Episode 6 The Magicians

We are about to go live with the final of The Magicians. They will

be competing for your votes to avoid tonight's forfeit. So far

Keith Duffy swallowed fire. The Hoff has taken on the Samurai. My

Myleene Klass faced the stone grounder. Are you guys ready for

this? All right turn around and feast your eyes on that!

Tonight, the losing act could be cut throat. First of all, you are

going to have to place this metal rod in your mouth and bend it like

thus. Ah, see.

Once you have done that, you are going to have to face each other on

either side of this per this glass. Place it next to your jugular and

snap it. Someone is definitely leaving

tonight with a pain in the neck! It Live from Shepperton Studios,

please welcome your host, Darren McMullen and The Magicians.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Barry and Stuart. And Latimer and

sensational stand-up trickster, Pete Firman.

How are you Shepperton? Welcome to The Magicians. It is the Grand

Final. It is time to dive head- first into this world of magic that

that these handsome young men behind me have created. Look at

them, aren't they gorgeous? Yeah. Every week these magicians are

joined by a celebrity apprentice who perform tricks in an attempt to

win your votes at home and to avoid the horrifying forfeit. So let's

meet our brave celebrities. Joining Barry and Stuart, he is

standing up for magic, it is comedian, Ed Byrne.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Street dancer, it is George Sampson.

And actor and professional cockney, it is Joe Swash.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Welcome to The Magicians live.

In this spectacular finale, our celebrities and magicians have four

tricks to try and knock your socks off and win your votes and they

have saved the best until last. Trust me, to make it more difficult,

two of the tricks will be performed live in front of a very suspicious

studio audience. There is everything to play for tonight as

we will find out which magician will be crowned the series champion,

we have Barry and Stuart and Latimer with a win under their belt.

A win tonight would make them the outright champions. Pete only has

one so far, so victory for him would mean... A victory for him

would mean all three magicians will share the title. Trust me, these

guys are very competitive. They want to win not just for the title,

but to avoid the forfeit. AUDIENCE:

They said, "Oh" indeed. Now, first, and hoping to be crowned series

champion The Magicians, it is It is Latimer and Phil.

I'm happy, thank you so much. Bring on the final!

George. I'm George Sampson and you probably

know me best as an actor and dancer. It is the finale, we're going big.

We're going to be travelling through time and space and after

that, I'm going to teach you how to control water.

I am going to take things seriously. That works for me.

It is nuts! This Week is really massive for me,

so I'm going to bring it in like none other.

Right now, it is a tie for first place so we have to win.

I am very nervous. Our grand illusion for stage hasn't

been considered before. Here is to something new!

APPLAUSE Having won over the public with his

dancing, he is going to be looking to do it with his magic too. It is

George Sampson and Latimer, everybody.

Thank you. This is so special, I want to do it starting off in the

audience, right here with this ball and will you help me on this one?

Yes. What's your name? Thomas. Yes. What's your name? Thomas.

Yes. What's your name? Thomas. Let's put a microphone on you.

Thomas, I'm going to get your hands wet, if that's OK. George is going

to pour the water through your hands. Your yob is to make sure --

job is to make sure nothing comes out of the pitcher apart from water.

How old are you? 12. When I was your age, I was nine. When I was

nine - I want you to reach around in the water. Make sure there is

nothing in the water, just water, right? Yes.

Feel around the bowl. Make sure the bowl is solid? Yes.

There you go. When I was younger I used to dream

about how magical it could be if you could control water. If you

could actually shape it an object. drop it or we're all getting wet.

How imagine magical does that feel? You see, that's magic, but this

idea, it is just a dream come true. APPLAUSE

Let's give him a big round of applause.

You're awesome. Now, we took the idea from a bowl and we figured if

that's what we could do with a bowl, could you imagine what we could do

could you imagine what we could do CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

Would you like to see more? AUDIENCE: Yes. They want to see

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more. All right, here we go. This Amazing. That was amazing. Guys,

what do you think? He is fantastic, isn't he?

really is. That's dangerous over there. We can't beat that. He is

all wet and sexy and dancing, I've got Pete.

