Episode 3 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 had 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?

Hello. I'm Iain, and welcome to Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.

We have baffled lots of class mates by swapping regular teachers

with magicians.

And some of you didn't even spot it.

To prove it, we have been secretly filming the results

with special cameras, hidden all around the classroom.

Oh yes, we are slyer than a snake in a camouflage vest.

We know you love magic, so we'll show you lots of other great tricks,

including MY new card shuffle, check this out.

It's pretty impressive.

Just play the clips guys. Play them.

Katherine's going undercover

to cause chaos in this class of year fours.

Look, she's ripped up a 2p! Will she have the class in pieces?

Look at that!

There's an amazing interactive trick to play along with at home.

Grab two pieces of paper the size of a bank note, and a pen.

Hold them tight!

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?

Do you think you could spot a magician pretending to be a teacher?

This is Fergus. He's a magician with loads of tricks up his sleeve.

He'll use them, undercover, as a supply teacher.

The hidden cameras are set. Is it your school?

Is it your class? Let's find out.

Fergus is about to teach year six

a magical science lesson that's going to take a lot of bottle.

None of them know that they've cameras hidden in their classroom.

The class' regular teacher, Sarah, is in on the joke,

but doesn't yet know how involved she'll have to get.

Good morning class.

ALL: Good morning.

With science experiments, they don't always go right.

In fact, sometimes they go badly wrong.

But, hopefully, that won't happen today.

Fergus has got the class's full attention with that.

They don't suspect a thing.

If your regular teacher could come up to the front of the class

and help me out, that would be fantastic.

This is Sarah's big moment.

We've got a towel, so she doesn't get too wet. Hopefully.

Now he's really got their attention.

There is NOTHING funnier than your teacher getting wet.

Now, Sarah, if you could hold on to that bucket for me.

Oh, careful, Sarah, that bucket's full of water.

Now, in here, I have got a bottle of water.

What will happen if I turn that bottle of water upside down?

-If I turn it the other way round. Yes?

-The water will fall out.

If I turn the bottle of water upside down,

of course the water runs out, until the bottle is empty.

I'll leave that to refill.

The experiment I've planned doesn't just use the bottle of water,

it also uses a piece of paper.

What do you think will happen if I take that bottle of water,

which is a bit too full, and I now place a piece of paper

on top of the bottle, and now turn the whole thing upside down?

It's going to soak through the Post-it note.

Let's see what happens.

So, if I turn that bottle of water upside down,

you'll see, and this is pretty cool,

that piece of paper sticks.

-ALL: Oh!

-It's definitely cool, but it's not magic yet, still science.

What do you think will happen if I remove the piece of paper, Yes?

The water is going to pour out.

Now, that is a very sensible answer.

Wouldn't it be amazing if I could remove the piece of paper,

and all that water stayed in the bottle?

-ALL: Yeah.

-Wouldn't that be cool?

Sometimes, if you have just the right temperature, in the room,

and just the right pressure in the bottle,

this can happen.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is where the science stops

and the magic begins.

Now, who would rather I did this over the bucket,

or over Sarah's head?

ALL: Sarah's head!

-Which one would you prefer?

-Sarah's head?

Ooh, dunno. Did you say over the bucket?

ALL: No!

-No. Over her head?

-ALL: Yeah!

-Oh, I couldn't do that, I couldn't do that. Could I?

-ALL: Yeah!

Yeah. I suppose she HAS got a towel, hasn't she?

I'm really sorry, Sarah, if this doesn't work.

You could have a very, very wet teacher. Watch.

ALL: No!

They might have wanted to see her get soaked,

-but they can't deny it's an awesome trick.

-Look at that, guys!

Fergus has made the water stay in the bottle.

THAT's not scientifically possible,

and the magic's about to get better.

What's amazing is, in this bucket I have some little pieces of stick.

What's incredible is,

though nothing comes out of the bottle, these pieces of stick

go in.

