Episode 1 The Magicians

The Magicians is back with more daring, dangerous and mind-blowing

tricks than ever before. Three of the world's best magic acts, Barry

and Stuart, Latimer and Pete Firman will be joined each week by three

new celebrity guests. They will be putting their reputations on the

line as they compete to impress you with the most awe-inspiring

illusions. How did he do that? year it is live. I'm pretty much

worried about the whole thing. is doing something I don't know how

to do. It's going to be tough. phone votes will decide the winner.

But the act with the fewest votes will have to face the dreaded

forfeit, the most dangerous event of the night and the trek that

nobody wants to tackle. Prepare for mentalism, jaw-dropping illusions

and death-defying stunts. Prepare to be mesmerised. It's The

Live from Shepperton Studios, please welcome your house -- host

Darren McMullen and the magicians. Marianne Stuart. World Magic

Champion Latimer. And the amazing, Hello, Britain. How are you?

Welcome to The Magicians. Tonight we have an absolutely amazing show

for you. Get ready to have your eyes boggled and your mind baffled

by some of the most incredible magic you will ever see performed

by some of the finest professional magicians in the world. But these

fine lads behind me are not doing it by themselves. Each magician

will have the help of a complete amateur. But do not worry, they are

celebrities. As we know, celebrities can do anything they

want. They will be performing four tricks, with one aim, to impress

you. So, let's bring out tonight celebrities. With Barry and Stuart,

from smash-hit comedy Outnumbered, Tyger Drew-Honey and Daniel Roche.

Joining Latimer, Strictly Latin lovely Flavio. With Pete Firman,

Coronation Street and Boyzone's Keith Duffy. This is the magician's,

The acts want to impress you tonight and they have four tricks

to do that. Two of them will be performed right here, live in the

studio. A live grand illusion and some high pressure, close-up magic.

They will also be tackling the streets, doing sensational stunts

on location and performing amazing street magic. Anything could happen

and it probably will. The team with the lowest number of votes will

take on the death-defying fall for it. -- a forfeit. Nobody wants that,

trust me. Here is the moment before we went on air when they found out

For tonight's terrifying for fit, the loser has to swallow a flaming

torch of blistering hot fire, which burns at an intensity of 300

degrees centigrade. With the fire extinguished, they must ports

coaching molten metal into their mouths and spit it out as a solid

block. It is hot and horrifying. But who are will have to endure the

A serious risk of heartburn, not to mention death! Your votes will

decide who faces that at the end of the show. The lines will open up

all three acts perform their first trick. It is up to you to vote for

your favourite. The one with the fewest votes will face the death

defying forfeit at the end of the First, trying to win your vote, she

swapped the merengue for the magic. It is Strictly Come Dancing's

I am a professional dancer. I have competed for many years. I love

learning new skills. It's a perfect opportunity for me to try something

totally out there. I am Jason Latimer. Becoming world champion

was just the beginning. This is much easier than what you are going

to be doing. He has a background in three different sciences. Never my

strong point at school. Impossible is merely an opinion. We have a

high pressure close to perfect, lasers, high-speed escape. How do

you feel about tattoos? Interesting! You need timing at

the speed of light. I am the only person in the world that has built

it, there are no more like it. is doing something I don't know how

to do. I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed that I'm not going

Let's hope the practice has paid off. With them live grand illusion,

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 171 seconds

Wow! Absolutely amazing, wasn't it? Do you think that Latimer was a big

fan of Star Wars? What do you think, how would you beat that? I nearly

got blinded at one point! That was absolutely spectacular. Stunning

and spectacular? But we have got a pretty good trick as well. Just

pretty good! Well, let's see what is is all about. Here these guys

are, on location, for their grand illusion. Let's see what Barry and

Stuart had been teaching their I am Tyger. You probably know as as

on-screen brothers from Outnumbered. They like things that are immature,

gross and pretty. So they are perfect for working mothers. What

attracts me is the idea of doing something that seems impossible. At

the back of my mind I am thinking, what if it goes wrong? I'm just

trying not to think about it. very own Barry and Stuart suits.

You have the suits, can you do a Scottish accent? I can, actually!

