Episode 8 Now You See It

Prepare to enter a world of magic,

where nothing is quite what it seems.

No! I say no.

I say no!

Tonight, you'll see illusions in malls,

stumbles and falls...

..and a magician getting a dent in his...pride.

You'll also see a hedgehog wearing a hat.

-21.

-I tell you what, do you... You take card, right?

Welcome to Now You See It.

You're going to hurt yourself.

First, Harry Potter and the boring old stick.

-Avada Kedavra!

-CROWD GASPS

OK...

Meanwhile, in a toy shop far, far away...

Let's see you, buddy.

I don't care if you are a Jedi Knight -

all breakages must be paid for.

And in a galaxy far, far closer to home,

give the pinata a thwack and make sweets magically appear.

All right, go ahead.

MAN GROANS

Or, more fun - give Dad a thwack and see his smile magically disappear.

Here's Troy, one of the bravest magicians around.

Why? Take a look at this.

Obviously, we're here to support Arsenal

-and beat our rival team.

-Tottenham.

There we go, you don't want to say the name?

-How long you been a fan for?

-Many, many years.

How much would it cost me to get you in a Tottenham shirt?

Ain't going to happen, mate. Ain't going to happen.

-Get out of it.

-Not even a Tottenham badge?

-No!

You'll probably hate this, then.

You were right, Troy. He does hate it.

-I'll make it up to you, I'll get you another pint.

-Please do, yeah.

Ah, basketball - or, as I like to call it,

netball for people with too much energy.

This is Andrew Michael Golden, misspending his youth.

The only thing spinning faster than that anti-gravity ball

is Sir Isaac Newton in his grave.

I wonder how many windows he broke before he got that one right.

This guy's not practised as much -

although that person he hit is called Annette.

They spent the whole summer practising

and failed all their exams -

but boy, was it worth it!

I've got a present, OK? I wrapped it earlier.

This is for you, Gabrielle...

Here's brilliant Aussie magician James Galea

with some miraculous mind reading.

What I'm going to get you to do is to think of any movie, OK?

But as I said, just limit it to one in the store.

OK, it's your turn, we're going to see if this works.

What I'm going to get, um...

I'm going to get you to make it even harder for me.

We're going to think of every movie that's ever been made.

Let's work on yours, first.

What's the movie you're thinking of?

Forrest Gump.

Open up the present.

It couldn't be...

-Forrest Gump.

-You're kidding! Oh, you got to give him a clap.

APPLAUSE

-Got to give it a clap.

-Got to give that a clap.

-There you go.

I don't know, look, you're thinking of a movie too, aren't you?

Yeah, I certainly am, yes.

Is there any possible way I could know the movie you're thinking of?

No, impossible. You couldn't. You couldn't.

-No way.

-Open up the DVD, mate.

What's the movie you're thinking of?

-You want me to tell you?

-Yeah.

-The Usual Suspects.

Mate, how on Earth did you do that?

Oh, my God, I feel sick. How did you do that?

-That is unbelievable!

-'Oh, I don't know.'

I often find the wrong DVD in the box when I get home.

So annoying.

Time now for...

This week's golden rule -

when performing with a child, always stand at arm's length.

You got a small head.

It wouldn't be so bad, but that's where he keeps his doves.

Golden rule number two -

a great magic trick requires speed and dexterity...

..or at the very least, the ability to unfold a sheet.

It's important to build up a sense of anticipation...

..but try and get round to doing the trick at some point.

Seamless -

the sheet, not the performance.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen...

Now, here's Boris Johnson, who's bananas...

Oh, sorry. Here's Boris Johnson, whose bananas are going to explode.

Bananas, detonator.

Detonator, bananas.

Bananas...

To be fair, two big explosions and his wig stayed on -

that's an achievement.

Meanwhile, in magical Hertfordshire,

an incredibly high-risk stunt is about to take place.

It's time to for the magic of DMC.

Joining DMC, it's Belinda Challis, a top motorsport professional.

You'll see at the far end of the runway, we have two paper screens.

One with the cross and one with the circle.

