Episode 2 Now You See It

Prepare to be amazed by what you see over the next magical half hour.

You'll believe a man can walk on air!

And a dog can sit still.

Ooh, no. Gone.

Oh, God.

Tonight we offer you cats that magically arise.

Doughnut surprise!

And incredible office supplies.

Wow!

-Oh!

-Yeah!

We've got great magic, amazing stunts

and earth-shatteringly weird stuff.

Ugh! Scary.

Welcome to Now You See It.

Tinted sunglasses are magic - they can turn

the grimmest of settings into something beautiful and exotic.

HAWAIIAN MUSIC

Cheers.

These glasses are even more impressive.

ALL SHOUT

This gentleman thinks so.

Imagine what he'd be like if they were ultraflex varifocals.

LAUGHTER

Stop making a spectacle of yourself.

Normally, it's catch it, bin it, kill it,

but magicians tend to go for the more showbiz

catch it, bounce it, make an elaborate origami swan from it.

Back to this guy, who can do so much more than magic up sunglasses.

He can do tricks with tissue paper, too.

Though the end result seems to be sunglasses again.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh!

You could call these "optical illusions".

Now, who should a wife turn to

when her hubby's hobby is driving her mad?

Marriage guidance counsellor? A close friend or relative?

No. Magician Andrew Maine, of course.

Here to stop one husband from spending all his time fishing.

-Nothing yet?

-Not yet, no.

I could fix that for you.

By bringing the fish...

to you.

What?

How did you do that?

I don't think that's enough.

I think...

He's turned the petrol tank into a fish tank!

-No.

-I'm bringing the ocean to you,

so you don't have to go fishing anymore.

Now I'm getting scared at what's going on.

Here's the point, Urgen.

Your wife feels like she's drowning.

What is going onto my car right now?

This chap doesn't know whether to call the AA or the coastguard.

You have enough fish for a lifetime!

-How?

-This is what you wanted.

No, this is not what I wanted.

Let me air it out for you.

Whoo!

And it was at this point that the fishing fan told Andrew

that that was actually a hire car.

Over to France, where the kids attend school on a Saturday.

Presumably that's where they learn advanced creepy telekinesis skills.

Very continental,

and thankfully not on the curriculum over here.

LAUGHTER

Oh, the joyous sound of nervous laughter from petrified adults.

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

Everyone's impressed,

except the waiter, whose tip she's messing with.

Oh, there he is.

Oh, hang on.

WHISPERS: Stop looking at me like that!

Kids plus magic equals trouble,

but what about animals?

Let's take a look in tonight's Animal Magic.

And he knows how to sit.

Roll over.

We're at home with Criss Angel and his kin.

Chris has come up with a novel way of removing

unwanted animal hair from the furniture.

HE PANTS HEAVILY

-Come on!

-Look at the cat!

-Come on!

-Whoa!

The cat's thinking,

"Nine lives and I had to spend one of them with him?"

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-Wow.

Rick Lax is determined to prove cats love magic

almost as much as they love dogs, baths and loud noises.

It's amazing what you can get a research grant for these days.

Yeah, pull a rabbit out of that hat,

then I'll be interested.

They hate it.

Well, cats may be sceptical about magic,

but what about man's best friend?

Here's a budding magician with his assistant, Doggy McGee.

Actually, the name's Fudge and he's pretty nonplussed.

"That collar's far too big for me!"

But wait...

Fudge vanishes!

Did somebody rattle the biscuit box in the kitchen?

And Fudge is back!

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

Well, the owner seems to think he's in charge,

but who's really pulling the strings?

Fudge is now the master!

It's the weekend so...

Who better than Dynamo to whip a crowd into a frenzy

over a small piece of paper.

Anyone got any receipts?

HE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY

I hope it's the receipt for a sexy panda t-shirt,

so he can take it back.

-Don't judge me though.

-Oh, this is perfect. I think.

Yeah, this is for £32.10.

-Oh, I see, vodka.

-Yeah.

-Absolut.

That's my best friend.

Let me try this.

-ALL SHOUT

-What?! What?

Maybe it's a receipt for his trousers, as they clearly don't fit.