If the tricks go wrong, we will just go back and film them again...

It is live! It's not actually live, Today is all about art. I think we

should split up into teams. I will be with Barry. Stuart and Danny,

you can go together. We will go off Got it? Good! Move the medal back a

little bit. Can you see me in it? Is it working? We finished! What

have you made? It is really special, if you could just stand over there.

What is it? What is it? You look brilliant. I'm not sure about the

title, but it's a very clever. have you made? Will show you.

is it? It looks weird. It is an abstract piece of art. We are going

to use this for a grand illusion. It is subliminal. All of the

shoppers are going to walk past this and they will forget they have

seen it. But it will cause whoever has seen it to going to a record

shop and buy this CD. People are going to buy this, but hopefully

they will not even realise why. Thanks for taking part. We are

going to show you something with Tyger's production. Rochelle, take

hold of that and don't let anybody touch it. Guard it with your life.

What is your name? Maddie. We want you to go to any music shop and buy

any CD that you like. OK? Anyone at all. Here is 20 quid. Thank you

very much. Don't waste it, it is four week's pocket money. We will

This would have been much cheaper if we had bought this online. It

would have taken a bit longer, Hello. Excellent. We waited. Was it

a successful trip? Rochelle, you have been holding on to that the

entire time. Give it to Tyger. We think that he went to the shop and

you bought what we predicted here. None other than... Old Mercy.

Are you kidding? I wish I was. I got Joe McElderry. This is a bit

embarrassing. We spend ages. can't believe you've got it wrong!

The thing about magic is that sometimes things differentiate

between right and wrong depending on your perspective. If we look at

this in a different way, maybe we'll be right. I'm confused.

is only one way to fix it. Bring out fat Barry! Please stop calling

it that. They are going to bend it in a different way. As you will see,

the abstract image is going to reveal itself as the face of... Joe

McElderry!? No way! It is quite realistic. Not quite as realistic

I bought one of your CDs. You got it right. I cannot believe what

just happened. They put the mirror up, turned it, and then Joe

McElderry was there. It was like, "No, I can't believe it. All of my

Christmases have come at once!" APPLAUSE

Just when you think they stuffed it up, they do the old switch-er-ooh

on you. Later they'll be performing a trick and need your help at home,

folks. Think of a card, any card, in your head. Once you think you

Send us your choice now, and we'll use it live in the show later on. A

bit of a word of warning - we will be sending your messages on the

screen, so if you don't want your details on telly, don't post them.

Brilliant. Joe McElderry. That's where he has been hiding...

Bringing out the big guns. Seem You have your own big guns here. It's a

gimmick - they pull out the popstar at the last minute. We have a

popstar here in the studio. A few years ago. Forget it. You're a

giant, a giant. Smoke and mirrors. Do you think you have what it takes

to beat that? There is no smoke and mirrors about it. I agree with you.

We need people to vote because I don't want to do the forfeit. I

don't want to do the forfeit! So pick up the phone and vote, please.

All right. It's time to prove your worth, please. This is going to be

their first trick of the night. This is Peith and Keet! Keith and

Pete! APPLAUSE

Save the jokes for tonight. I am Keith Duffy. Sometimes it has been

known for people to say my act is magic - but not very often. I have

been doing magic for 20 plus years. Look at them. I have a keen

interest in magic because my son isn't a bad little magician. Very

good. It's such a night we have dangerous trick with fire. I am the

firestarter. We're going to do a dangerous trick with sausage.

wait. I have to entertain the crowd. How can I be in the forfeit? If we

get in the forfeit, he's not letting me down, not letting the

great British public down. He's letting his son down. What sort of

a father is that? APPLAUSE

So here they are with their first trick of the night. It's their

close-up live magic, something that can really get their teeth into.

Here is Pete and Keith. APPLAUSE

Hey! Thank you very much. Thank you very much. That's very nice. We're

going to need somebody from the audience to help out - the lady

there in the white. Can we get a microphone on her, please? While

they're doing that, let me show you something - some sleight of hand

skills. Very cool, well done. years of my life! Misspent youth.

