Episode 3 Now You See It

In the world of magic, speed is everything.

From a fast buck to the fast lane. MAN LAUGHS

As quick as a flash, things can change.

So don't be sheepish, and keep your head...

That was, like, impossible!

..as we plunge right in.

Welcome to Now You See It.

Let's start off as I never do, with a workout at the gym.

And a ball that magically gets bigger.

I think someone's going to notice when he puts that back on the snooker table.

Does that count as eating your greens?

Meanwhile, sports day at Hogwarts descends into chaos.

Ten points to Hufflepuff.

A lovely sunny day at the beach. But watch out, Troy's about.

Do you mind if I open it?

I'll give it back to you.

She's not happy.

Right.

-Perfect. You just want to take a bite out of it, right?

-Yeah.

But I take a bite out of it a different way.

-Want me to show you?

-Yeah.

-All you have to do is watch my mouth.

OK? Watch.

Right here.

THEY LAUGH

How do you do that?

It's good. I like it.

Let me give it back to you.

Thank you.

Enjoy your ice creams, OK? See you later.

What's he going to do now? Wrestle a chip off a seagull?

It's illusionist Darcy Oake on the Megabus.

Cut out the horseplay - you'll distract the driver.

THEY LAUGH

-What the...?!

-He's bunked off.

-What's up?

-He's gone.

-What do you mean, he's gone?

-He's gone.

-Yes, I know he's gone, but where's he gone?

Great trick, mate.

But the lights have turned green. See you later.

This is one traffic warden you don't want to mess with.

You've got to move the car. Just doing my job.

There's a sign right there that says no standing. You can't be here.

Why should I move now? You just gave me a ticket.

-Just doing my job, so how about you move that car, huh?

-I'm not moving.

I'm going to give you some help, all right?

SHE GROANS

Oh, that's impressive.

Normally it's the cab that picks up the person.

MAN LAUGHS

SHE GROANS

They're amazed.

They've never seen a New York taxi go this long without beeping its horn.

-Girl power.

-Right.

You're standing right in front of a bus stop, sir.

-You've got to move.

-No, I'm not moving.

-How about I show you?

-How about I show you how to move?

-Bite me.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-How about this, huh?

How about I show you, huh?

And it was at this point that she remembered she needed a cab home.

Good luck with that.

Whoo! Yeah!

Not all magic requires a show of brute force.

Here's Moritz Mueller showing its gentler side.

Great fun, unless you're stuck behind him

in the queue at the vending machine.

And I'm loving those fairy lights.

Hi!

A trip to the aquarium now,

and a heavily disguised Cyril Takayama is up to something fishy.

This one right here.

Let's see, how about that pearl right there?

-You like that one?

-The black one?

-Yeah, the black pearl right there.

-It's beautiful.

Let me try this.

Let's put that right there like this, and just push through.

Oh! Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

They're thinking, "She's got a very hairy hand for an old lady."

Just grab that ring right here. That one.

Let me just pull that out right here like this.

That terrified the goldfish. But on the plus side,

two seconds later it had forgotten all about it.

Look at that! That is so beautiful.

I love this.

-Do you like this one?

-I love it.

Then this one is going to be the gift for my granddaughter.

-I love it.

-I think you have to pay for that.

Yeah, because her walking off without paying would be the weirdest thing to happen here(!)

You know what I haven't seen enough of? Magic tricks with cups of coffee.

So let's put that right with a section I call Magic Tricks With Cups Of Coffee.

And look who's first up.

-I'm Dynamo, what's your name?

-Nicasio.

-Nicasio?

-Yes.

-Brian.

-Brian.

-Karim.

-Karim.

Sorry, what was that? Nicasio, Karim, and...?

Brian.

Brian. Yeah. OK, carry on. Sorry, Dynamo.

-Can I try something with you, Karim?

-Absolutely.

Just think of someone kind of close to you.

Just visualise them in your mind right now. Look at me.

This might sound really weird, but

I'm kind of getting the name Nicole.

I'm getting someone called Nicole.