Should've spent that £32.10 on a belt.

This is yours, mate.

Aye aye aye!

No!

On the downside, the bottle of vodka vanished back to the shop.

Now, over to the World Magic Awards,

and some amazing card manipulation from Jeff McBride.

Now, if you're wondering why Jeff is dressed like that,

he's just had an audition for Game of Thrones.

Sadly, he didn't get the part,

but he has landed a role in House of Cards.

Jeff's incredible sleight of hand card skills have got him

barred from every branch of Clintons.

Fancy doing some trickery yourself?

Well, pay close attention,

as we open up our Beginner's Guide to Magic.

And tonight there's just one simple rule,

but it's an important one.

Be very, very careful when choosing your venue.

Sharp-eyed viewers may just spot a fatal mistake.

Magic's all smoke and mirrors,

but this trick needs a lot more smoke and a bit less mirror.

And if you've filmed a trick that hasn't quite gone to plan,

go on, share it with us.

Check out the website for all the details.

Er, we can still see you, I'm afraid.

Want to know how to do a trick yourself?

Let's find out in How Do They Do That!?

Thank you, wish me the best of luck.

Magicians Wayne Houchin and Nate Staniforth are playing

the most elaborate and deadly game of Find the Lady.

Or should that be Bloke?

Wayne hides in one of five metal boxes,

and it's up to Nate to find him.

Ooh, he doesn't look happy in there.

Mix 'em up, mix 'em up.

Spin 'em around. If you've stopped...

A quick shuffle by some volunteers prevents it from being

the easiest trick ever for Nate.

All right, very good.

But where's the deadly bit?

Here!

-RADIO:

-Right, Dave, I want you to start by destroying this one here.

Ooh, has he picked one of the empty boxes?

Fingers crossed for you, mate.

-RADIO:

-Yeah, Dave, destroy this one.

-RADIO:

-Destroy this one.

He's having a right old laugh in that box, isn't he?

-RADIO:

-Right, Dave, I want you to...

No, I want you to destroy this one. Take this one out.

Oh, make your mind up, love, it's only life or death!

Mind you, stylishly done.

But is Wayne safe?

Oh, no, it's empty!

-Ho-ho.

-APPLAUSE

Only joking, he's safe. Not even a stubbed toe.

But how on earth did they manage it?

We'll find out later.

Well, I've not seen anyone tidy like this since Mary Poppins.

Incredible stuff, and just think how much more he could achieve

if he had both hands free.

Is it a ball?

Is it a bird?

Is it a...?

Oh, yeah, it's a bird. APPLAUSE

The world's largest slingshot.

Well, for anyone watching on a tiny smartphone,

here's a much bigger catapult trick with a basketball.

Oh, yeah!

-BOTH:

-Yeah!

THEY SHOUT

Never thought THAT guy would be a tree-hugger.

Yes!

Something tells me they're pretty happy with that.

No wonder, they've been trying to do it solidly for six weeks.

Time for a change of clothes, guys, come on.

-HE SHOUTS:

-Oh, my God!

Alex Ramone has a novel way of making magic even more exciting.

Watch the card very carefully.

It changes from the four

to the six of diamonds.

Brilliant.

Plus he managed to complete the trick

before he smashed into a tree.

Whooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, Ed Sheeran!

WHISPERS: Not really.

Actually, it's an amazing escapology stunt

from the Safronov brothers in Russia.

They are tied to that post

and must escape before the red van drops on them.

Simple set-up, although utterly insane.

CROWD COUNTS IN RUSSIAN

One's out.

And another.

Come on, Ed-alike!

Oh, dear. Well, I'm really glad this IS a trick,

or now I'd be very worried.

After all, the suspension on that van is totally done in.

THEY SHOUT

Oh, ooh! Wait!

It's Ed! He's done it!

CHEERING To celebrate he sings a song

from his latest unplugged album.

Yeah!

Yeah!

It's not a classic.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

CHEERING

I don't normally say no to a doughnut,

but, on this occasion...

What's your name?

Coming up...

Troy's out on a date, but what's on the menu?

Probably a large drink stain.