Think of a card, any card. What is it? Want me to tell you? Yeah.

eight of hearts. He's absolutely right. Is that good? This is a

little bit run-of-the-mill sleight of hand stuff. I thought it would

be more interesting to spice things up with the sleight of hand - and

some pork. Sausages! Can you come up on stage? Give this lady a round

of applause. What's your name? This is Keith. It's Kerstin. How are you,

Kerstin? A I am going to run through the cards. You say stop.

Whenever you say, I'll stop. Stop. Have a look at the card. Move down

here. If you could take it all the way out - that's cram number three

down there. Show it to the people at home. I don't want to see it.

don't want to cheat. We wouldn't want to do a thing like that.

would if it meant we wouldn't have to forfeit. It's a shame because it

would rhyme with your name. Don't improvise!

LAUGHTER At the moment, that card is going

to disappear. It's going to end up somewhere unbelievable. I hope that

somewhere unbelievable isn't going to end up somewhere uncomfortable.

Tear that in half, tear it in half again. Nobody said show business

was going to be easy. Tear it in half a third time. I am making a

bag with this handkerchief. How many pieces would you say are in

there? A thousand. A thousand pieces? Absolutely. You can feel

all the piece in the handkerchief, agreed? Yep. On the count of three

they're all going to disappear. One, two, three, all of those pieces

disappear... Keith, I don't think they've noticed. They have gone

forever. (They have noticed!" 999 isn't bad.

Move on to the pork. That's a good idea. In a moment you're going to

pick a sausage, any sausage. Before you do that, pick up the three of

hearts. Hold on to that. You're going to need it in a moment.

Shuffle those sausages. Hope these are fresh. Happy? Yep. Very good.

We're going to eliminate some sausages. Come over here. Pick up

any two you want. The two you choose we're going to get rid of.

You don't want to touch them, do you? Pick them up. I'll take them.

Eliminated. They're gone. You can't have those back. A round of

applause for the sausages. I like that. That's good stuff!

APPLAUSE I love when you ham it up like that,

Pete! Choose another sausage to be eliminated. Just one? That one.

Eliminated. That one's gone - gone forever, no more. Don't clap them

every time. It's a little bit weird. Now we're 50-50. You're going to

eliminate one more sausage. You'll save one and keep one on the tray.

Get rid of the one you don't want. A little gift for you - don't ever

say I never give you anything. Salmonella. We're down to one

sausage. I want you to know we're not doing any funny moves here. In

my pocket I have a knife. We're going to go around the

circumference of the sausage. try this at home, kids. No, don't

do that. Inside the sausage - surprise, surprise, sausage meat -

but as well as that, folded up, there is a playing card. You picked

one a moment ago. You remember that far back, right? Yeah. What was

that card you picked? The three of hearts. Ladies and gentlemen, there

it is, the three of hearts - a sausagey - there is a piece missing.

You're holding a piece. If I take that piece - tell me the truth,

does it fit perfectly? It does. It's the same card, ladies and

gentlemen. Thank you very much. what about Keith?

I'm impressed - they pulled it out. There you go. All our acts have now

performed their first trick, which means the phone lines are now open,

folks, to vote and save your favourite celebrity and magician

from the death-defying forfeit. These are the numbers you need - to

save Barry and Stuart from permission. For full terms and

conditions, visit bbc.co.uk/magicians.

Remember, they've each got three more tricks to perform before we'll

reveal who will swallow fire and Still to come: Pete and Keith get

out their crystal ball. Barry and Stuart and the Outnumbered boys get

up to no good, and Latimer and Flavia attempt a sensational escape.

APPLAUSE Now hoping to wow you with their

second magic trick of the evening, it's their live grand illusion,

Barry and Stuart and the boys from Outnumbered.

time in the show to perform our very own magic trick without the

help of Barry and Stuart. They have left us this rather strange

contraption, which they have labelled "Barry and Stuart kit". If

you follow me, you can see it's just a big, sturdy box, and when we

open it... We have some sort of stereo and a note saying, "put

these jackets on." Oh, yeah, this is cool. I look just like him.

reckon I look like a more handsome version of Barry, yeah?

APPLAUSE What do I look like? You look like

Stuart would look if his DNA had been merged with a mop. Wait.