-Who is Nicole?

-My sister.

-Your sister? Can I take one of these coffees?

-Go for it.

-All right.

Can you just take the lid off, actually?

-Take a sip? Oh, take the lid off?

-Take the lid.

Watch.

Whoa!

Pretty clever, and slightly more personal than just

writing your name on the side of the cup.

Wow!

-Wow!

-Wow!

I'll drink to my sister.

Only in the world of magic would you end up drinking your sister's face.

Justin Flom's enjoying an instant coffee.

So called because it vanishes in an instant.

Now it's Ben Hart with his very own BLEND of coffee magic.

I'm going to unmake this cup of coffee using magic

quicker than you can make a cup of coffee.

I take my coffee milk with one sugar, so that's what you need to make.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Ready, steady, kettle!

-Great catchphrase.

-Connie, would you bring your hand over here?

Just touch the side of this mug and check that the coffee is indeed hot coffee.

-It's hot coffee.

-OK. I'm going to cover it with a saucer.

The first step in unmaking coffee

is I'm going to try

and bring all the milk

out of the coffee, like this, see?

I'll be very impressed if he can now get that milk back into the cow.

Just nice, black coffee.

And having just removed the milk,

now I'm going to try and remove the sugar.

Connie, will you pick up the sugar bowl for me?

I'm going to try and bring out

just dry, bone-dry sugar.

Would you touch that for me?

-Examine every single granule.

-Totally dry.

-It's very dry.

THEY LAUGH

Thanks. You can put it down now

because I'm up against the clock. Quick, put it down!

Strictly speaking, Ben, you're up against the kettle, but do carry on.

Connie, would you hold out your hand for me?

-Would you have a look at this dish for me, check it is empty?

-Yep.

Yes. We're going to put it down here.

Put your hand flat on top for me.

Now I'm going to remove all the coffee, one granule at a time.

So, watch the coffee.

As I stir it, you'll see something really amazing starts to happen.

You see, what happens is those granules

start to leave one at a time.

They start to leave. Do you see it happening?

-It's getting lighter.

-SHE LAUGHS

And the amazing thing is, now this coffee has just returned to

just being just clear, perfect water.

And if you wonder where the granules have gone,

lift your hand, have a look. See? The granules are now here.

And the amazing thing, dip your finger in there,

is the water is not even hot any more.

Which means I win!

How's my coffee doing?

-It's not even boiled.

-Not even boiled!

It turns out magic wins on this occasion.

Back to Justin now for some animal magic.

Specifically, animals joining in with magic.

He's picked a card, he's eaten the card.

Don't worry, Justin, you'll get that back in 24 hours -

a finale I really don't want to see.

Right, so, doing magic with camels is a disaster.

Let's be a bit more sensible

and get some sheep to join in instead.

LAUGHTER

OK!

And the sheep's picked the three of spa-a-a-a-ades.

What about this sheep?

Yeah, three of spades again.

Is it just me, or are farmers not as busy as they make out?

Don't try this at home.

It's not dangerous, you just wouldn't believe the mess

they can make on your living-room carpet.

Over now to the Walk Of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.

Three. Good!

Did you want it just the two of you?

Yes, I've bombed your photo.

You want me to take one of you guys. One, two, three.

I got in there with you.

THEY LAUGH

I just got in real fast, took the picture. Is that cool?

He's convinced these people that although he's taking the photos,

he's also in them.

Perfect. Hope you don't mind, I got in there with you guys.

If he really wanted to get them excited,

he should have held up a life-size photo of Elvis.

Got it!

One, two, three!

Right before I took the picture I just ran around.

This guy was obviously CUT OUT to be a magician.

Let's leave LA behind now as we fly east to Boston to enjoy

the magic of Mat Franco...

..where he'll be dumbfounding top American footballer Rob Gronkowski.

-How you doing?

-This is my trainer, Dana.

-What's up, Dana?

Yeah, sorry to keep interrupting, but can I just hear that name again?

This is my trainer, Dana.

He's got a trainer called Dana! Brilliant!