Pete... They are heckling you from the audience. You have down three

forfeits so far. You don't want do a fourth, do you? There is a hole

in the roof or something like that! No, I don't want to do a fourth. It

would be great to finish the series with a win. It would be two for us

each. I worked with Joe Swash before so

good luck on that. Here is what Joe Swash gets up to when he is not

The actor with the fewest votes, Pete and Arlene.

Arlene was fantastic, but after the win the week before, coming third

was just awful. Nice to see you, Pete.

My name is Joe Swash. I am an actor and I went into the jungle and I

ate a crocodile willie. Are you a fish fan?

So Joe, Barry and Stuart won two. Latimer has won two. I won one. I

need to get this one. No one likes to see him being the

whipping boy. The forfeits are getting worse and

worse. I am a little bit nervous. Barry and Stuart, I know you are

watching this. Isn't it about time you dit a forfeit -- did a forfeit?

As far as I am concerned, I am the How are you? As you can see, we are

at the London Aquarium, waiting for Pete. He hasn't turned up. I'm here,

fella. Why are you dressed like that and you are wet and you smell

of fish. I have been inside the tank, ask

these ladies, calm down. I understand this maybe a little bit

too much for you. We need somebody to help with - would you mind

helping? You can stay where you are, that's fine. Let's look inside this

tank. I put this prediction inside this tank. This is isolated inside

the tank. The glass is about a foot thick. What's your name? Steph.

It is difficult to hear with this on. Steph.

Steph, I want you to stare into the tank. There is many a seafarer

hypnotised by a haddock for a mackerel. Joe, hold that. I'm going

to talk to you on the walkie-talkie so be alert!

. So, I suppose we do what Pete said, have a look at the tank. Look

at the creatures. As you can see, we have got a clown-nosed ray, we

have a stingray, all sorts. Come in red herring, come in red

herring, are you there? Yes, I am here. How are you, Pete? I'm good.

Is Steph thinking of a creature? Yes.

Steph is thinking of her creature, yes.

Fantastic. Tell her not to tell anybody what it is, just keep it in

mind. Don't tell anybody what it is.

Cool. She said, "Cool."

There he is. He is very graceful in the water if you haven't noticed.

Steph, we asked you to think about one of the sea creatures in the

tank behind us. Have you been thinking of that sea creature?

You haven't told anybody about that sea creature. Are you ready?

you reveal the sea creature you was thinking of? Stingray. Pete, are

you ready? He is ready. Let's reveal your

prediction. Stingray.

APPLAUSE That's

That's amazing.

That's amazing. How

That's amazing. How do

That's amazing. How do you think he did that?

I think he is just trying to tell me something. Well, he is going to

take off his tank. Guys, would you like to help us with this curtain?

Perfect. So Pete, winning the easy easy way, and he is going to come

out the hard way. Are you ready, Pete? He is ready. Are you ready?

Let's do this. I'm out! He is there.

APPLAUSE I can't believe how he knew what I

was thinking. It was so weird. I was thinking stingray the whole

time and it was in the tank. I knew she was thinking of a fish, but I

didn't know what fish it was. And then he came through the window.

When he came through the tank, I was like, "Oh my God." I couldn't

come through with the tank. I had to leave the tank inside. I need to

lie down. Do you need the kiss of life?

APPLAUSE That's why they call Pete the

Little Mermaid. Hello, Ed Byrne. How are you Barry and Stuart?

good. Still yet to do a forfeit. Have you

got your grannies, uncles and cousins calling up voting from

Scotland? I think they are voting for Pete.

Whatever you are doing, it is working. Ed, you do some crazy

stuff tonight. With that being said, are you scared of of doing the

forfeit? I don't want to do the forfeit. I have gone above and

beyond the call of duty. I have done hairy stuff already.

That's your campaign pitch. He doesn't need to do anymore. He

has done enough? I have done myself to secure myself on an arrow.

Let's look at what happened when Ed teamed up with our dark duo, Barry

Do you dress like this all the time? I'm Ed Byrne. I am known best

as a comedian. We are going to go on a mini moat mini motto. I am

going to push a rubber band to its limit.

Ed is a comedian. He is used to being funny. Fortunately for us, he

has started to take things more seriously. I did maths at school.