There's something in the pocket - instructions? What is this? It's

all old and clanky. It's a tape! Give it here.

LAUGHTER Hi, Tyger and Daniel. These are

your instructions for you to learn our ghost illusion so you can

actually be Barry and Stuart. These are secret instructions, remember,

so please, whatever you do, do not play them in front of the audience.

LAUGHTER Daniel? Yeah. No need to answer.

This is just a recording, remember. First get the bigs, red cloth. It

has two dots printed on it. As Daniel does that, perform a little

dance. This is absolutely nothing to do with the trick. We just

wanted to give the audience a laugh at your expense. Step into the box.

Pass him the cloth. When the dots are exactly in the dead centre, a

ghost will magically manifest itself. Ooo! And the audience

should clap. Whatever you do, Daniel, do not touch that. Tyger,

hold up the second cloth, the blue one. Once again, hold it so the

dots are in the centre. If you have done this correctly, a second ghost

will appear. Wooo! APPLAUSE

Daniel, please remember, do not fiddle with those ghosts. Boo!

take the third and final cloth, the green one. Hold it so the I's are

centralised. When it's done, the final ghost should appear. Wooo!

make the illusion complete, Tyger, stand in the box and close yourself

in there. Cover yourself up completely. Daniel, this is your

moment. Make a magical gesture - and pull the cover from the box.

Tyger has vanished! APPLAUSE

But where is he? Yeah! And that is how you become... Barry. And Stuart.

Brilliant. Well done and fantastic. We actually have one of the co-

stars from Outnumbered - Ramona is in the audience. How are you doing?

The boys doing well, do you think? Yeah, they're doing really well.

Were you scared there - not at the ghosts - at Barry and Stuart?

They're doing well, though, yeah? Yeah, really well. Brilliant. Next

up, with their street magic, is Latimer and Flavia - or as they're

known, "Latvia"! Everyone, this is Flavia. Flavia,

this is everyone. Hi, everyone. You're everyone! We're here to

demonstrate her new ability to read minds. OK. I need a little bit of

help from one of you. I'm going to pick - going to pick you, if that's

OK. And I basically need you to think of a card, any card that you

like at all. OK. So do you have a card in mind? Yeah. So what I need

you to do now is really concentrate on that card, focus on that card as

much as you can, OK? OK. OK. I think I'm getting a picture. OK.

Right. OK. I need to draw it. Where should I draw it? I'll tell you

I'm a good artist. It's going to be amazing. She is so close! Keep

thinking. She's doing this suit and everything. She is committing.

done. Do you have it in your mind? No. It's not? Give me a second.

see what you're doing. OK, that is the top card of a deck of cards.

Your card is in there. What is it? Seven of diamonds. A well, it is in

the deck. If you take it, you can actually shake it and caused it to

You've got to make sure. It is there, right? It's a good tattoo,

it looks good on you. It really is permanent mark there. I've never

seen magic like that before. Lost for words! It just came out of his

Remind me not to play poker with Latimer. Next, with their location

Grande illusion, give it up for Pete and Keith in Bonnie Scotland.

Welcome to Scotland! Stop that. It's kind of annoying. It's nice to

be here in Edinburgh. It's lovely, but it is freezing. We need an

assistant. Would you help? Would that be all right? Give us a hand.

Nice and easy, guys. You must be a ballet dancer? That was graceful.

What is your name? Sandra Boss stopped I'm Pete, this is Keith.

You will not know this, but he is actually a psychic Troicki Li Na --

psychic dry-cleaner. He's unique, because he does it wet. We have a

line of clothing, T-shirts, underpants and one thing and

another. Without saying it out loud, pick an item of clothing from the

line and remember the exact item of clothing you are thinking about.

Don't tell anybody. Have you got one in mind? You are not going to

tell anyone? OK. Keith, get yourself ready up there. Come this

way. We are on the Royal Mile. It has a gradient of about... Well, it

is very steep. That is really important for what he is about to

do. Psychics use crystal balls. It's a little-known fact that the

better the psychic, the bigger the balls. That is impressive. Let me

show you what we are going to do. Come round this side. Keith, if you

would not mind entering the crystal ball. Excuse me, this is not easy.

