The Vanishing Dog Biscuit Now You See It

Today, we've got it all. Although some tricks are quicker than others.

-Is this your card?

-No.

-Is this your card?

-No.

-Is this your card?

-No.

-They're still there.

Some of the things you're about to see

will quite simply astound you.

For example, this magician's hair.

Welcome to Now You See It.

OK, let's tease some dogs.

Now they see the dog biscuit, now, they don't.

CONFUSED WHINING

A biscuit, a biscuit, oh, I thought there was a biscuit. A biscuit?

I thought there was a biscuit.

Is this guy kidding me?

You know, I used to be a police sniffer dog

and now I don't even get a biscuit?!

DOG YELPS

Is it on the floor? No. Or on the floor?

Maybe it's on the floor. No.

And the trick doesn't just work on dogs, obviously. Rats as well.

Oh, apologies, tall rat.

Sorry, sorry, Chihuahua owners.

Let's put this into perspective though.

Dogs are even amazed by sticks.

That dog's thinking, "I'm going to wee in his shoes."

There's excitement on Westminster Bridge in London.

Something's happening that's stopping tourists in the middle

of the pavement. Although, to be fair,

that's what they always do anyway.

No, it's not the price of a bottle of water that's amazing them,

it's top British magician, Dynamo,

doing a spot of walking on water across the Thames.

How to look cool in a cagoule.

Now, remember, he's Dynamo.

So don't you be trying this, please.

The walking on water bit, not the canoeing. That's probably fine.

To be fair, it's quicker than the underground.

Magician's apprentice Luke is doing the impossible.

He's going to prove you can stick a needle into a balloon, brilliant.

BALLOON BURSTS

Eh... Not so brilliant.

Now this from Zach King is more impressive.

His weight's ballooned since then.

Now, it's time for It Worked In Rehearsal,

our regular look at the very best of the worst of magic.

Here's TV's Stephen Mulhern with a trick so obvious

even the dogs earlier could figure it out.

But now I can go from bucket number three to bucket number two.

-AUDIENCE LAUGH

-I know. How do I do it?

Now we go from bucket number two to bucket number one!

-And now we're going to go double-time.

-A simple trick.

Watch again.

Bucket head, bucket nose, smash.

At least there's a bucket to catch the nosebleed in.

-Can I take your ear off real quick?

-Yes.

And now an early contender for Dad Of The Year contest.

CHILD SOBS

Because what children really enjoy is when the parent that they

love and trust pretends that they have removed a part of their body.

It's always a winner that one. Come on, son, it's only an ear.

-You've got two.

-Here, I'll put it back on, I'll put it back on.

-There, there it is. Does that feel better?

-Yeah.

Should he do it again? No.

Is he going to? Yes.

CHILD SOBS

PARENTS LAUGH

That's so messed up!

Don't worry! I'll put it back, I'll put it back!

OK. Hold still, hold still. OK.

Your nose is back, let me see you, let me see your nose.

Oh, looks good.

I am going to do a magic trick that's never been done before.

I am going to flip the coin

and while it's in mid-air I am going to jump

and catch it and sit on the chair all at the same time.

OK.

Amazing what would-be magicians get up to at home

when their broadband's down.

Is there a doctor in the house?

HE GROANS

If you like your magic tricks accompanied by the soundtrack

-to the musical Grease, you're in luck.

-So the magic is...

Here's a trick with some Chinese bamboo sticks.

Apparently, Michael Wo is one of the most popular magicians

in the whole of his bedroom.

..the other one will go up like that.

It doesn't matter which one I pull like this. OK...

You'd think watching a man lengthen and shorten

a piece of string over and over again would lose its appeal

but his rabbit assistant's mesmerised.

The string is connected there, then I say, look,

maybe separate them to prove to you there's no connection there.

Now, don't get him on the subject of Grease 2.

You'll never hear the end of it.

Anyone fancy popping down to the kitchen?

Where, after only three and a half hours, this man

has managed to successfully get a teabag into a mug.

His phone accepts cookies which is great.

And he can make his phone disappear.

And if he concentrates really hard,

he can make his head go out of focus.

Also using a mysterious cosmic force.

Watch as the spoon is made less useful.

So there it is.

A magician creating what looks like the world's milkiest tea.

See that "P" on his mug?

-Ironically, that's what the cup of tea tasted like.

-Cheers.

We've probably missed the grand finale of the bamboo stick trick.

OK, I can even do sideways like this.

Oh, no, it's very much still going on.

Now for...

This time, it's an astonishing display of mind reading.

This is crazy.

-What's your name?

-Jesse.

This is crazy, Michael, I'm in your head right now

and I know so many things about you, it's not even funny.

I'm sensing something in your head right now.

I'm sensing that you have a relative.

-Yeah.

-For real?

I go by the name of Prime, and I know magic.

That's one confused young man.

He's thinking "My name's not Michael, no,

"and that man wasn't a magician."

Can I show you a card trick?

We find another baffled member of the public at the glamorous

location of a car park in Leamington Spa.

For this trick to work,

the magician's assistant has to be all but invisible.

Oh, there he is on the left!

The assistant plays his part perfectly so it's

a pity this silver car is going to stop him in his tracks.

Wow!

It went right through him.

Now, that is impressive although it's the only part of the trick

they had nothing to do with.

The bottle of water disappears with only the slightest sound

of scuffling on tarmac.

CLATTERING

And the occasional deafening noise as the assistant trips

over an empty can.

Meanwhile, the man's phone is now going to magically disappear.

You had one job.

# This is the time of magic... #

No, it isn't.

The assistant went on to get a job as QPR's new goalkeeper.

Time now for our big finish all the way from 1983.

This is Canadian magician Doug Henning

accompanied by four energetic dancers.

Really energetic dancers.

I don't know why but I suddenly want to play Mario Kart.

Just me?

Those dancers trained at the Royal Ballet, now look at them.

That's her very special rainbow dance.

And now Doug skilfully positions his motorbike

in the shopping trolley of doom.

There's obviously something going on with that motorbike

that the dancers are desperate to distract us from.

It's taking quite a long time and they're running out of moves.

Look, oh, Pick The Fruit.

Spin On The Spot. The Buttock Grab.

Oh, no, not sure about that last one.

Now, is that yellow stepladder part of the act

or is somebody changing a light bulb?

I can't help feeling somewhere

there are four horses missing their riders.

Anyway, Doug's hair is now ready to make the leap

across from the cage to the box.

And there's Doug...

inside a box that's slightly too small for his head.

Oh, well done, Doug and well done, the dancers.

A great trick, though, for me, it could have had more denim, a few

more rainbows and a tad more dancing but you can't have everything.

Lovely finish there. And again, please don't try this at home.

Neither the trick with the motorbike or that hairstyle.

That's it.

For more magical and not so magical moments,

join me next time for Now You See It.