Sue Barker faces the harsh reality of BBC cuts.

And, in our big finish...

DMC must act PDQ,

or he faces the biggest split up since JLS.

OMG!

HE SHOUTS

But now, more expert trickery as we showcase the magic of

Dee Christopher.

Erm, have any of you guys heard of alchemy?

The definition is it's "the profound art of taking base substances

"and changing them into precious metals".

Come on, look like you understand!

Yeah, that's better.

Fire...

..was often used as the catalyst for these experiments,

where they'd take something worthless...

..and change it...

-ALL:

-Oh!

-..into something...

QUIET LAUGHTER

..very precious.

I've got a silver ring here.

It's my understanding that, perhaps,

if I was to heat up the metal...

..and melt it down...

LAUGHTER

..we could potentially analyse the solution,

and figure out a way to replicate it.

Use a straw.

If I was to take a drop of this.

Just a single drop.

That'll do.

And try and cool it down...

..we should be able to solidify it...

-..into something new.

-LAUGHTER

But, you know, I mean, these old-fashioned silver coins

are no good to us here, really.

They're not accepted as currency.

To have the maximum get out of this,

you'd have to really deposit it.

Blimey! That is clever.

APPLAUSE

Now, could I have the two small glasses of wine I ordered?

Now we challenge everything you hold dear about magic,

as we introduce you to tonight's

not-so-glamorous assistants.

This time it's an enormous chicken.

Oh, the hormones they put in food these days, eh?

Oh, no. It's actually a Charlie Chaplin lookalike.

So let's just see how appealing this fun-filled creature is to children.

Oh, dear.

LAUGHTER

HE SPEAKS KOREAN

More insanity here.

Has anyone told Network Rail about this?

HEAVY BREATHING

AS DARTH VADER: "You are unwise to raise those defences."

Star Wars line, terrible impression.

More pole-ish stunts here. And watch this.

If you feel like your life's going round in circles,

this hobby isn't the one for you.

Pretty dazzling, though.

Just like an OAP on the release date of Daniel O'Donnell's new calendar,

Ben Hart is in a hurry.

And tonight he seems a little bit peckish.

So I'm probably overdressed for cookery, but don't worry.

LAUGHTER

So the aim today is I'm going to try and use magic to do some cookery

quicker than that toaster can cook a piece of toast.

It's going to be machine versus magic.

Toast versus the host.

The only thing I haven't got is I haven't got any actual ingredients.

Damilo, would you come up here and join me?

-Yeah.

-We're going to be cooking an omelette.

-OK.

-So what do we need to cook an omelette?

-An egg.

-An egg. So I've got here an imaginary egg.

We just need to crack it.

TAPPING

I heard something.

That was the sound of an imaginary egg, obviously.

Thank you, you can sit back down. Would you take that plate with you?

Remember, I'm up against the clock, I'm up against that toaster,

so, three, two, one...

Toast, go on. OK.

So I'm going to whisk up our imaginary egg.

Here we go.

Well, the good thing is, there's no washing up.

Then I'm just going to pour it into the pan here.

Like that.

And I'm just going to start cooking with my imagination.

Bit of herbs, I think, bit of imaginary herbs, that should do it.

Collecting imaginary herbs!

Where does he find the time?

I think...

Yes, yes, hold out the plate for me.

I think it's worked, you've got very good imaginations.

Because, look, now there is a real imaginary omelette.

Yeah, it looked a bit nicer when it was imaginary.

-And I won!

-CHEERING

Proof indeed that you can make an omelette without breaking eggs.

OK, let's put you out of your misery and reveal the answer

to How Do They Do That!?

Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to turn around,

pick out something on the horizon and stare at it.

You'll remember magician, Wayne Houchin

hid in one of five metal boxes,

while his pal, Nate Staniforth, looked away

and the boxes were mixed up.

Using an industrial digger and the power of his mind,

Nate managed to crush the four empty boxes,

leaving Wayne without a scratch.

But how did Nate know which was the right one?

Well, Wayne sent an infrared beam

from a small breathing hole in his box.

Invisible to the naked eye,

but not to a sensor in Nate's trousers,

which picked up the beam as he walked past.

