Food Killer Magic

This programme contains some strong language.

-Five magicians go head-to-head to find out who is better than the rest.

-Oh, shit! Look!

The stakes are deadly...

..because the loser will face a trick that has killed

or injured magicians in the past.

Shut up.

I feel sick.

This is Killer Magic.

Can we get medical in?

So, let's meet the five magicians battling it out.

First up, it's catalogue model in the making, Ben Hart - "The Gent."

I like to do magic that which is really visual

and I think as magicians we should be able to alter objects.

Cover over the coffee like this and I want you to imagine this coffee

going back in time, when it was just...

-just beans.

-What?!

Next is a man you wouldn't want round your house on poker night.

Or ever. It's Damien O'Brien - "The Geezer."

My style is very flashy, showing off. When I perform it's very intimate.

It's kind of, like, in your face, very visual-style magic.

Hanging off them...you can see something you like.

-Oh, my God!

-No!

Dee Christopher is "The Goth."

The stuff that really excites me in performance is

when you strike a different kind of a chord with people.

Remember that card.

'Sort of spook them a bit or creep them out.'

SHE LAUGHS

There's Jasz Vegas - "The girl."

It's not very inventive being called The Girl, is it?

Yeah, good point, fair enough.

If you can sign her name in the white bit.

'But just because I'm a girl doesn't mean

'I don't do it as well as the guys.'

Bloody hell!

And then there's sexy Chris Cox - "The Geek."

I do mind reading stuff, influencing - that type of nonsense.

Grab hold of it and show the camera it. Do as I do.

'I like it that people think I can get inside their head.'

And just think of your time. Tell me your time.

4:17.

-Have a look at the clock.

-Shit!

Not only will the magicians be competing, they'll also be

scoring each other out of ten,

all of them trying to avoid that Killer Trick,

which this week is...

ALL: Oooh!

Had a text.

"Dear Magicians,

"this weeks' Killer Trick is the infamous Bullet Catch." That's good.

"The winner will fire the gun." That's even better.

"The loser will attempt to catch the bullet in their teeth.

"Over the years, the Bullet Catch has been responsible

-"for the deaths of 12 magicians."

-Could be 13.

-Unlucky for some.

This trick is so dangerous it's been banned in the UK.

But we've circumvented the law by using paintballs -

travelling at 200mph - to shoot a magician in the face.

Who needs teaspoons, eh?

-Not good, Ben, not good.

-Pretty insane, the idea of a Bullet Catch.

What they need now is a theme to base their tricks on.

"Your challenge is to perform magic on the theme of...food."

Get to mix food and magic? That's me sorted.

These brave magicians are performing in front of real people.

No stooges, no camera tricks, no funny business. Just magic.

First up is a man who loves food so much he literally east it every day.

It's Damien.

Magic's my first love and food is probably my second love,

so I'm always eating. To combine the two will be great.

I'm sure his girlfriend will be delighted.

I'm really looking forward to the trick I'm going to do.

It's probably safe to say no-one's ever done anything like this.

No-one's going to see this coming.

Big talk.

Cheers, mate, thanks. Appreciate that.

The other four magicians will be watching the whole trick

and will deliver their verdicts afterwards.

Right, come on then, show me the magic.

-Hi, guys, how you doing? I'm Damien. What's' your name?

-Kurt.

-Kurt?

-Yeah.

-And?

-I'm Kadim.

-I'm going to show you a really cool trick.

Now, I know you want to go and eat and everything.

I'm going to show you something really awesome, OK?

-I've got a deck of cards, OK?

-OK.

Just put that card out for a second.

Can you take any card out you like for me?

-I'll take this one.

-King of Hearts.

-Yes.

Can you sign just your name on that for me?

-You can that as a table.

-That's all right.

Make it nice and big and clear.

Just show the card to the camera.

Great. So...King of Hearts.

Place it back in, anywhere you like.

-It's right in there, right?

-Yes.

I'll just put them away. Come back to them in just a bit.

Now, today, I was given

a challenge. I was told I had to do magic, combining it with food.

OK? That has been the whole idea of this trick.

You've had your lunch from the very beginning.

It's been in your hands the whole entire time.

Can you slowly open up...?

Open it up.

Check it out.

It's OK, look. Open it right up. OK, you can see it.

-That's looks so tasty.

-I tell you what, can you lift up the fish?

Lift it right up.

-Can you break the fish open?

-What?!

-Break the fish open.

-Nah, nah!

-Break it open?

-Yeah.

Oh! Shit, look!