In a moment, I'm going to have you get inside your car,

I'm going to have you look at both symbols

and I'm going to have you think of one of the symbols,

-just in your head.

-Mm-hmm.

-OK.

When you've done that,

I'm going to ask you to drive through that screen.

There is one thing you need to know.

You won't know which one,

but I'm going to go and stand behind one of the two screens.

-All right.

-Oh, good. No pressure then, Belinda(!)

-That's it. I'm going to go and get ready.

-Good luck.

Yeah, good luck. Hope I don't run you over.

If we could please put the screen into position.

They're blindfolding the car,

so it can't tell Belinda which screen DMC's gone behind.

Could you please confirm that you cannot see me from where you are?

I wonder if Belinda's wishing she'd applied to be on Antiques Road Trip instead?

And Belinda, you have no idea which of the two screens

I'm standing behind, correct?

-Nope, I haven't got a clue.

-No more contact.

ENGINE REVS

Three, two, one...

Oh, and Belinda,

if you want to change your mind once you've set off, you can.

Go.

I'm sorry, I can't resist saying it.

When else am I going to get the chance?

Run, DMC!

Phew!

Nice that DMC checks his suit's unblemished -

the first thing we'd all do.

He should check round the back as well, though.

-Thank God. Good choice.

-'Amazing trick, but here's an almighty twist.'

Belinda, let me show you something.

Behind this screen, we have a ten foot, five tonne concrete wall.

Come and have a look. Have a look.

You could've driven into that, Belinda!

-Whoa!

-'Quite.'

Ross from Friends seems to be attempting

to put his trousers on, blindfolded, and without the use of his hands.

Here we go.

That calls for a terrible celebratory dance move.

Ever wondered what your dad does when he's in the garage?

Well, it's probably not this.

This is what X Men would've looked like

if it was filmed in an old farmhouse with no budget.

It's the tireless Franz Harary,

showing us how those really big online deliveries are made.

And just like those online companies,

Franz can make your packages completely disappear,

with absolutely no explanation.

-Watch.

-The key to this trick is to always keep your eye on the box.

I did say...

Meanwhile, Fergus Flanagan's about to do a trick

involving a different sort of cube - a Rubik's cube.

He's going to turn back time to 1983,

when people thought they were fun.

So, you can't give me any tips?

I'm really struggling. Every time I mix it up more,

it just gets... Well, obviously, more and more mixed.

I did see a guy actually, now that I think about it, once -

and he did it really quick.

He literally took the cube, shook it and then the whole thing was done.

But I can't do...

Who would've guessed that

these two flamboyantly dressed individuals were pranksters?

I know!

And yet, passers-by are completely fooled

into having a go at limbo dancing, blindfolded.

Limbo!

So they can't see that our two friends have, in fact, run away.

Limbo time!

They've literally been left in limbo.

She's still going. How wide did she think the stick was?

Magicians as office pranksters now - and here's a new boy

being told to get some chocolate for the very angry boss.

Do you understand? A candy bar!

What am I missing on the table, also? You know...

No! The vending machine isn't working properly!

That's such bad luck.

Normally, vending machines are so completely reliable(!)

No, it's all right.

Luckily, undercover magician Jason Neistadt is there to lend a hand...

..and an incredibly long arm.

I got it.

Oh, my God!

I got it, I got it, I got it.

He's got to, he's like diabetic and stuff and he's got...

Remember GloZell?

She of the green lipstick and calm reaction

to the sudden appearance of a spider?

I told you not to do that! I told you not to do that!

Well, she's back - with magician Chris Ballinger.

It's totally fine.

So, if you could do me a favour and just touch any one of the cards...

This one right here? Can you say it out loud for the camera?

-This one right here...

-Is...?

-..is a jack of hearts.

Jack of hearts. We'll leave it right where it is.

-So, he know my card.

-OK, so you're seeing it live.

-Yes.

-They're seeing it on the screen.

Wouldn't it be a little more fair if you saw it through the screen?

-Wouldn't that be more fair?

-I don't wear glasses.