Right, back to the trick.

You play football, I do a little magic, but both...

You know, precision and accuracy is important for both.

-Let's try a little something.

-That's true.

-Is that cool?

-You see that cone behind you?

-Yeah.

I want you to throw the ball and just try to get it as close to that cone as you can.

-Really?

-Yeah.

That was good on the first bounce, though. That's cool.

-All right, stand together, face me. Can I borrow that towel?

-Sure.

-Thank you. And do you have your phone on you?

-Yeah.

Let me steal that from you for a second, if I can.

I'll take it. Great.

Now, if I were to throw the phone, and try to get it as close to the

cone as possible, would you feel OK with me doing that or not?

-I'm OK with you throwing his phone.

-You're OK with me doing it?

Trainer Dana is happy for his phone to be thrown at a cone.

All right?

Let's see how close I can get it.

Where did my phone go?

-Dude.

-Stop for a second. Can you call him?

-I'm calling it.

-Do you hear anything?

-No.

Come this way a little bit.

PHONE RINGS

This trick doesn't work quite so well when the phone's on silent.

-I don't see anything.

-That's crazy.

Anyone... Someone have something sharp like a knife?

Something sharp like a knife. Or, better still, a knife.

-Dude.

-Can I shake it?

-Yeah. Careful.

-Dude!

-Come down here with me. Ready?

When I threw the ball...

Look inside there.

-You see something in there?

-No way! Seriously, no way.

Hold out your hand. Hold out your hand. Actually...

Can you grab it? Reach in there.

You got it? Check that out.

-Dude! Seriously, no way.

-And I got a missed call from you.

LAUGHTER

-Who called you?

-He did.

Dude, that was, like, impossible.

-Let me see this football.

-Check it out.

How did the phone get from there to here?

For real, how do you do that?

What do I do when I'm not

doing magic tricks?

Read, watch TV,

hit a ping-pong ball up some stairs

and into a jar of sweets.

The usual.

OK, if you fancy trying your hand at a few tricks,

here's our beginner's guide to magic.

This week, levitation.

When you're starting out, careful preparation is important.

Millimetres can make the difference between success and failure.

Choosing the right person from the audience

to assist you on stage is key.

Someone who will not only follow your instructions to the letter,

but can also pull off that tricky jeans/blazer combo.

Breathe deeply.

You need to be completely relaxed in order to successfully

defy the laws of gravity and astound your audience

with your ability to float in midair.

And most importantly...

..don't forget levitation is actually impossible without

some sort of magic prop.

If you've filmed yourself messing up a trick, we'd love to see it.

For details, go to:

And for more inside knowledge, let's join legendary double act

Penn and Teller and a brilliant reveal in:

The nearly impossible vanishing cordless drill. A classic of magic.

The drill's vanished, but once you learn the secret,

you'll see exactly how it went down.

Not your comedy magic tricks again.

Get rid of that thread. Take her up, Robbie.

The handkerchief floating upwards.

There you go.

The dancing handkerchief.

APPLAUSE

OK, enough, enough. Enough, enough.

We can do one better than the dancing handkerchief.

How about the floating light bulb?

And how do they do that?

If there were wires there, you would be able to see them.

LAUGHTER

But there is still one wire. So just to make sure you are impressed...

LAUGHTER

Are we live?

AUDIENCE: Yeah!

Light bulbs, cards, paper cups, everything is flying upwards.

Or is it?

Actually, the trick is simple if you don't mind hanging upside down

during the entire performance.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

So, let's look at some of those tricks again.

The drill doesn't so much magically disappear as drop to the floor.

And the light bulb is just hanging down, as light bulbs do.

Simple but brilliant.

Still to come, a troublesome magician is told to get on his bike...

..things come to a surprising head, and...

# Two tea-towel doves and a man run over by a plane. #

Now, Young and Strange - not just the phrase that

appeared on all my school reports but also the name of this act.

One day, they hope to perform in Las Vegas. But, for now, it's Swindon.

Is he going to disappear into that massive trophy in the shop window?