-It's inside!

-Show it to the camera.

-No, look, look, look, look!

-Is that the card?

-Yes, bruv.

-Fuck off!

The card's in there!

And it's got my name on it!

What?!

That is the card at the start!

I don't understand it. You never took the box from him.

Forget that! Did he catch the fish and then batter it?!

Bro, it was inside the fish! It's not even like it was in the box.

I don't even know how that could happen. It was inside the fish.

In it! Like the fish had to have eaten this card.

Let's just...

Cheers, guys. I'll leave you be. Thanks a lot.

Bro, it was inside the fish!

It's still got fish on it!

I thought that was absolutely amazing.'

Oh! And it's got my name on it!

-The trick came off absolutely perfect.

-I just can't understand how

a fish that ain't broken could have a card written with your name on it.

I even spelt my name wrong, by accident, like an idiot!

I'm just hoping that what I do gets half the reaction that does!

Right, let's get some scores, shall we?

Damien got the card inside a fish, but it was still just a card trick.

So, to stop him fishing for compliments, I'll give him a 7.

I'm going to give him a 9.

I think Damien's trick was incredible, So I'll give him a...

..7.

COUGHS

I'm giving it a 9.

So, maths fans, it's a strong start for Damien, with 32 points.

Let's see how Ben, The Gent, measures up with his food trick.

I'm going to do something which is food-related and does use food,

but I don't think that's enough. Maybe I'll do something different

with the way I present it. Maybe, shed the image of a magician.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-How are you?

-Good, thank you. How are you?

-OK.

-My name's Ben, what's your name?

-Emily.

-And?

-Dominique.

Nice to meet you.

Smooth. Now, when Ben said he'd shed the image of a magician...

-Keep going!

-..it appears what he meant was shed his clothes.

Follow me. Come on.

Ben has asked me to remind you that it's minus five degrees in here.

-It's a bit cold in here.

-Oh, my goodness!

-Try and ignore those guys over there.

-OK.

-It's absolutely freezing.

-He has got nipples like coat hooks.

-The reason I brought you here

into this freezing cold environment is so you know nothing's going in

or out of my sleeves and it's so cold I can hardly move my hands.

So, my hands will definitely not going to be going faster

than your eyes can see. I've got a box of eggs here.

I need you to choose one at random. Take out your favourite egg.

Don't drop it. So, that means that you do not want this egg?

-No.

-You do not want this egg?

-No.

You do not want this egg?

You do not want this egg? And you do not want this egg.

-You are happy with that egg?

-Yes!

Now you have an egg, we need somewhere to cook it.

-Yeah, be great.

-Yeah. In an ice bath.

-No!

-Yes.

-You're not normal.

I need you to check there is nothing in my sleeves.

We believe you!

And I need you to check I am not hiding anything in my pants,

especially not anything egg-shaped.

Have a look. Have a rummage.

Oh, she's going in!

-So, I am not hiding anything in there?

-Definitely not hiding!

At temperatures like this, I am not hiding much down there!

Would you drop the egg in there.

OK. Now, we turn the timer... and just wait.

I can just summon up all this heat in my crotch.

It's getting really warm. Can you feel that. Don't touch,

but can you feel it's getting warm?

-Yeah.

-It's getting really hot. It's quite an enjoyable sensation.

Do you like it medium or hard?

-Hard-boiled egg.

-Hard-boiled, great.

TIMER RINGS

There we go. It's done. You will not believe me,

but inside my pants I've summoned up

the power - it's very hot, actually -

to turn this egg...

..into a hard-boiled one.

THEY SCREAM

It's really cooked.

-It's exactly how you like it.

-It's really cooked!

Do you want it? You can eat it.

-I'm good, thank you!

-What do you keep in your pants?!

You couldn't eat it without something to go with it.

So...I have some plates here. Would you have a look at that plate.

Do not drop it. Gave a look at that plate for me. Happy?

-Yeah.

-I've also got some bread.

I need you to pick a slice, any slice.

-That one? You happy with that one?

-Yes.

-You don't want to change

-your mind? You're happy with it?

-It's beautiful.

I'm going to pop that on there. Would you hold on to that plate.

-I'm going to put this one on top. Is that fair?

-Yes.

-Now, will you take my hand for me?

-Yeah.

-Hold on here and here.

In a moment, something very peculiar is going to happen

between your hands. You will feel it. It's going to be so weird. Get ready.

-Can you feel that?

-What?! Oh, my God!

-Watch closely.

-It's starting to get really... quite warm.