As soon as Nate felt a vibration in his trousers,

he knew Wayne was in the box he'd just passed.

Would you want your life to depend on your mate's vibrating trousers?

Cos I tell you what,

I ruddy wouldn't.

Now, Justin Flom has a first-world problem.

Plastic wrap, I hate plastic wrap.

It's hard to tear, it sticks to things that you don't want it to,

it sticks to itself, it sticks to everything,

except what you need it to stick to -

-your plate of pizza.

-LAUGHTER

What we're going to do is I wanted to

create a piece of magic using plastic wrap.

Billy's going to help me out. Billy, can you come up on stage?

Give her a big round of applause.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And give Billy the plastic wrap.

We got a little cabinet up onstage with a curtain

and a pole that Billy now gets to wrap me to.

-So, Billy, come on around.

-All right.

-Er, I need to...

-I'll take a whole bunch.

-You take that.

-Yeah, and go ahead.

-Nice and tight. Here we go.

-Wrap me tight.

Excellent, this'll be good.

This is, er...

-perfect. Tear it, yeah.

-Yeah.

-It's hard. Very good.

-OK.

-LAUGHTER

-Now, Billy, you're going to be

with me in the cabinet here,

but what I need you to do is I need you to grab that curtain,

and you're going to close that curtain for me.

-So...

-And you want me in the cabinet with you?

-I know it's awkward.

-OK.

Just, just... Yeah.

Just so you know that there's nothing going on

-between me and Justin.

-Yeah. So we're going to close the curtains.

This is strictly a working relationship.

-LAUGHTER

-That's right. Close the curtain.

Very good. Hang on, I'm going to...

I'm going to adjust that a bit.

-GASPING

-Right there. I think I should...

That's, that's good, right.

Incredible trick. And Billy stays fresh for up to 48 hours.

Xavier Mortimer's trying to magic up the perfect implement

for eating ice cream.

Hm, a knife.

Well, that's no good.

Chopsticks? I don't think so.

Ah, at last! A spoon!

But I wouldn't hang about for too much longer if I were you.

Too late. Yeah, the ice cream's melted.

It's Troy on his first date with this nice lady.

Bit forward to secretly film it, though.

-What's your name?

-Erm, Amadea.

-Amadea?

-Yeah.

Amadea?

Well, I'm a magician.

Oh, dear.

I would recommend the Long Island iced tea.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-I can make it for you if you want.

-Really?

All we need is a, er...

-a glass.

-SHE LAUGHS

Oh my God, I'm going to get so freaked out.

But genuinely!

Quick, Amadea, see if he's got a bag of crisps in there as well!

You can't drink it without this, right?

Need a straw.

BELL RINGS

Now, you'll love this. Watch and learn.

This paperclip is made from nitinol,

an alloy with very special powers.

When you bend it into a totally different shape,

like this representation of Brands Hatch race circuit

and drop it into hot water...

voila!

It's a paperclip again!

And there was me thinking nitinol just helps you sleep at night.

God, you learn something new every day.

There are lots of things you can do with paperclips,

but when it comes to stationery products, nothing can compete

with the versatility of the rubber band.

Sounds like a BBC Four series.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

Have you ever noticed even the smallest of tricks

can seem a lot bigger with suitably dramatic music?

MUSIC BUILDS

Actually, that's pretty good.

Let's see if I can copy it.

You cross the band on this finger.

Right, OK. Yeah.

-You put this finger on this here.

-Ooh. yeah.

Erm, finger under there.

Oh, 'ang on. Where's me thumb?

Underneath? Oh, it's tight.

WHISPERS: I'm losing circulation! Yeah.

It just looks like this.

Oh, hang on, where's that gone?

You take this finger...

I think I'll leave it to the experts.

All I wanted was my own stab of dramatic music.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

Oh, thanks.

Rubber band ball, it's just rubber bands.

Like a rubber band ball,

takes four days before he can do it again.

Philip Blue here became so obsessed with rubber band tricks,

his wife made him leave the house and do them in the car.

Yeah, that was worth it.

As it goes, rubber bands are pretty simple.