Whoa! And he's up there. Brilliant.

Who could fail to be impressed by that?

This lady.

Although to be fair, he is in her flat.

Now, from Young and Strange to simply strange,

and I'm not just talking about this man's leather trousers.

You relaxing? Do you want to see some tricks?

I'll show you one trick. It's unbelievable.

Just got some rope here in one of the shops.

That'll be the money for old rope shop.

Give it a pull.

-It's a normal rope, yeah? OK?

-Yah.

What I want you to do is I want you to come and stand here next to me.

Here we go. And I want you to come and stand here next to me.

So, I'm going to take this rope and wrap it around me.

I want you to hold that piece

and I want you to hold that piece. There we go.

A little loosely, like that. So, there's the rope behind me, yes?

Please don't floss him.

Now, what I want you to do is I want you to face the front

and concentrate.

I'm going to take the rope behind me like this. And watch it,

I'm just going to pull it through me.

Like that.

THEY LAUGH

Great trick.

And incidentally,

what are the chances that both these guys are called Albert Carpets?

Now, nothing to see here, just a man

nonchalantly carrying a mannequin down the street in Brazil.

The mannequin loses her head.

Then, simply by having some fake workmen walk past with some wood,

a fake paving slab and a real woman willing to stand in a sewer,

the illusion is all set.

Yeah, if I saw a body part on the ground,

I would probably leave it. But I'm weird like that.

Let's just see one more and then we'll knock it on the head.

Now, here's Wayne Hoffman trying to get inside someone's head.

-Right here right now is the first time you and I have ever met. Correct?

-Absolutely.

OK. That's very important,

-that you weren't asked to write anything down backstage, nothing sneaky.

-No.

-Is there an image in your mind you think you can draw?

-Anything?

-Yes. Did you have an image in your mind?

-I have one.

-OK.

-I want you to think of it now.

-OK.

-Now, change your mind.

-All right.

-Change your mind again.

-You've settled on a new image?

-Yeah.

-Step over here.

We have markers. I want you to draw the image right here.

And, by the way, it doesn't matter if your artwork is good or bad,

just draw. You have about ten or 15 seconds.

And while she does that, I want you guys to check out a video clip

of something I did about a month ago. Check this out.

All right, guys, I'm here and my man Mike is about to ink up my arm.

This is what you call an extreme prediction.

And I think this officially proves my insanity.

TATTOO PEN BUZZES

Oh, man, here we go.

That's right, guys. One month ago, I actually got a tattoo on my arm.

What did you draw?

LAUGHTER

-A... What... A Yin Yang?

-It just says, "Hi, Mom."

-But, yeah, a Yin Yang.

-So, is it possible to get into someone's mind

and have any influence over their actions?

Shut up, shut up.

-Here's your answer.

-Let me see.

It could have been worse, she could have written "I Heart Justin Bieber".

That was incredible, wasn't it?

Now, it's the time in the show where we are reminded three is the magic number.

This week, money, money, money.

Ooh, Stephanie Jayne is good at making money.

All you need is cardboard with a hole cut in it

and a five-dollar bill. You shake it.

And I've heard of taking money out of a hole in the wall...

Here is Stephanie again

with what is possibly the world's smallest magazine.

Strike up the band, it is time for David and Dania's

fabulous Quick Change Act.

Oh, one of my all-time favourites.

Anyone else suddenly fancy a Liquorice Allsort?

This is a high-pressure act

but he doesn't look like a man who's easily ruffled,

unlike his shirt.

New clothes and hair.

Well, she's worth it.

Oh, yeah, now she's a Quality Street.

It's his turn. Can't wait.

Ah, she's sorry to see that shirt go.

And it's not over yet.

She's still got the handbag and shoes to decide on.

If either of them end up naked, I'm switching off.

And, finally, for Dave and Dania, it's Rule Britannia.

Now, we seem to be at a car wash, and by the music,

I think I can guess what country we're in.

That's right, Spain.

FRENCH ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYS

This wizard is just polishing up la voiture

before his next magic show.