-Very warm.

In fact, better take it off. It's got so hot that that piece of bread

has now become...

toast.

Do you want to have a look at it? Check it's just toast.

-That's the weirdest thing I've seen in my life.

-Very impressive.

Second weirdest!

-That was insane.

-I don't really know what to say!

Much colder than I thought it would be. I completely lost control

of my hands and also of my brain.

I have no idea how he did it,

both in terms of magically, but how he actually stood on here for

that long in his pants.

So, it's voting time...

Ben's conditions in the ice bowl were pretty brutal,

but yet he still managed to cook an egg inside his pants,

so I'm going to give him a 9.

He put himself through pain for a proper bit of magic.

I'll give Ben an 8.

I give Ben...8.

It was an amazing demonstration of skill, but more so of stamina.

So, for this, I am going to give Ben an 8.

That puts Ben in the lead and safe from the killer trick, with 33.

But for the rest, it's all to play for.

-Next up, geeky mind-reader Chris.

-Come and join me.

-This is Stacy.

Today, Chris has promised her a dream date..

-in a dilapidated building.

-Very romantic(!)

-Stacy, we are in a restaurant.

-Right.

-As part of this imaginary restaurant,

you are going to imagine going on a dream date and you get to think

of a dream meal and all sorts of stuff. I'm your waiter.

Normally, I would take your order, but I know what you'll have.

You start to think of your dream meal. Imagine seeing your food.

Look down and see your favourite meal there, your dream meal.

Then, look at me. Then, look at your dream meal.

Then, look at me. Then, look at your dream meal.

Then, look at me...

I think that's it.

We're going to go with that.

There is three different cloches here, with plates under them.

One, two and three. Which one would you like?

-Three.

-Number three. All the way round. Here we are. Perfect.

Put this in front of you.

Stacy, for the first time, will you tell everyone what

-your dream meal is.

-Spaghetti Bolognese.

-Spaghetti Bolognese.

-Yes.

Your dream meal is spaghetti Bolognese.

So, if I were to lift up that lid and you saw your dream meal,

-would you be impressed?

-Very.

Your dream meal!

No.

Yeah, she not impressed.

Your dream meal. You said you'd be impressed if you saw your dream meal.

OK, fine, fine. I've got something else, don't worry.

Part of your dream date is, you've got your dream meal, but then you

need the dream person you are going to go on a date with.

That could be anyone. They could be dead or they could be alive.

The choice is yours. Who would your dream date be?

Simon Webbe, from Blue.

-Simon Webbe, from Blue.

-Yeah.

-She's aiming high(!)

Would you be impressed if I lifted off this and you saw your dream date?

Yeah.

Hey! Yeah, come on! It's your dream date! Yeah!

It's your dream date! Come on! Pep it up a bit.

-It doesn't look like Simon Webbe.

-She has got a point.

-This hasn't gone as well as I'd hoped.

-No.

-I thought that would...

What would a magician do?

I know what a magician would do.

I'll try this.

One, two...

All right. In retrospect. I should have done it quicker, shouldn't I?

-You shouldn't have done it at all.

-Not as impressive as I'd hoped.

That's not bad, though, is it?

Is that it, your dream date?

-Simon Webbe? Spaghetti Bolognese, your dream meal?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

What do you think of that? Couldn't see his reaction cos of the bag.

What do you think of that, Simon Webbe, from Blue?

Shut up!

Simon Webbe from Blue! Stacy!

-What did you want to eat on your dream date?

-Spaghetti Bolognese.

Spaghetti Bolognese?

Enjoy! See you later!

APPLAUSE

I think that went pretty good. I really liked that she had

that moment about halfway through where her face dropped a little

and her basic thought process was, "This guy is shit!"

As soon as she saw Simon... Aw, it blew her away.

Bit shocked.

I don't know how he did it.

Literally, I don't know how he did it.

It's good to give the illusion that you've made a mistake,

but there can be too many of those fake mistakes,

-so that the ending is not as powerful as it could be.

-Anti-climactic.

-Maybe, I don't know.

-Let's get the scores...

I think Chris was great, but I like little chat and more action. A 6.

I'm going to give him a...

..8.

It didn't light my fire as much as the others, so I'm going to

give him...

..a 7.

I'm going to give it an...

..8.

Not even the muscular presence of the almighty Simon Webbe from Blue

could save Chris. He's been awarded a less-than-generous 29.

He is now, literally, in the line of fire for the bullet catch

killer magic trick, with only two magicians to go.