But I've got a screen right here, it's just a little piece of plastic

and you can see the cards through it, right?

-Can they see it?

-They'll be able to see it.

We're just going to put the little screen right here.

-OK.

-Just like this, so you can see the cards through the screen.

-Yeah.

-OK. Watch.

Oh, my gosh, what's going to happen? No, it's going to explode.

-Oh, no! It...

-CHOKING LAUGHTER

Imagine her reaction if it had exploded,

rather than just changed to the colour green?

Although, something tells me that green might be her favourite colour.

But you're seeing it through the screen.

It'd be better if you didn't see it through the screen at all.

What in the world? No.

No! I say no!

-Every single...

-I say no!

-I think she's saying no.

-No, no, it's OK.

I think this might be... What was your card?

It was the jack of hearts. No! Don't turn it over.

-It's the jack of...

-No!

-That's the jack of hearts.

-No, I say!

All the other cards are green, except for the jack of hearts.

It's...

Giant pencil, or tiny hands? Hmm, hard to tell.

-Good?

-Ah, not quite. Try it again.

Hold up, one sec.

All right.

Quick, draw an ambulance!

How many times do I have to say it?

-What is this?!

-I'm sorry?

-We've seen magicians bend phones.

We've seen them wrap phones up and magic them into jars of gherkins.

-They will stop at nothing.

-OK, right, watch.

This magician loves nothing more than to make someone think

he's ruined their phone by accident.

Hold on a sec. My... Aargh, my thumb! I got cramp on my thumb.

Oh, no!

And after a perfectly executed wind-up,

it's important to distract your victim, so they don't get too upset.

-Oh!

-LAUGHTER

That should do it.

Here's another one -

taking advantage of good-natured members of the public

by asking to borrow their phone,

only to apparently smash it on the pavement.

The key to pulling this off successfully

is to drop a dummy handset, then to quickly show them

it was just sleight of hand and their phone is fine.

-Oh, yeah, yeah for sure.

-Oh, thank you so...

-MAGICIAN GASPS

But this is a smart magician.

Thank you so... MAGICIAN GASPS

He also makes sure everyone he picks on is quite a lot smaller than him.

-It's here.

-Oh, right, all right, all right!

LAUGHTER

Now, in my best - not very good - American accent,

it's time to say...

Magician Matt Ricardo spent years perfecting this skill,

only to discover there's absolutely no call for it whatsoever.

Master the fiendishly difficult art of yo-yo

and you could end up on stage.

Bit of an up and down sort of career, though -

and not always in the way you'd think.

But it is important to keep practising,

if you want to keep your hand in...

..and your nose out.

Still to come, your chance to discover what happens

when Dynamo takes his nan shopping...

Oh!

..how this trick is actually done

and what sort of food is brought back to life in a restaurant.

SCREAMING

And in our big finish, Hans Klok is at the World Magic Awards,

looking to make a big splash.

Shall we take a look at some... MEL GROWLS

Here's a hedgehog that really wants to be a magician's rabbit.

One day, if he keeps practising,

he'll get the hang of popping out of a hat - one day.

But not today.

Meanwhile, this rabbit's thinking,

"That hedgehog's pinched my hat again."

So, he does his "rabbit vanishing off bed" trick instead.

All right. You're going to hurt yourself. OK!

But let's stay with rabbits and ask the big question...

This week, Debbie, dressed as a rabbit,

has had trouble getting it out.

-I couldn't get it out.

-Pardon?

-LAUGHTER

Join us next time

to see what Debbie does when she finally gets it out -

before, hopefully, she pops it back in again.

Here's Men In Coats.

I wondered what Noel and Liam were doing these days.

Oh, hang on - Liam's got something in his eye.

They've got more tricks

than you can shake a carefully concealed massive stick at.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Moving on now, to some levitation.

Is there nothing these guys can't do?

Oh, yes - levitation.

Mind you, no-one ever said levitation is easy.

It's a delicate blend of skill, balance, grace...

and the ability to hold two big shoes on the end of two big sticks.

Aren't mannequins lifelike these days?

