment

with a new type of helium called heavy helium.

It's called heavy helium

because it can lift much heavier things than normal helium.

So, I've got some balloons over here and they're filled with heavy helium.

They're heavy helium balloons,

not to be confused with heavy helium baboons!

Heavy helium balloons don't actually exist either.

It's all part of John's trick.

I'm going to try an experiment to see

if I can lift a human being

off the ground using heavy helium.

I know!

The alarm bells should be ringing now.

Not many teachers can raise people off the ground.

I've balanced these heavy helium balloons out exactly

so that they should levitate

the weight of the teaching assistant here, Miss Worthington.

Miss Worthington's going to come out here.

This is John's magic assistant. She's also in on the trick.

If you just have a seat on the table.

That's wonderful.

At the moment, she's just lying on the table

supported underneath, everything's good.

What I've got to do is put the heavy helium balloons on each end.

Hopefully that should take her weight and I should be able

to remove the supports and she should stay suspended in mid-air.

Watch carefully. John's magic assistant will soon be levitating.

This is going to be great!

We're going to use these heavy helium balloons.

Oh, dear me! They're quite heavy!

Ohh... Sorry!

These balloons must be powerful - John's hardly a delicate flower(!)

Quite heavy...

Even his assistant can't stifle a giggle and she knows the trick!

That's good. They're there.

We can get the other balloons and put them at the other end.

Oh, dear me! They don't want to come here.

Some great acting, John! The class are hanging on your every word.

OK, that's good.

Now, hopefully, those heavy helium balloons

are taking the weight of Miss Worthington perfectly.

Before I remove the supports, I need to cover Miss Worthington up.

This is one of my mother's old curtains.

The main reason for this is, if it all went wrong

and Miss Worthington went up in the air out the window,

we don't want her to get cold because after 3,000 ft,

it's chilly up there.

She believes it, but this chat is all part of John's trick.

This hopefully should keep her warm.

The trick is about to happen.

They think they're about to see the assistant float.

I just have to remove the supports under the table and see

if the balloons will keep her up there.

I'm watching through my fingers...

This could be a flyaway success or come crashing down to earth!

He's taken away one support

and Miss Worthington's legs are floating in mid-air!

Pretty incredible. Here goes another one...

You tell me when he's done it - I can barely watch!

-ASTONISHED CHEERING

-Wow!

That trick's way up there with my favourites.

She'll be all right now. I've got to admit something.

John's about to tell them a big magical secret.

I'm not really a teacher.

I know, I'm not even a heavy teacher.

I AM heavy, but I'm not a teacher. I'm a magician.

In fact, I'm a heavy magician.

He's come clean that he's a magician,

and can take it to another level.

I can prove that I'm a magician because look, if I go like this...

There go the balloons and she's still floating.

How's that possible?!

I can also prove that there's nothing holding her in place.

Fergus, if you pass me the hoop.

There's Fergus, he was posing as a teacher's assistant.

If I pass this solid hoop all the way through...

She knows he's not a teacher

but she's still can't believe what she's seeing!

All the way around her body. Nothing at all suspending her.

No balloons, no nothing, the whole hoop

all the way around her body.

Hoop hoop hooray, it's a great trick.

We better put the supports back. Fergus, can you pass the support?

Thank you. Just put this one...

She's looking to see if there's any funny business

going on beneath that table, but it's all above board.

I'll put that down, you can get up. Give her a big round of applause!

John is going to reveal why for this class their supply teacher is magic.

I know what you're thinking.

Why is there a magician in your class?

I'm actually part of a television show for CBBC

called Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic

and we've been filming you with special cameras

over there and one at the back, and over here,

so that you can be on TV!

It's been emotional.

Some pretty good dancing there, mate.

Scream if you love magic.

SCREAMING

He did it! John's levitation trick totally fooled the class.

He was going, oh, these are heavy, they're very heavy,

but it wasn't actually the balloon.

He made his assistant float using the balloons.

I was just shocked and I would actually like him to be my teacher.

Then he cut the balloons off,

and she was still floating in mid-air!

He could even pass a hoop all the way around her.

I thought they had invisible legs standing at the bottom

but when he put the hula-hoop around it they had none and I got shocked.

John pulled it off, the class had no idea he was a magician.

We totally got them and they loved it!

Remember, if you're at school

and you think something magical is on the loose, just shout,

Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic!

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