Fantastic! All right? Now, Sandra, this laundry is identical to do

things that you have just looked at on the washing line. We have

duplicates. Let's get back inside the crystal ball. Look at that,

that is one of Latimer's! If you could just put those inside.

can have this one back, I think it is yours. The last lot. Very good.

Excellent. Fantastic. The idea is that you are thinking of an item of

clothing. Keith is going to try to define your thoughts and find the

duplicate item. To do this, you are going to have to create a psychic

connection. Just put your head out for the psychic connection. Just a

little bit lower. Look into his eyes. Concentrate. It's scary,

isn't it? Not only is he going to find your piece of laundry, it is

getting cleaned. So, let's get this in. It's freezing! Why don't you

put a bucket of water in there? were supposed to heat the water

run! It's a 40 degree, don't worry We are going to need to be

detergent. One squirt and the dirt Getting there! Fantastic. If you

could seal it up, we will get that sealed up. Fantastic. Now, so he

can hear us, we have this loud hailer. All right in there? Yes!

don't need that. Keep concentrating on your item of clothing. Have you

got it in mind? OK, help me count He's going! He is part hamster.

Here is what happened. You looked at an item of clothing on the

washing line, you thought about it, nobody told you what to pick. You

have not told anybody what it was. Fantastic, here he is. The boy

wonder. What have you got? The blue vest? No. It's not. Maybe you will

have to do... What was it? Grab the item of clothing that you were

thinking of. Was it far-off? Not even close. Let's have a look. He

went even in the right ball park. The underpants. You were miles away.

A lot of very excited ladies across Britain right now. We actually have

his son in the audience. Your dad in his underpants on national

television, you must be proud? Did he do a good job? Yes, I'm very

impressed with what I've seen so far. Good stuff coming up? I was

talking to Pete, apparently it is quite dangerous so I'm looking

forward to seeing it. We are at halfway mark. The Act have

performed two tricks each. But they still have two left to perform.

Nobody isn't be safe from the death-defying forfeit. But he who

Please get the bill payer's permission. Anyway, let's get

straight back into the magic. Next, with their live closer up trick,

Barry and Stuart and the boys from We have been asking everybody to

send the name of a playing card through social media. You can

please stop sending nose right now. Before the show began, Daniel and

Tyger took a card from this brand new DEC. They signed their initials

on the back. To make this as fair as we can, they will be shown in

the bottom of your screen at all times. Thousands of you have been

sending in random playing cards. These are now being displayed on

the two screens behind us. If you look carefully enough, you might

see your name on television. Indeed you will. Now, we do need somebody

in the crowd to help. Daniel is going to choose, at random, who

that is going to be by throwing into the audience this Brecko. --

house brick. Don't worry, it is made of sponge. He has no idea

where it is going to go. Try to catch it. If it lands near you,

grab it. Stand-up. He's very small! We need you to make the most

important decision, the first decision, do you want us to use the

social network Facebook or do you want to use Twitter? One or the

other. One! I think that means Facebook. Facebook or Twitter?

Now Daniel is going to throw another object. It's a hammer.

Unlike the last one, this one actually is real. If it comes near

you, or catch it. Some of you might be thinking that Daniel has been

practising for the 2012 Olympics hammer throw. The person that has

got it, can you throw it somewhere else. Anyway you like. She is

Stand-up. A very tall person! Excellent. A man with the beard?

would like you to look at these two feeds that we have and call out

stop at any point you like. Stop! Right there. There are loads of

cards on the screen. This is the most important decision. We want

you to just choose one of them at random and call it out as loud as

you can. Eight of spades! That was sent by Ethan Bagshaw. He is about

to be inundated with friend requests. Do you remember which

playing-card you signed? The eight of spades! They don't lie. Thank

you very much. A lot of you are buying that! Are very trusting

crowd. I think the people at home might want to see that. The eight

of spades. This shot has been on your screen the entire time as we

have done this. It is right there. On the back is actually the

initials. Even better than that,... You are probably thinking that they

have signed all of them. That's not possible, we had two very tall

people check. But actually, the only one without a blue plaque is

that one there, the eight of I'm glad you didn't use the real

hammer, like in rehearsals. That didn't go too well. It is time for

Pete and Keith's turn. It is St magic in Dublin. I say Street Magic

loosely, being a good Irishman he Hello, ladies. How are you? I'm

very well, how are you? You are looking lovely today. How why you?