Next up, it's hat shop botherer...Dee.

He has recruited a special guest to be on the receiving

end of his magic, TV personality, model

and semi-professional hair flicker, Imogen Thomas.

Hello, Imogen, my name is Dee. It is very nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

What I have opted for is to do something

-based around my favourite dish which is toad in the hole.

-Right.

You will notice we have five blenders here. We have also got our toad.

Please don't tell me you're going to put that in the blender.

-Please don't do it.

-Do you want to say hello?

Before we go any further, we will give her a little tag.

-I hope she's going to be OK.

-She will be fine, no doubt.

Dee is going to use his powers of psychological persuasion to

control Imogen's decision making...

hopefully.

Perfect. We will put that label right on to her belly.

So, what I'm going to do is place her into this hole.

This is the toad in the hole reference.

-As long as you don't put that blender on.

-Dee would never do that.

He's leaving it to you, Imogen.

Wonderful.

Imogen, we are going to play a game that is very similar to

Russian roulette using five blenders.

You will notice they are all plugged in and there is a mess,

a blue spaghetti if you will, leading up to five plugs there.

Not with the toad in there, all right?

-Harley is going to be our precious collateral.

-Oh, no.

I am going to ask you to plug plugs in one by one.

Now, I must stress no animal has been

harmed in the making of this programme. So far.

OK, Imogen, I'm going to ask you to pick up one of the plugs for me

and just hold it over the first plug socket.

Imogen is picking these plugs at random

and they really are directly connected to the blenders.

One, two, three, go.

BLENDER WHIRS

-The toad is safe.

-We are good. One down, three to go.

Can you choose one of the other plugs for me?

-I will go for this one.

-Perfect. Hold that over the plug again.

On the count of three, two, one, plug it in.

OK, we're good. Two more decisions to be made.

Can you pick up one of the other plugs for me?

Again, hold it over the third socket and on the count of three,

we will go one, two, three.

-Oh!

-OK, we're good, we are good.

-Thankfully still no toad smoothie.

One more decision to be made.

This is the deciding factor as to

whether our little Harley lives or dies.

I don't want to do it.

It'll be fine, Imogen, what could possibly go wrong?

-I'm nervous.

-On the count of three, we're going to go one, two, three.

SHE SCREAMS

Cut the power, cut the power.

-Are you fucking kidding me?

-I can't believe that.

-I am really sorry about this.

-Have I just killed that frog?

-It is a toad.

-Toad in the hole?

-Oh, God.

Erm, Imogen, let's try this. Can you just... Can you just come over to me?

I'm shaking.

Oh, no. Oh!

Our little Harley, safe and sound. Back where she belongs.

It was a typical Dee trick, gore, blood

and terrifying the life out of a poor woman and all of us as well.

Does it fulfil the food group, though?

Well, there were blenders in it. He used blenders in the kitchen.

And there was a pun with toad in the hole.

So, how will our magicians vote?

I felt really sorry for that toad so for that reason, I'm going

to give it a six.

-I like the gore in Dee's trick. But that poor frog.

-Toad.

So I will give him seven.

-He gets a seven.

-Dee, I'm going to give you a seven.

So it is all change at the bottom with a disappointing 27 for Dee.

Only Jasz to go but will she do enough to steer clear of this

week's Killer Magic trick?

I plan to do magic to someone who doesn't know

I am doing magic to them.

A bit mischievous, a bit edgy and I'm hoping to get some really

genuine reactions to more of a social situation which will be good fun.

This eligible young man called Adam thinks

he is here to have dinner with Jasz.

She has told the waiter not to bring any actual food because her trick

is all about eating more unusual things, all of which are real.

-I am so sorry.

-It's fine.

-I am so hungry.

Is it fine, Adam,

because it looked to me like she just bit the top off a rose.

-Are you single?

-Yes. Why, are you interested?

So how much of Jasz's weird and magical behaviour can this

chap stand before he decides she is a psycho and does a runner?

-Please don't eat the glass.

-I am really hungry.

If they had brought the food it wouldn't be so bad.

Do you think I will be all right?

Oh, hello.

GLASS CRUNCHES

Sorry.

I just really can't help it. It is one of my little quirks.

-You'll end up cutting your mouth to pieces.

-It is all right, actually.

I'll see you in a moment. No checking out my arse!

As Jasz goes off to the ladies',

Adam cannot help but share his concerns with the waiter.

She's eating that.

Oh, what a gent!

Hi.

-You all right?

-They took your glass away.

-Did they?