Oh, hang on - it's magician Billy Kidd,

hanging out in a shop window, waiting for some passers-by.

Hope she doesn't try this in Amsterdam.

Hmm. In my experience, asking a man to pick a card whilst out shopping

ends with him having a breakdown in Clintons.

OK, he's picked the two of clubs.

By the way, little tip for you - not only is this a great trick,

it's also the safest way to perform magic during a flu epidemic.

Right, she's made a little bit of a mess of the window display.

But all is forgiven, because that was impressive.

What?! No way!

If you can do this trick, you're going to have money to burn.

Yep, thought so.

But be careful - money doesn't grow on trees, you know.

I stand corrected.

Or is that just a plant?

And the theme continues in pocket money magic

with David Meade - who, despite appearances,

-isn't a mortgage advisor.

-So, do you both have money?

-Yep.

-Both have money. Coins?

-Yes.

-OK, do me a favour, Stephen.

If you take out all of the coins that you have,

I'm going to turn away, so that I can't see them.

-Happy?

-Happy.

-Safe for me to turn around?

-Happy.

OK, so, I'm going to give you some instructions

and it's important that you follow them very carefully.

In a few moments, you toss them up into the air, I'm going to try

and take a snap shot and get as close as I possibly can

-to working out how many are there. Happy?

-Yep.

Right. so just stretch both your hands out for me.

After three.

One, two, three...

Go, go!

Uh, it's, uh... 11, 22, 20...

£11.29. £11.29.

Do you know how much is here, how much this is?

-No, I don't know.

-OK. Well, you count this for me.

So, count it over here. And count it out loud.

£9. £9.

10...

11... 20... £11.29.

29? Is it? Definitely 29?

And for his next trick involving loose change on a pool table,

David's going to pocket it.

But it's not all pool halls and 20p pieces

in the glamorous world of magic.

SCREAMS

Here's a magician that's quite simply rubbish.

G'day. My name's Richie and this is the garbage bag scare prank.

He's always upsetting the neighbours,

especially when he puts himself out on a Tuesday,

instead of on a Thursday. Oh, it drives them mad!

And now, the first in what's going to be a series of one...

Here with the first and last in the series, Dynamo and his nan Nellie.

Dynamo's taking Nanny Nellie to do her weekly shop.

-Some chopped tomatoes.

-Chopped tomatoes, all right.

-Steak and kidney.

-Steak and kidney, all right.

No, I want... Oh, wait a minute.

Yeah, I want that sort up there. That one there? All right. Yeah.

-Oh! Yeah.

-There you go.

Two tins.

-Irish stew?

-Uh, no, I don't want Irish stew, no. Steak and kidney.

Oh, that's it, yeah. That's pretty good.

Nellie's seen it all before, hasn't she?

But check out Dynamo when they get to the checkout.

Get your money out, then the lass could be doing it.

Calm your horses!

How much is it?

You won't have enough with that, I'll tell you now, mate.

-£21.20.

-How much?

-£21.20?

-£21.20.

-21.

I tell you what... You take card, right?

-LAUGHTER

-Come on, then.

I know what you're thinking -

are there any tricks you can do with tomato ketchup?

Suffice to say, this part of the show is called...

So, the answer's "yes", by the way.

Here's James Went, doing what we now know magicians love to do -

interrupting people who are in the middle of a meal.

Um, sorry. In your bucket,

you wouldn't happen to have some tomato sauce, would you?

Ooh, I could try this.

I'll just cover it. Don't want to get your clothes dirty.

We'll use one more, just to be safe.

You can see the bottle? Yeah?

Well, you can certainly say that that ketchup's got no additives

or preservatives - or any ketchup-related qualities at all.

He's basically produced some salad.

For our next condiment conundrum, it's only Mr Michael Wo.

-Hello.

-Hello, Michael.

I got jumbo size cards here.

I wave over the pack of these cards here.

Like that - a tap -

and I got tomato sauce.

-That's good, innit?

-OK.

Actually, Michael - can I get brown sauce instead?

Now, let's take a peek behind closed trap doors, as we ask...