He specialises in bird magic

but I hear a rumour that the dove wants to quit the act.

Well, that's one way to hand in your notice.

COOING

Still, covering your car in bird poo will stop traffic wardens doing this.

Haaaaaargh!

What are you, crazy?!

Haargh!

Ha!

Here's the best pet-shop salesman ever.

Bird in a cage, sir?

Bird in a party popper, madam?

Couple of cages?

Plain dove. Go on, take a dove.

Bird in a cage?

Plain dove.

Roast dove.

Two for one. Just buy something.

Over to Russia now for another incredible transport-based illusion.

I'm hoping when they drop that cover,

he's going to be wearing a dress made from a Union Jack.

He's still in there.

Hang on.

Where's he gone?

Oh, wow.

I hope he can magic himself home because that was his train

and he just missed it.

Let's have a bit more mind-reading now.

Here's Keith Barry.

-Excuse me, can I stop you for two seconds?

-Yeah.

I know this sounds strange, but very quickly,

think of a flower. Change your mind to a different flower.

-Change your mind again.

-All right.

Change your mind, that's the flower right now.

Have you got a flower in mind?

-Yes.

-'Go on, say self-raising.'

-An orchid.

-An orchid?

It's for you. Have a nice day.

-A hydrangea.

-That's an unusual flower.

Thank you.

-Daisy.

-Really?

-What?

-It's for you, thank you.

Master magician Andrew Mayne is out and about causing more mischief.

I'm going to help you secure your bike so nobody steals it.

Sound good? We don't need that.

What you need to do is go grab your back tyre.

You're going to pick this up. OK. Hold on to it.

Right? Just like that.

You're secure.

What did you just do, bro?

How am I going to get home?

Can I be honest? I don't quite trust your bike lock system.

I don't trust your shampoo. Let me show you something.

Just like that. Right?

Just... Boom.

He's the best bike magician ever.

At least he is according to his "spokes"person.

Excuse me.

I want you to have the peace of mind tonight to know that your bike won't get stolen.

The whole night?

Eternity? Sure. Yeah.

Grab your back tyre.

Just like that.

Oh, snap.

Oh, that's actually pretty good.

-I'll never be able to get that out.

-That's the idea.

Thanks!

-Hey!

-Go on, catch him.

Ah, if only you had a bike.

This sucks.

Dude.

Dude?

Is he coming back?

Ah, let's hope Keith Barry pops up and offers her a gladioli.

We've seen magic with bikes and trains

but now, it's time for Franz Harary

to make an actual real live plane vanish in The Big Finish.

In my business, there's an old adage -

to make something disappear in a puff of smoke.

I wanted to make a stunt plane disappear in a puff of smoke.

We had one plane coming directly at me at 180 miles an hour.

We had a second plane which is about to come perpendicular

and cross in front of me at 200 miles an hour.

Now, we would have to time our illusion such

that both of these planes would align themselves up perfectly.

If for some reason, God forbid, the illusion should fail,

the stunt plane would come ploughing into me at over 200 miles an hour.

Now, I don't know about you, but I'm a bit nervous.

Plus, I haven't understood a word he's saying.

'Ready for takeoff.'

'Fox ground RV triple 90 or tango, do you copy?

John, we're good.

What's he doing on top of that giant ironing board?

-Checkpoint one.

-'Checkpoint one is looking good.'

-Checkpoint B.

'I have a visual on ten. It looks great from here.'

See Mark?

'All good from here. On your mark.'

'Er, Franz, Roger, I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. Over.'

All points checked and clear.

Give it to me, guys.

'All looks good.'

All right, let's do this.

'Franz, please don't do this. You'll get knocked over. Over.'

Go!

The entire plane has vanished.

Normally, it's just the luggage.

That is so cool!

Join us next time to enjoy more cool magic from around the planet

as the world's greatest

and not-so-great magicians keep us entertained.

Now, saddle up the, erm, camel,

I'm out of here. It could be a bumpy ride.

'Over and out.'