Two might cause too much pressure in the bottle, we'll see.

The sticks are going in, but there's no water coming out,

and that's magic.

Now, the only way, actually, to get that water flowing again,

is to exert more pressure outside of the bottle. Very good.

Then is in squeezing it, exactly.

So, if I take the bottle and I squeeze it,

you'll see all that water starts to flow again.

And, Sarah, you can go back to your seat. Thank you very much, Sarah!

APPLAUSE

The regular teacher got away with it, as has Fergus,

but it's time to reveal his secret.

I've told you a little lie.

I AM called Fergus,

but, I'm not actually a teacher.

I'm a magician.

What?! Oh, cool.

And all of you guys

have been set up by your teachers,

and there's a camera there,

there's a camera in this box, just there.

There's a camera just at the back there.

He did it! Fergus's brilliant water trick has totally fooled the class.

I thought it was impossible, but actually it was possible.

He pulled the paper away from the bottle,

but the water didn't come out and pour on the teacher's head.

I didn't think it was going to land on Sarah's head, but I wanted it to.

Then, he floated tiny sticks into the bottle,

-and still the water didn't come out. Let's see that again.

-Go in.

How does he do it? How does he seriously do it?

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

Would YOU realise your supply teacher was magic?

Don't try that with your teacher unless it's your swimming teacher.

I mean, I can't swim, I prefer to float.

Later, Katherine will also be going under cover as a supply teacher.

She'll make this class' jaws drop to the floor.

Is it your class?

It's solid.

Of course Katherine is not a real teacher, and nor is her mate

and mine, the extraordinarily smooth magician, James.

He'll teach YOU the secret behind the 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 on your mates.

You need a £1 coin, a 50p coin and a 10p coin.

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

Hurry!

In the meantime, James will hang out here and wait for you.

You back? Ready? Good.

The challenge is for you to get the £1 between the 50p and the 10p.

Sounds easy, eh? But there ARE rules.

The rules are that you can touch the 50p, but mustn't move it.

You're allowed to move, but not allowed to touch the 10p.

And somehow, following these rules,

you have to get the £1 between the 50p and the 10p.

Those rules make it much more tricky, eh? Can you work it out?

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

Right now, though, fast talking magician, John,

is in a theme park to do a trick you'll never be able to work out.

I'm going to do something now with a coin.

This is Rosie and Lucy.

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

Watch carefully.

Do you have a coin on you?

-Actually, can you just sign your initials on the coin?

-OK.

So that we'll recognise it when we see it again.

-OK.

-Wonderful. And you can just re-cap the pen? I'll take that.

We're going to do something very interesting, with THAT coin.

Signed by Anthony.

We're going to take Anthony's coin,

and push it through this little slot in the deck of cards, like that.

-Mmmmm. Can you see it going through?

-Yeah.

If we just tap it, you can tap.

That's it, and tap it again. That's it.

And you can feel it coming all the way through.

There it is coming through on the other side.

Do you want to take it out for me? Oooh. Pretty impressive, huh?

How does he get the coin through the box? Surely it must be empty?

I know you're thinking there's no cards in the deck.

You're right, there's no cards in the deck,

because inside there is just, come on out...

A solid block of steel.

-Huh!

-Cool.

What, a metal block? It's real, cos I heard it bang.

You can hold it, see how heavy it is.

Can I get a rewind?

A solid block of steel.

You can hold it, see how heavy it is.

Awesome!

And he slipped the coin through the hole,

and then it came out the other side.

But I don't know how it got through. It's amazing.

Right now, we have something amazing for YOU.

This is the interactive illusion.

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

So, put down the twiddly game thing. Come here, come, that's enough.

Here, is James.

In this next trick, you're going to need a pen, a submarine

and the ocean.

OK, if you don't have a submarine, go out

and get two bits of paper, about the size of a bank note,

and draw a submarine on one, and some waves on the other one.