Clever, but deadly. This series, we have avoided the

forfeit completely so we are hoping we avoid the last one. The grim

reaper of forfeits. If we win, we are the series

winners. If they win, I will never let them

forget the fact that I got them there!

Hoping and praying it is enough for the championship, make them feel

welcome, everybody, it is Barry and Thanks very much, the piranha fish,

famous because they are carnivores and they can eat flesh. Inside this

tank of murky water we have hungry pir piranha fish.

You know that treatment where you have dead skin eaten off the sole

of your feet. We have educated piranha fish.

They have degrees in chemistry and physics and one has an NVQ in who

is pa tilt. Clever, but deadly. I have got this

book and it is a book of animals with the name of the animal printed

beside T we have an animal selected at random, I am going to ask the

lady there, I am going to ask you to say stop.

Stop. Look at the animal, you stopped me

at. Everybody look at the animal, but nobody say the name of the

animal out loud. These fish can read and write and

we will prove it now by getting a piece of stick out of the cooler

box. We will feed it to the fish. We will show them the book. They

like their meat rare. Are piranha fish intelligent enough

to read the words printed on the page of this book?

A beautiful cat that is too! But that was good, but top them,

that's easy. That's kids stuff. That was the baby fish doing that.

The big fish are cleverer. You can ask the big ones any any question

from a Trivial Pursuit. They would have a chance of winning

if they could roll the dice, but they don't have any fish fingers!

Madam, will you pick a category, please? Entertainment.

The one that the intellectuals never go for. Entertainment which

is pink and take a card and select any one at ran do. Take a look at -

- randomment take a look at it. The questions and answers are random.

We are going to feed our piranha fish a pork chop. No need for the

tongs. They know me. What is the pink question? How many Oscars did

Ingrid Birdman win in her career? Let's see if the fish know? I will

try and get it, Stuart. Keep your hand in. What's the

answer? Three. They have gnawed my hand!

The educated piranha. There is something fishy going on.

All our acts have performed their first trick which means the

phonelines are open. To save your favourite celebrity and magic, you

need to pick up the phone. You have to snap an arrow on the throat. To

The calls will cost 15 pence from a BT land line. If you want full

terms and conditions visit bbc.co.uk/magicians which is where

you can learn to do some tricks all by yourselves. Check it out. There

is all to play for and there is Coming up, Latimer and George step

on the gas in a bid to be crowned champs.

It is full speed ahead as Barry and Stuart and Ed aim for victory.

Pete and Joe pull out all the stops All that and we will have the

fastest illusion in the world. Don't miss it, it is amazing.

Very exciting. We have got the world champion of

magic here, Mr Latimer, do you think you might make that the world

champion of the magicians? I have had so much fun. I had a blast

being here. I think we have won already because it has been so much

fun here. Oh, that's such a diplomatic answer.

Are you going to win tonne? tonight? You are a favourite with

Britain. They voted you a winner of Britain's Got Talent. Do you think

they will enjoy your magic? I have had the master to help me.

Hopefully they will pick upon it. He is good this guy.

With the grand illusion, it is Today we are going to move five

people through time and space. Transportation? Exactly. We are

going to move them from one truck to another truck while the audience

is following on a military transport truck. As we move down a

runway. I want each individual to reach

into the bag and take a poker chip. Most of them are blue. Only five

are white. The people that pick these five are

going for the ride of their life. They are deciding the people who

are going to travel on their hands. I can't get more fairer than that.

Close your eyes and do not open them until you are told otherwise.

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You can't run behind the curtain. There is no curtain. It is not like

you can run underneath the stage because there is no stage. It is a

Take your gloves off. Take your gloves off. Put your hands up!

They moved from one truck to another right in front of our eyes.

It is amazing. I don't know how he did it.

There was no camera trickry. It was something to do with sequence. I am

a Star Trek fan. You have to wonder now.

It was the most incredible thing that I have ever seen quite frankly

and I can't explain it. It was just a a wonderful illusion

and I would love to know how it is done.

That really is magic. APPLAUSE

That was amazing, honestly, I have never seen anything like that

before. An amazing trick. Hoping to save face tonight and tie up the

series with a win, I want everyone to clap, scream and shout for Pete

Thank you very much. I want the public to help me.