For more advanced office magic, come and join us

walking in a Printer Wonderland.

HE SPEAKS ANOTHER LANGUAGE

HE SHOUTS

That once got me thrown out of Ryman's.

When you don't have a printer...

..oh, you don't need one.

Interesting place for a button. WHIRRING

You don't know where the batteries are.

Yes, sir, you.

IN AMERICAN ACCENT: To New York's Times Square,

where we've seen legendary performances from U2, Taylor Swift...

this guy!

Commit it to memory.

Ladies and gentlemen,

this deck of cards looks like it's a regular ordinary deck.

It is, but it means a great deal to me, ladies and gentlemen.

And now we're going to shuffle the deck a little more.

Sorry, it can't mean THAT much to you

if you're going to sling it on the pavement.

Oh, sorry...

IN AMERICAN ACCENT: ..sidewalk.

GASPING Ooh, look at this, though.

Wow!

Well, I think I'm more impressed than that crowd.

Nice to see a deck dancing round.

All we need is Ant and we're ready to rumble.

He's not quite anatomically correct -

he's got a heart where his nose should be.

And is that a club foot?

-Is that your card?

-Yeah.

-That's your card?

-Yeah.

-Round of applause.

It's Israeli magician Hezi Dean,

whose assistant's sunglasses suggest a heavy night last night.

Oh, poor love.

Luckily, when they're off sick,

magicians draft in a locum assistant -

this guy! Great trousers.

Well, it must've been a heavy night,

as Hezi cures her tense, nervous headache.

Ow!

Very well done.

Wow! The box magically moves on his command.

That's just showing off.

I'd use the carrying handles, love.

Oh, he actually heard me.

Now this could be gruesome.

Oh, no! She's fine.

Not saying much, though, as her vocal cords are 20 feet away.

Remaining calm, too.

Well, she's kept her head.

Outstanding!

And the secret to the trick?

She was an android all along.

Going to roll it up, and put it into this air can. Watch.

Calen Morelli now, who's overslept and needs to get dressed in a hurry.

Good. All right. I want you guys to watch closely.

All you got to do is watch my chest.

That's not your chest, Calen, that's your stomach!

All right, on the count of three.

One, two...

three.

And if you think that's impressive,

you should see him putting on his underpants.

Now it's time for our Big Finish.

Over to DMC, who's risking life and all his limbs

in one amazing stunt.

Using just two trucks, pulling in opposite directions,

this wooden pallet will split in two.

Ta-dah!

Oh, that's not much of a trick.

Oh, hang on...

There's no going back.

There are many factors that could go wrong with the stunt

I'm about to perform,

but right now the biggest danger I face

is my own fear.

That and the danger of not looking to your left and right,

with all these speeding trucks on the road.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming.

WHISPERS: So posh!

Please place your fists out, like this.

And this one goes on here.

Why is he handcuffing his mum?

This one here.

-Give them a good wrestle.

-Mm-hm.

Play with them.

Press something, see if anything gives.

-LAUGHTER

-OK. So what I'm going to do...

Two ways to get out of these.

One is with this handcuff key,

which I'm going to leave with you.

-That is for you, so could you hold onto that?

-Yep.

And the other...

is this bobby pin, which I will use to pick the lock.

Apparently you can't take part in this trick

if you've got any hair.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

HE SIGHS

Now it's just him, his mum, the crowd, the trucks,

and, just out of shot,

a 30-piece orchestra making that music.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

And...

three, two, one.

Action!

TIMER TICKS

HE GRUNTS

I think that helicopter is so they can look for his arms

if the trick goes wrong.

HE SHOUTS

Come on, you've got to get it off. Get it off. Agh!

Get it off!

-No, no, no.

-Ooh!

-No, no!

-ALL SHOUT

-HE GRUNTS ALL:

-Ooh!

HELICOPTER WHIRS

HE SIGHS

Ooh, his glands are up.

Obviously, it goes without saying - don't try this at home.

It does work better on a deserted runway.

That's all for now, but join me next time for more spellbinding magic

and extraordinary feats on Now You See It.

-CHEERING

-Yeah!