That will have to do for now.

Place them on a flat surface, forming a T shape,

with the submarine beneath the waves.

Using the pen, roll the pictures into a tube.

Hold them tight!

I'm also going to need one of these.

A giant magnet.

This is going to pull your submarine to the surface.

And, for you at home.

There. Now, unroll the pictures.

The magnet has pulled the submarine through the waves.

Wow, that's cool! Did it work for you?

They say the good stuff rises to the top.

Every week we are bringing you the top five chart

of new magicians on the block.

I've got my comfy chair.

I've got my trusty laptop,

and I've got my chocolate fingers.

Start the magic, already.

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 Superman Ben from Portishead.

Nice t-shirt, mate.

He's showing us the queen of clubs. Keep your eyes on it,

because something cool is about to happen.

Wow, it's gone! Where did it go?

Oh, there it is.

Nothing in his other hand, and the card's gone again.

There, it's back again.

If you didn't see it properly first time, he's going to do it

in extreme close-up.

Whoa! Now he's doing his signature move again.

Good work, Super Ben.

Not quite super enough to get to four,

that's Una from Borehamwood.

She's got a great waistcoat.

She's got flashing lights.

She's also got the jack of diamonds, and she's about to bring the magic.

The jack's about to go into

the strange contraption with three windows.

It's OK, Una, we're watching.

I want to count them in.

'Una', dos, tres.

Yeah, we're still watching, we're watching!

She's made the jack's stomach slide across! That looks painful.

It's kind of like the classic sawing in half trick

except without a saw, and with a card instead of a person,

and it was in thirds, not halves, but you get the idea.

Here's the best bit.

The jack of diamonds is all back together.

Anyway, ta-daa! Good trick, but, if Una had been a mind reader,

she'd have guessed that I chose Sean from Southport

as my number three.

He's got an orange industrial vacuum cleaner,

and the four of hearts.

There, it's there. But, watch this, it changes into the king of clubs.

And that's just the warm up.

Here comes the mind reading bit.

Tell me when to stop flicking through. Stop.

Now, take that card there.

Show it to the camera while I look down.

It's the king of diamonds. Thanks, Sean's sis, you're a diamond.

Say your card in your head three times.

King of diamonds, king of diamonds. Oh, that was quick!

The King of Diamonds was your card.

-Yes.

-Great work from Sean and his sis.

But, Eddie from Derby gets my vote at two,

cos his sister's not just an assistant, she's a magician too.

Can you just take out any card you want?

Don't let me see it.

Actually, doesn't matter if I see it. Let's see.

-The four of hearts?

-You need to remember the four of hearts.

We'll try something here. Watch.

See, if I get your four of hearts?

Press it down, and I can get it to vanish.

He made the card vanish!

Did you see where it went?

It should be in second position in the deck.

-Sorry, that's a three.

-Come on, Eddie. Up your game, mate.

If I get the three, I just shake, see how it changes to the four.

He made it change! Nice one, mate!

But his sister's magic, too.

-Just wave your hand over the four.

-She's certainly got the moves.

Changed back to the three.

Obviously, magic runs in the family.

Who's my favourite? I'm not going to tell you YET,

not before I put on my funny chart show voice.

At five, Super Ben was flying high.

Una's crazy trick meant she was at number four.

The mind control of Sean made me put him at three.

Eddie and his magic sister at two,

with a trick that was nearly my favourite,

but, out of the tons of wannabe wizards,

my top one this time was Archie from Exmouth.

He's good at magic, but he COULD use a helping hand.

Andy, no, Andy, argh. Argh. This is my pet hand, Andy.

I've got a pet arm, an armadillo. Thanks.

I found him one day, and he was moving on the street, like this.

So, I took him home and I tried to tame him.

He can be tame sometimes, but, argh!

Sometimes he can be a bit of a handful.

Argh, I can see what you did there.

He's actually quite intelligent. He can count.