I need your help. He is a fantastic magician, this guy. But I think I

am better. I'm going to show you this magic trick. There is the

bottle. A bottle of cola. I want you to hold it there. You have seen

opera singers singing, and when they hit a high note, a wine glass

smashes. That is what we want to recreate, my way. Will that it? We

are going to put the coin in there. I need you to shake it about. Think

I told you! Impressed? I'm very I think I've got something similar.

Whatever I do, he has to do better. Let's try something else. This

would be tough. Could you hold that? Just check it and hit the

sides. Make sure it is solid. Cupid outstretched and concentrate. I

just need some of your energy. energy? Just put your hand on my

shoulder. Just think, break. It's not going to work, don't worry.

He's not going to be able to do it. I'll try my best. It might not work.

LAUGHTER Ooh! That was amazing. That was

amazing. Could you do me another favour? Here you go. Would you

clean up that glass? Mwah! LAUGHTER

Ooh! Very shocked. I don't know how he did it. I haven't a clue how he

done it. That was great. I wish I could do it.

Don't attempt that trick at home, folks or down the pub, for that

matter. They won't be very happy. We have the lovely Flavia and

Latimer here, everybody. How are you feeling? Good, excited. How are

you going - what are you going to do? We have a trick that involves

the two of us, a bus and some handcuffs. Handcuffs? Yes. Say no

more. Flavia and Latimer on MUSIC

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us here at the

Essex Arena Raceway. As you can see, we have two wooden crates on

opposite sides of the track. Those will be locked tight with shackles

and padlocks. I am going to have one pair of handcuffs on. He'll

have two. Each of us is in a separate box. The only difference

between her crate and mine is Flavia has access to the padlock on

the outside of the crate. I don't. She has to escape from the padlocks

to put her hands on the outside of the holes to unlock the padlock,

then grab my keys from this flag post and unlock my crate. If it all

goes to plan, it will all go very smoothly. There is one problem -

that bus. The bus driver has been instructed to make one lap, then

crash through both crates and to stop for no reason - at all.

guys are actually going to be passengers on the bus, so you're

going to be living the whole experience live. So hold on tight.

Ladies and gentlemen, I do want to make a point to say this is

probably the most dangerous escape I have ever done - frankly because

it's no longer an individual sport. It's a relay race. Are you ready?

Yeah, I think we should go for it. All right. Let's do this. OK. Good

Ready to go? Good luck. OK. If you'd like to put your helmets on

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 171 seconds

Is everyone OK? Amazing! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Latimer, you cheeky monkey! If you liked that, there is plenty more to

come, and if you want to learn a few tricks yourself and impress all

your mates, you can go to our website, and they're all on there.

You have seen all the acts perform three times tonight. They've got

one more trick left up their sleeve before we close the phone lines.

Things are really hotting up, quite literally, for one of our acts, so

pick up the phone and vote for your favourite to save from forfeit.

This is your last chance to see the phone number, so if you haven't got

Calls cost 15p from a BT landline. Other networks may vary. Calls from

mobiles will cost considerably more. Please get the bill payer's

permission. Now time for our last live close-up magic for the night -

it's Latimer and Flavia. Here they are.

Thank you. Thank you. Today beer going to be doing a little bit of

close-up magic right here in the audience, but we need calm of

volunteers. Let's go and find them. We're going to go deep into the

audience. Thought you were safe up here, didn't you? Can I have you if

that's OK. And your name is? Priu. Alex. Lovely to meet you. Stand

right here. I'd like you to stand right there.

