Magic Jumping Spoons Now You See It

In the world of magic, you can't trust your eyes -

or your spoons.

You'll get to see how some tricks are done

and how some tricks are done badly.

Brace yourself, it could get messy.

Welcome to Now You See It.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the vanishing Jocelyn.

This defies all possible explanations.

Except that one.

-OK, one...

-I mean, how hard can this trick be?

..two, three!

Mm, yeah, quite hard.

Ow!

It's Kalen here and today, my little four-year-old nephew wanted

to come and shop with me at the grocery store,

and when we got there, I gave him the list and he couldn't read it.

So I had to figure out a way to make it a little bit more visual

for him to understand.

This was the list that I showed him.

And this is an idea that I had to make it a little bit more visual.

If you just... We'll give it a little riffle, like so.

And as you see...

Oh, and while you're at it, I think you need some more yellow pads.

But when you get down to the supermarket,

watch out for some grocery ghostery.

Woo, spooky!

Not really. It's only a couple of pranksters who love nothing more

than to momentarily inconvenience pensioners

with a remote-controlled trolley.

Wind-up in aisle three.

This mayhem is nothing to that woman.

She's been shopping with toddlers.

Forget remote-controlled trolleys, where's my pound gone?

Let's nip down the road now to the corner shop,

to be entertained by the magic of Ben Hanlin.

He's deep undercover as a shop assistant.

David Blaine does the night shift.

Hang on, that's not yours, Ben.

-Right, then.

-BEEP

What?

-How's the weather doing, man? Good weather?

-No, no. I thought that

-was ours. I thought that's... You got them from here, did you?

-Yeah.

BEEP

I'm just having, like, my break, so...

It's all right, isn't it?

That'll be a no.

And don't even think about asking him to pay 5p for the bag.

BEEP

Can I have a couple more for my break? Is that all right, man?

Can I just take a few more for my break?

Yeah, but do I have to get another one?

No, cos you paid for them, cos it beeped, didn't it?

-Huh?

-I've hardly had many. Look, they're pretty much full.

Yeah.

BEEP, BEEP

Pretty much full, aren't they?

Put that back on for you.

Is this a dream or a nightmare?

See that?

SPOOKY MUSIC

Amazing.

The next customer's buying cat food.

-Let's see how peckish Ben really is.

-There you go. Spot on.

Hey, guys, I've got a quick trick with a bottle.

If you, er, just...

That's got him in a spin.

That was not magic.

Oh, I don't know.

Spinning bottles looks dangerous.

Maybe a trick with flying spoons will be safer

in our "How Do They Do That?".

Ah, lovely.

A nice relaxing cup of coffee in a motorway service station.

They are magical places.

These spoons are trying to escape their cups.

They've just been told Uri Geller is in the building.

LAUGHTER

There's not been this much excitement in that cafe

since they put paninis on the menu.

If you want to find out how Etienne Pradier got the spoons to

magically fly out of the cups, we will reveal all later in the show.

Nothing strange here, just a completely genuine taxi driver

with an utterly convincing beard.

Normally, the magician cuts a woman in half.

She needn't worry, though, he's not going to do that.

Nope, he's going to cut his taxi in half.

She can't believe what she's seeing.

The meter's still running.

I want to move to Brazil - everyone is so trusting.

Still, not the worst minicab driver I've ever had.

I'd give him a tip -

make sure your taxi's glued together, mate.

Right, what else can we cut in half?

How about a cucumber?

I'm just hoping all these people know each other.

These unsuspecting victims have been asked to put some life hacks

to the test, but they haven't the slightest hint that

sitting on the right is magician, Ben Hart.

Using the materials provided, make stains on each other's T-shirts.

OK, so...basically, this.

-There, that is dirty.

-That stinks.

Step two...

Pick up the hairdryer provided and then carefully stick

the tinfoil onto the T-shirt, covering the stains.

And then...

And then give it a 15-second blast.

Ah, this reminds me of the time I tried to roast a turkey

in a hotel room.

Remember, apart from Ben,

they all think this is a genuine way of removing stains.

But as you can see, it's a trick - so please don't try this at home.

Look what you've done.

Mine's...

Yours are gone! Why is that?

Wow! Yours are totally gone.

There's literally nothing there.

That... What?!

Meanwhile, at the other end of the marquee, it's Sam Smith and Dynamo.

I want to try and get inside your mind a little bit.

But they're not here to mess up each other's T-shirts.

-I'm scared.

-I want you to think of any artist

that's performing over the weekend.

OK.

Got someone?

Yes.

Can I take your programme?

Yeah.

OK.

That pot plant really brightens things up, doesn't it?

This is so weird.

Oh, my God.

Is the person you're thinking of...

Don't say their name, but is it on that page?

Yeah.

Look at me.

Snoop Dogg.

That's so weird.

And that's not the first time the words "Snoop Dogg" and "weird"

have been uttered in the same sentence.

We all know balloons can go pop, but his one's gone one better.

A whole bottle of it.

Remember the jumping spoons?

Well, this is where we find out how he did it.

So, what's the secret of my jumping spoons?

Well, I can tell you, it's really very simple.

The cups are normal, it's what I put in them that creates the magic.

Let me present a bulldog clip

and a sugar lump.

Place the sugar in the clip,

put it in the cup,

carefully place a teaspoon on top.

Now, add some liquid...

Cold liquid.

..in this case, water, and watch what happens.

The liquid will quickly dissolve the sugar,

springing the clip and causing the spoon to fly.

Et voila! So easy. Why not try it yourself?

Because I might have someone's eye out.

Time now for The Big Finish.

Stretched out on the banquette, it's former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt,

and illusionist Jason Latimer.

Who's great, but, I'll admit,

he hasn't totally fooled me into believing that's a real painting.

Although, to be fair, the eyes do follow you around the room.

Steady as she goes.

APPLAUSE

OPERATIC SINGING

You think that's clever -

Kimberly's actually singing opera at the same time.

Incredible.

She's been framed.

All right, Jason, we get the idea.

Stop waving that frame about and figure out how to get her down.

Join us next time on Now You See It

for more amazement,

bewilderment...

SCREAMING

..and big laughs.