Ready, Andy, what's two twos?

Good boy Andy.

Give him a big hand!

Oi, he's only got one.

I've got a bit of an itch here, can you get that for me?

Thank you. Ow!

Steady on, Andy!

I think we better go now.

Come on, Andy. Mum's going to Tesco's,

and I'll put you in her handbag.

And that's why Archie got his hands on the number one spot.

Can't wait until next time for more wannabe wizards.

Now, I thought I'd attempt to make this cup vanish.

Here we go.

PHONE RINGS

Oh, sorry. Sorry.

Hello? Hi, Mum.

Yes, it's your tea towel.

Yes, it's your cup.

You just watch what's coming up.

Have you worked out the secret to James' challenge?

If you haven't already got your £1 coin, 50p and 10p, go, get them now.

Go on, hurry!

Watch what happens when Katherine goes undercover in another school.

Wow, I can feel it bending, keep on going!

Could YOUR supply teacher be magic?

Look at that!

In undercover magic,

we hide cameras in all sorts of places.

Our magicians played tricks on members of the public

who don't know they're being filmed.

Going undercover this time, is John.

He's done more tricks than you've had hot dinners.

In fact, he's had more hot dinners than you've had hot dinners.

Join us in the cafe to play a trick on Bella.

She's been set up by her dad,

and she has no idea what's about to happen.

Keep your eyes on that glass.

'Scuse me. Have you got the right time?

I know what time it is. Time for magic.

-10.55.

-It's what?

-10.55.

-10.55?

-Yeah.

Oh, you're kidding?!

Did you see that?! That's amazing. Can we get a rewind?

-'Scuse me? Have you got the right time?

-Er, yeah. It's 10.55.

It's what?

The glass is floating all by itself! Surely that's impossible.

-And that's not all.

-10.55, honestly?

-Yeah.

-It's 10.55 fellas, come on.

They were supposed to be up at 10.50.

What is John on about now? He's talking to his forks!

Five minutes ago, they should have been up. Five minutes ago.

Jump!

-Ooh!

-Perfect. Can you believe I'm late now, cos of two forks?

-Two forks!

-That trick was 'unforkgettable'.

You're welcome.

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

A chance for you to fool your friends.

Me and James challenged you to get the £1 between the two other coins.

Sounds easy, eh? But there ARE rules.

The rules are that you can touch the 50p, but mustn't move it.

You're allowed to move, but not allowed to touch the 10p.

Somehow, following these rules,

you have to get the £1 between the 50p and the 10p.

Maybe you think it works

if you flick it.

Nah!

What about if you blow it?

No way!

Using the big magnet James had earlier? Uh-uh! Come on!

The secret is to get the £1 between the two other coins

by holding the 50p still, and hitting it with the £1.

That moves the 10p without you touching it. Let's get a rewind.

Watch closely.

Hold the 50p still. Hit it with the £1,

and that moves the 10p without you touching it.

Then simply place the pound coin in the middle.

Did you get it? Are you amazing already?

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

Magic takes years to master,

and I've been working on this trick now for like three, four

minutes.

Have a look. Pen. Lid. I just...

CRASHING

Let's have a look at someone who makes magic look slick.

This is Katherine.

She's a super slick magician,

but she's also a master of disguise.

She's at another school.

She'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 their supply teacher is magic?

BELL RINGS

These year four pupils think they're coming in

for an ordinary lesson, but they're wrong.

They're about to get the best lesson they've EVER had.

The classroom's rigged with hidden cameras,

and Katherine's about to do an UNBELIEVABLE trick.

The class have no idea.

-Good morning.

-ALL: Good morning, Katherine.

Now, I'm going to be taking your lesson today,

and what we're going to be learning about is health and healthy living.

For the past five weeks, I've been eating really healthy food.

I've been eating all my greens, and doing lots and lots of exercise.

What's all this talk about healthy eating?

It's all part of Katherine's trick.