This man has nerves of steel or maybe it has just been a while.

Either way, he has stuck it out despite Jasz's unusual behaviour.

Maybe this will put Adam off his charm offensive.

I might do.

I'm just so hungry. I'm just so hungry.

-The craziest thing I have ever seen.

-I am so sorry.

I am just really hungry.

Let's hope he has the number of a local cab company on that phone.

-It tastes really bad, actually.

-I am not surprised.

That is really not even doing it for me.

Well, she has one more trick planned.

Let's see how he fancies a bit of dinner time levitation.

I'm going to pass out. Fuckin' hell.

I don't know, it just feels so weird. Like, I just can't deal with it.

Just... Oh, my God.

SHE MOANS

-Don't leave. Please don't leave.

-And...he's off.

-Fair enough.

-Don't leave me!

Lovely girl, she seemed lovely.

There are people who are into things like that

so I thought I would give her a chance.

The flower, the glass and the plate combination,

-I had to leave then, I couldn't take that.

-I think he freaked out.

I am not having any of this, this is so weird. What is going on?

It is really difficult to do magic

and actually make it feel like you're not putting on a show.

That is really, really hard.

As magicians, as soon as we pick up any object, everybody can

see that we are used to handling things so she did it very well.

Jasz has certainly impressed the boys

but has she escaped the Killer Magic trick?

I admire Jasz's nerve but I feel sorry for the guy

so she gets a seven.

It was nice to see what actually happens on dates,

I will give it an eight.

She played the absolute date from hell so, Jasz, I'm going

to give you a lucky number...seven.

For me, I think the climax let it down a little.

So for that reason, I'm going to give Jasz a seven.

That gives Jasz 29 and safety. So we have a winner and a loser.

-Time for the magicians to find out. Over to Chris.

-The scores are in.

This weeks winner is...

Do a little drum roll.

It's Ben!

-Boom!

-Congratulations.

So you are firing the gun for the killer trick.

This week's lowest scorer is...Dee!

-You know what this means.

-Yes, I know what this means, Ben.

-It means you're going to shoot me in the face.

-Correct.

That means, Dee, you have to face the dreaded bullet catch.

-I have got a bag of sweets.

-Brilliant.

After a quick trip to the dentist,

Dee has made it to the woods to face his punishment,

a messy load shot directly at his face,

as he takes on the paintball gun in this deadly bullet catch trick.

The idea of a bit of risk and a bit of danger and something that is a bit

more brutal and real, that kind of thing is the thing that excites me.

-Uncomfortable?

-Uncomfortable enough.

-Perfect.

Dee, 12 magicians have died doing the bullet catch trick.

Even though we are magicians, there is

a slight risk of minor injury and/or death.

For that reason, we have some medical professionals

who are going to check everything's OK.

Hello, nice to meet you.

This is Dee, he is about to get a paintball fired in his mouth.

As medical professionals, can you tell me what is the worst

that can happen in this situation, a paintball in the mouth?

Well, potentially you could fracture his teeth as well as his jaw

and his maxilla mandible.

He will potentially get fatal damage.

Yes, so it is not good.

Before we go any further,

if it is OK I would like you to have a check inside Dee's mouth.

Firstly check he is not hiding anything in there

but also check that his mouth seems to be in a fit state for this!

-No, there is nothing there.

-Nothing there?

-So, Dee, could you take your position, please?

-Yes.

-Dee looks terrified.

-Dead man walking!

From this point onwards Dee is not allowed near the gun or

any of the paint balls.

With your paint ball, could you take the pen and mark it in such

a way that you will recognise it when you see it again?

Initials or squiggle or something like that.

It is not easy to write on. Three little lines.

I will take that off you.

I need you all to get to a safe position

so that is going to be on the bridge.

But do keep your eyes on the ball at all times. Hope you can see that.

Please don't take your eyes off the ball.

I am going to load it into the gun and please try to be

quiet because I'm going to try and take the best aim I can.

It is in.

So, Dee, I am going to count from three to one.

On one, that is when I'm going to fire it, OK? Get ready.

Three, two...

Would you...?

Three, two, one.

SHOT

Guys, will you come over?

-Got it?

-Come over quickly.

CHEERING

Quickly, and just check the ball in Dee's mouth.

-You all right, Dee?

-He can't answer you, he has a mouth full of ball.

Eugh, saliva!

You OK, Dee?

-Yeah.

-Well done!

You didn't die!

Dee has survived the deadly trick.

Next time, someone might not be as lucky on Killer Magic.