No, it's not Michael Ball performing Phantom Of The Opera

in a shopping mall.

Although, that's not to say he doesn't do that.

It's from Japanese channel NHK and this masked magician...

Ooh, he's a little bit creepy, isn't he?

This masked magician is about to produce something spectacular

from behind his dining room curtain.

A ballerina's appeared out of thin air!

Or is it a thin ballerina appearing out of air?

Anyway, the question is, how did they do that?

Well, brilliantly, we can see exactly how that was done.

First, she cleverly conceals herself behind the cameraman,

making them look like they're forming

the world's shortest conga line.

Then, as the masked man shoves his face into the camera

and brandishes a bit of curtain, she stands directly behind him.

At the right moment she runs forward,

skids delicately between his legs and voila!

Instant lady!

A word of advice, if you're a children's entertainer.

When you tell the birthday boy you're going to cut his head off,

make sure he knows it's not for real.

But if he does have second thoughts, don't worry -

his head's jammed between two planks of wood.

So, you can pat him on the head, wheel him back into position

and just carry on.

It's not the first time we've brought this up, but...

And to eat your magic food, may the fork be with you.

Here's a fork floating in mid-air. Very entertaining,

but he was asked to put it in the dishwasher about an hour ago.

Here's the perfect fork for eating spaghetti.

And here's a fork just acting weird.

Now, how many times have you asked yourself,

"Why aren't there any magic tricks involving dead prawns?"

Well, I'm delighted to say, your wait is over -

as we join magician Lu Chen in Japan for...

Judging by its colour, this is very definitely a cooked prawn.

Either that, or it's just really embarrassed

about appearing on the telly.

But look! It's gone from cooked back to being raw

and the trick's not finished yet!

He's rolling out the big guns.

Well, the kitchen paper.

Which is also "kitchen paper" in Japanese, apparently.

The prawn that was dead has come back to life - it's prawn again.

Huge excitement from those young onlookers - and that's over a prawn.

Imagine how hysterical they'd be if he'd magicked up some...

I don't know, One Direction tickets?

I can't wait to see what he's going to do with the tiramisu.

Here's another trick that takes years to perfect.

That's ten seconds to do

and the rest of the time folding all that paper back into the box again.

Still, he's enjoying the moment.

The great thing about learning to ride a bike

is that you never forget how to do it.

Even when it goes wrong and he gets hurt,

he keeps coming back for more. It's a vicious cycle.

If you've had a mishap relating to a magic trick or stunt

and you've captured it on camera, we'd love to share your pain.

Details can be found on our website at ...

-Hurrah!

-It's Cyril Takayama,

keen to pitch some of his new inventions on Dragons' Den.

A jacket that turns into a towel? Deborah Meaden will love that.

A suitcase that turns into a sun lounger!

Too late, Duncan Bannatyne -

I'm offering £7.50 for 100% of the business.

And the most surprising of all, Cyril really blends in at Bognor.

Is it that time already?

We've arrived at the big finish.

It's an ordinary day for the amazing Hans Klok.

Wrists shackled, bound in chains

and being forced into a foot spa at the World Magic Awards.

Take a deep breath, Hans.

Now, I'm pretty sure I didn't see anyone

test the water temperature with their elbow.

What if it's too hot?

Mind you, thinking about it, Hans is wearing that much man-made fibre,

his costume won't shrink, even if it is boiling.

KLAXONS

Magician's assistants are amazing.

It takes years of practice to get to the point

where you can rock a skin tight velour onesie as well as that.

KLAXONS

Looks like he's got free of his chains in there.

But he seems terribly disorientated, pushing at the window like that.

The lid's at the top, Hans!

And there he is.

It's just like that scene with Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice.

That's staggering!

But then, I'd be a bit wobbly, if I held my breath for 70 seconds.

I wonder what Dynamo's nan thought of that.

That's very good, love, yeah.

That's all we've got time for.

No! I say no!

Well, I'm afraid, GloZell, I have to say "yes".

But join us next time and until then, watch out -

magicians are everywhere.

Although, to be fair, some are easier to spot than others.