I've found that not only do I feel better in myself,

but I've also found I'm a lot, lot stronger.

And I'm going to show you all today how strong I've become.

So, over here, I've got a book.

In fact, I'm going to get your assistant teacher, Paul.

Ah, yes, Paul's a teaching assistant.

I love it when they get teaching assistants up to help in the magic.

And really try and see if you can rip straight through that book.

Uh-oh, Paul's going to look silly. I'm not talking about the tee-shirt.

Go on, Paul, really, really try.

-Told you, he can't do it.

-How are you finding that?

-Impossible.

-He's obviously not been eating his greens.

Oh, and he's not a magician.

Since I've been eating my greens, and doing all my exercise,

I'm THAT strong, and gained THAT much strength,

that I can do this.

Wait till you see the trick coming up. This is going to be amazing.

She's actually ripping it in half!

ALL: Woah!

APPLAUSE

Woah! Katherine's magic is strong. The class love it.

They still believe she's a teacher.

And the magic is about to go from strength to strength.

Now, the other day,

I realised I had the ability to bend metal with my bare hands.

-Oh, my God.

-Impossible.

-It sounds impossible doesn't it?

-It is!

But, I want to show you all today,

This is what's happened to me since living my healthy lifestyle.

So, I was going to show you, by using a coin.

-Oh!

-So, I've got some change here.

Paul, I've got a ten pence piece.

I'd like you to try and bend it for me.

-She hasn't finished with you yet, Paul.

-Try with all your might.

It's another chance for you to prove yourself.

-Go on, mate, you can do it!

-OK, how you finding that?

-Yeah, I can't do it.

-It's almost impossible.

That's because this coin

is completely solid.

But, watch. If I squeeze, like this, in my hands.

Really, really squeeze.

I can actually feel the metal beginning to bend.

Watch closely. Katherine's about to flex her magical muscles again.

I don't know if you can see that. Can you see that?

ALL: Oh!

It's clear from their reactions that they can. And we can, too.

APPLAUSE

Wow, thank you, look at that!

Check out the girl with the hand over her mouth.

Clearly very impressed.

It's completely bent. Now, do you know what?

I just had an idea.

I think I might have the strength to actually tear through a coin.

But, for this, what I want you to do is really encourage me,

and give me a drum roll like this.

A drum roll?! That means something incredible is about to happen.

Stop. Stop!

First of all, I need to get out a coin.

OK. Here, I have a two pence piece.

So, I want some encouragement. Everyone give me a drum roll.

HANDS DRUMMING

Wow, I can feel it bending, keep on going.

She's actually tearing right through the solid coin!

That is brilliant!

ALL: Woah!

Look at that! Isn't that amazing?

-Can you see the coin?

-Look at him trying to work it out!

Torn straight down the middle. Do you know what?

I think, if you encourage me a little bit more,

I may be able to tear the coin in two.

So, give me another drum roll.

This trick gets better and better.

She's going to do it, people. Look closely.

ALL: Oh!

Wow, let's see that again. Let's get a rewind.

ALL: Oh!

There you go. Have a look.

-The class get to examine the evidence.

-It's solid!

But how, and why? It's time to come clean, strong woman.

The reason I could do that is because I'm not even a teacher.

Because, actually I'm a magician, and, if you look over there,

and give a wave, and in this corner over here,

you're all being filmed, right now, to be on a TV show called

Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic.

She did it! Katherine's super strength trick

has totally convinced the class.

First, she ripped a phone book apart.

I'm just so freaked out.

I don't know if you can see that?

Then she bent this 2p.

I was just amazed at how she could just do it in her bare hands.

Then, completely ripped it in half!

-I want to take this home to my mummy and say

-'I

-tore this apart'.

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

We totally got them, and they loved it!

See you guys later, but, until then, if you're at school,

and you think some magic's about to happen,

maybe you'll find yourself shouting,

"Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic!"

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