APPLAUSE And your names? Alex. This uses

coins from back home, but it's a neat little effect I think you'll

enjoy. We have a handkerchief. If you could hold each coin in each

hand tight, a little bit lower. That's perfect. I would like you to

imagine a hole right here - when you can't see and when you can't

you can't see and when you can't feel. I'll place those coins On the

imaginary hole. I'll take one hand - see it grip? Just pull that coin

through the hole. Pretty cool, huh? Here. Why don't you hold on to one

coin. Let's do it again. Can I have a go? Of course. Let's go for it.

As we said, we have an imaginary hole you can't see on top. It's

here. Trust me. You can't see it, and of course, you can't feel it.

Here we go. OK. So I am going to give this a go. A little bit lower.

Perfect. OK. Here we go. Voila. Right through.

APPLAUSE That's one, and that's two, but -

APPLAUSE It gets better. We're going to take

one, and we're going to go the opposite direction.

APPLAUSE Thank you. Watch. I'll place it

through the bottom. Go ahead and let go of everything. Go ahead and

let go of all the corners. We'll take one last peek to make sure the

coin is underneath the silk, right? I'll give it one twist. I'll hold

that. I'm going to take off my ring. I'm going to place all four corners

through this solid metal ring. That will make sure nothing happens from

below. LAUGHTER

So we're almost there. So as you can see, that coin is completely

trapped by the ring, OK? If I could ask you to take the two corners as

you did before - and if you could do the same - and if you gently

pull, we're going to rub the material gently, and here we go - I

can see it - there you go. APPLAUSE

Imagine that. APPLAUSE

Thank you so much - Pria, thank you. Everyone in that bottom row, I

highly suggest you check your wallets as well. Do not trust that

guy! Next up, with their last chance to avoid the dreaded forfeit,

it's with their street magic, here is Barry, Stuart and the boys from

Outnumbered. Today we're going to try to cure

people of their deepest, darkest phobias using something everybody

loves, coffee. What do you think, guys? We're helping people out.

don't like coffee. Coffee is not everyone's cup of tea. I like that.

I thought I was going to get a bigger reaction. We're going to

need a few volunteers. I think you should go out and get them because

you're the youngest. That's how it works.

That guy - hello. Why not. Got some people - good job. You did good.

Let's try some group therapy. What's your name? Hannah. All we

need to do is get in mind an insect you really don't like? Maggots.

Hate maggots? What we're going to try to do now is cure your phobia.

We're going to borrow your coffee. What you got there? It looks like

black coffee to me - good. What we want you to do is concentrate on

your phobia, think about your fear of maggots. Give me your hands and

cup them like that. That's perfect. Concentrate on it. We're going to

Absolutely horrified. They're just creepy, wet and disgusting. What

Tell me what your fear is. Locusts. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Concentrate

on your phobia of cockroaches right now. Very good job today, guys.

Shall we go celebrate? Yeah, let's go get a coffee. Let's get a

coffee! APPLAUSE

Disgusting, but quite brilliant. Anyway, folks, we're going to close

our phone lines very, very soon. We have about five minutes left - five

minutes to pick up the phone and vote for your favourite. As soon as

we finish our final performance for the night, they will be closed, and

speaking of which, here is our live grand illusion - give it up for

Pete and Keith. APPLAUSE

They love us. It's going great, isn't it, really well. It's going

fantastic. We have done our best, worked hard. Edinburgh went great.

Sensational. We had great fun in the pub in Dublin. Smashing time!

Altogether. We have saved the best for last, and you have been so good

through the whole process that I am going to give you the part of the

magician. Going to let me do the illusion? Yeah, absolutely. I want

to play the part of the assistant, so tonight you're going to be the

magician and you're going to be the assistant.

So I get to put you in the box and stick swords in you? Yeah. This

trick is fantastic. It's got everything - it's got danger. It's

got fire. It's got me. What more could you want? It's funny you say

that, Pete, because I really feel like I went all out tonight to look

like a magician. I feel like I look the part. Oh, yes.

APPLAUSE They agree with me. But I'm sorry

to say, pal, you don't look much like the glamorous assistant I was

hoping for. No, Keith, this isn't the outfit, fella. This is!

Keith, come here. Come here. Get off!

