The World's First Flying Tortoise! Now You See It

Come join us, one and all, in our world of magic.

A world where you can't tell fact from fiction.

Yeah, you don't get that nose from telling a lot of fact.

Welcome to Now You See It.

Looks like another dice trick.

Oh, sorry, it's a card trick.

See this watch?

It's turned into cash.

£1.29, by the look of things.

Ilia here's time really is money.

-Yo, girl, what's your favourite colour?

-White.

Oh, my!

SHE GASPS

I think you'll find white's a tone, not a colour.

Ah, great, it's the brilliant Yif.

If I was asked who my favourite Chinese/French magician was,

he'd win by a nose.

MUSIC PLAYS

Ironically, when it gets to 12 inches long,

it turns into a foot.

Sadly, seconds later, he sneezed and blew the wall down.

Wondering how all these amazing tricks are done?

Well, here's one we can show you.

It's...

Today, alchemy.

The art of turning silver tat into gold tat.

-Silver bracelet.

-OK.

Over to Wayne Houchin,

who clearly didn't get the "wear jazzy clothes" memo.

-I want to turn this into gold.

-That would be amazing.

Check this out. In order to do this, I need some... I need some heat.

-I got one.

-You got one? Come close, come close.

We're going to try this with the lighter.

Now, please don't try this with a lighter yourself.

If your hands are cold, just put on some mittens.

We're trying to absorb some of the heat.

I don't know whether the heat's being absorbed

but the guy-liner certainly makes his eyes look smoky.

If you turn this into gold, you hired.

Look, look. Right here. Right here, too.

-How are you doing this?

-No.

Oh, what's happening here? It's changing colour.

Wow, it's gold!

Apart from the ends.

That's incredible.

Sometimes because of the heat transfer, it gets a little warm.

Do you see it?

That is crazy.

How did he do it? Find out later.

APPLAUSE

Who wouldn't do anything for the taste of lettuce?

Yep, even float in the air.

Mind you, if all I ate was lettuce, I'd be as light as that.

Oh, he's really enjoying it. Look at his cheeky little face.

The tortoise is having fun, too.

Brace yourselves, levitation lovers,

for the best street theatre production of Mary Poppins

you've ever seen, courtesy of Germany's Farid.

Ooh, this is uplifting.

Look! He's off the ground... a bit.

Unfortunately, if the wind picks up,

they'll find him somewhere near Frankfurt.

The kids look amazed but here's the thing,

he didn't need her brolly after all.

Yes, throw it away.

And down he comes.

Oh, dear. Looks like they need more than a spoonful of sugar right now.

Well done, Farid.

To the mean streets of Slough to see what Ryan Tricks is up to.

Yes, bruv. There's one down there. Look, look, look.

Either he's about to perform a magic trick or, for some reason,

he's going to kidnap a parking attendant.

This guy, this guy, this guy, this guy. All right, let's go.

Finally found a parking ticket.

So what we're going to do now is we're going to push it

through the glass, so the kids can't steal it, all right?

Because we all know how kids like to get their kicks

stealing parking tickets.

Whoa!

Although, he has interfered with the ticket and, as we can see,

that is a fineable offence.

Oh, dear, what are we going to do?

With so many magicians vying for work at so few birthday parties,

some take to earning a bit on the side with a cleaning job.

No, you're not watching this in fast forward.

He really is very quick, making the rubbish vanish in an instant.

He's welcome from my house any time.

He'd certainly be handy in a spillage situation like this.

And who hasn't wanted to do this when your picture is buffering?

-Now, magic for anyone who worries too much about germs.

-Watch.

He didn't touch the ring pull.

And since we last saw him,

our magical cleaner has cleaned the whole food hall.

Odd thing is, he doesn't actually work there. It's his lunch break.

Now, time for the answer you've been desperate to discover

for all of 2½ minutes.

You may remember Wayne Houchin took this rather drab-looking

silver chain and turned it into a drab-looking gold chain.

This gentleman is dumbfounded. He thinks it's crazy!

Crazy.

I wish that I had the power to take silver and really turn it into gold.

But, unfortunately, I can't do that.

Our bracelet is actually copper and we've coated it with zinc,

so it looks silver.

With that in play, we let science do the rest.

You see, it is all down to some GCSE science.

Apply enough heat to some zinc-coated copper

and the two metals combine to make...

brass!

Shiny and gold, like...gold.

But how did Wayne's magic hot hand cause this reaction?

Well, it didn't. The trick here is inside the oil drum.

There's a hotplate set to 400 degrees, perfect conditions

to make a cheese toastie and to trigger a chemical reaction.

Place the chain on the oil drum and bingo.

Absolutely crazy!

That is still crazy to see. It's crazy.

This chap has given up hours

of valuable FIFA time practising this trick.

Definitely worth it in the end,

but even more extraordinary is this next gentleman's ping-pong.

Well, he's got to find some way of amusing himself

while he waits for his dinner guests to arrive.

They were due an hour ago.

Mate, mate, I don't think anyone's coming.

It's probably for the best he's been stood up -

he's spent so long arranging plates,

he's burnt the pizza anyway.

More high-octane ping-pong action as Phil Mitchell meets up

with a glitter ball and gets more than he bargained for.

Phil wonders what's going on,

as do the rest of us.

But the real question Phil wants answered is -

where's the other half of the Daft Punk tribute act?

On that cliffhanger,

let's meet Israeli magician Hezi Dean for a very spectacular...

We join him as he asks a woman why she's chosen to wear

an entirely pristine white outfit in the middle of a salvage yard.

And then he asks her to pick a card.

HE SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE

She selects the king of diamonds,

and he then gets her to sign the card.

Inviting her to lean on him to do so.

Even though that's not strictly necessary.

HE SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE

In time-honoured fashion, her card is placed back in the pack.

You just can't be an old-fashioned card trick, can you?

She's certainly enjoying it, looking relaxed

and happy, not a care in the world.

Unfortunately, it is at this point that Hezi asks her

to put on a safety harness and leads her to a large industrial crane.

We've come a long way from a simple card trick, haven't we?

And, indeed, from the ground.

HE SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE Is that a sword?

HE SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE

She is still smiling! But let's be honest, she's terrified.

Yes, Hezi is going to bungee jump while brandishing a sword.

Whoa! Careful, it'll be an absolute tragedy

if that sword cuts through the rope.

After all, we'd never know if you found the right card.

Is the card Hezi speared on the way down her card?

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE King yah-lohm?

I think that means king of diamonds.

Why, yes! The king of diamonds!

So, after innocently choosing a card,

being hoisted 60ft in the air and watching a man plunge to

his near doom with a sharp object, would she like to see another trick?

No, Hezi, she wouldn't.

Join us next time for more uncanny illusions on Now You See It.

Yeah, see you later. I'm off to hang out with my mate, Hezi Dean.