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Pete and Keith, everybody! Come on over. That was brilliant. Baffling,

I don't know what baffled me more, the trick or how I felt when I saw

you in that outfit. It is rather dashing. I am putting Flavia to

shame! Custom-made, no doubt. Wax for the occasion? There were

already, but we won't go into that. Very good with your magician hands

as well. I was practising all day. Even though I did that for the

first time just now. Danger, fire, sexy, what else do you want? The

How do you feel after seeing that? Fabulous. Everybody has been

amazing, but we have given our best. You think you have done everything

you can do? Absolutely, we have put everything into it. How about that

amazing dance you do, as one last attempt to get more votes? Do you

think you are going to take up the magical stick to the day job?

Probably stick to my day job. But I think it did go well. I think they

You have now seen four tricks from all four acts. That means that the

lines are now close! Please do not vote any more. It will not count

and you may be charged. Nail-biting stuff, we are about to find out he

was facing the deadly forfeit shortly. Whilst the votes are being

counted we have a special performance. If you did get a magic

set for Christmas, kids, pay close attention. We are about to see the

team magic champions and stars of the film's Make Believe. It is East

meets West. All the way from Nagoya, Japan, and Anchorage, Alaska, it is

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Brilliant command teenagers as well. What a great way to finish. That is

the last bit of magic you will see. It is time to get serious and

revealed the results of the votes. Which actor impressed to the most?

Who has escaped the forfeit? May I I can now reveal the act with the

most of votes, who is definitely saved from performing the forfeit

It is Barry and Stuart and the boys We now have Latimer and Fabio and

Pete and Keith. The person who has the least amount of votes tonight

and will have to swallow fire and It is Pete and Keith!

Congratulations to Latimer and Fabio. -- Fabio. I'm sorry. It's

all right. Unlucky. Unlucky?! That is a fix! Are they sending out the

same show from the broadcast truck? My grandmother has been on the

phone, there is no way I lost that. It's time to compose yourself and

get into the zone. While you do that, let's remind everybody at

home of the horror that is just For tonight's terrifying forfeit,

the loser must swallow a flaming torch of blistering hot fire, which

burns at an intensity of 300 degrees centigrade. With the flame

extinguished, they must pour molten metal into their mouth and spit it

Nasty stuff. I will need an audience member to verify

everything. Hands up if you would like to volunteer. You, at the

front. A round of applause! What is your name? J? I just want you to

confirm that the fire is very hot. You don't have to touch it. As

close as possible. We'll fire? Yes? Step back, this is dangerous stuff.

I do need to point out to everybody watching this that Keith has not

rehearsed this before. Under no circumstances should you attempt to

do this forfeit at home. They are incredibly dangerous. I'm going

home! You don't have that option. To complete his final challenge...

In is it real fire? Of course, I am right next to it. All right, Kung

I will do this down on one knee. I don't have to do this like this, it

is just more dramatic. Aiming for your tongue, bring it to the back

of your mouth and breathe out. That is very important. Don't breed in!

It's as easy as that. I don't want to burn my beard! Don't try this at

It was nice working with you. is the end of the singing career.

It can only improve my singing, I need some water. Do you want to

do it on your knees, or stand up? I'll do it sideways. Seriously,

focused. Remember, the town and the You are only halfway through. You

now have to gargle with hot, molten Hot lips. Keith, this is molten

metal. It is obviously very hot. He's got it in... What do you call

that? A furnace. He is going to put Now, this one is a little trickier.

My lips are on fire! Do I have to do this? You could run. Into the

mouth, throw your head back. Pennine not just do some vodka or

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one! Time to play dress up. into your tongue, tilt your head

back. I'm not going to do what you did, you got it or love yourself!

Hurry up, or we will have to cut to the lottery and everybody will

shaking your head. Spit it out. Is that real mettle? Yes. Real

Well done, you have ruined a perfectly nice suit.

Congratulations. What an incredible evening it has been. The first ever

live edition of The Magicians. I want to say thank you to all the

celebrities, all of the magicians have been fantastic.

Next time: Three more celebrity apprentices perform mind-boggling

magic to win your vote and avoid the dreaded forfeit. Don't miss it,

next Saturday, 6.35, BBC One. Thanks for joining us, everybody.

Have you had fun? Have you had fun? Let's hear it one last time for the