Would you like me to find someone? What wants to help me. Would you

like to come up and help with this trick? That's your name? Amy.

Come and stand here. Thank you very much for helping. Amy, in a minute,

we will ask you to pick one of these. Can you you shuffle?

little bit. I want you to pick a maggot, any maggot.

These are live maggots, you can probably tell from the smell of

death! There are 52 maggots. I want you to

choose one. I want you to look at one and remember it. We don't want

you to touch the maggots. You might have to follow them

around because they are a little bit wiggly. You point at a maggot.

Leave your finger there. Now mix them up.

LAUGHTER Know Joe is going to try and -- now

Joe is going to try and find your maggot. No peeping. Is that your

mog your maggot? Is that your maggot? Say yes it is.

That's only the beginning. The next bit is more impressive, because I

am going to make that maggot disappear. We are going to ask to

put this in the the middle of your hand. Is he wig bli. You are very -

- wiggly. You are very cool about that. Do you fish? I want you to

put it on the tip of my tongue. LAUGHTER

Three second rule! I don't suppose it matters, it has

been on the floor, it is a maggot. It is still alive. It goes on my

tongue. Ah, Pete.

That's disgusting. It could be worse. It could be the

crocodile's little fella. He has has gone. He has disappeared.

He is in Pete's stomach. I am going to make the maggot

reappear. I am going to regurgitate I am pulling it up from my belly.

It is at the chest. It is coming up to the back of my throat. It is on

the back. Back of the throat, coming up to the nasal passage. All

the sinuses are connected. I am going to pull it up. I should

mention, ladies, I am single! It is going to go to my right eye.

It is in my right eye just about now.

APPLAUSE Because you were so brilliant, you

can have these. Take them away. They will be a little momento of

the evening. I feel like the audience, they feel

a little bit left out. Do you want some maggots?

LAUGHTER Well done. The most disgusting

trick I have ever seen. Thank you very much for that. Great work by

the little worm. Next up, it is I am about to do a trick with Barry

and Stuart. It involves an air canon, a motorcycle and playing

cards. Three of my favourite things in the in the world. What could

possibly go wrong? We are here to show you something

very special, the world's most extreme card trick using this motor

and -- mortar and a really fast motorbike. I am going to stand in

front of you all. Ed, we are ready. They are all safe. Come on out,

full speed. The streak of lightening.

APPLAUSE It is very cold today.

We need to get someone to select a playing card.

We want this trick to be extreme from all angles. We are not going

to get you to choose a card from one deck, but it will be from three

decks. We We want you to choose any one of these cards at all. Run your

finger across the cards and stop it on any one you like.

I will go for that one. Take it out. Don't let anyone see it. Don't let

Ed see it because Ed is going to be doing this. Ed, if you can go and

get into the starting position. Ed, is going to catch your card from

mid-air. We want you to sign your name on the face of the card that

you have right now. I will take the pen back. If you

can put the card back anywhere in the deck. I want to you take the

deck and shuffle it up yourself. Could you shuffle those two packs

together. Add that to the pile, I need you to shuffle that. Perfect.

Everyone stay here. I want to you come over here. Everyone else, stay

with me. You are going to load all these

cards into this air air bazooka. Take the cards and shove them in

there. Shove them inside there. That's perfect. Excellent. Now, go

back back and and join the others at finishing line.

Ed, ready? It is in my helmet.

It has got my signature and everything.

That is your signature. I am staggered, I don't know how he

did that. I don't know how it could have happened.

I am impressed to say the least. I'm speechless. Speechless.

APPLAUSE Very cool. Very cool, indeed, I

thought. I hope they gave little Latimer his bike back. All our acts

performed two tricksment here are the -- tricksment here are the

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Next up, with their street magic in Manchester, it is Latimer and

We are here to do a little bit of magic for people travelling around

the world and we have come to the conclusion that exchanging money in

the airport is the most expensive thing you could do. Have you

changed your money? Not yet. I have collected numerous bits of

cash and I find every time I come back to Manchester, it gets more

and more expensive to change my notes back to pounds. Do you know

how much this is worth? How much is that? About that much!

The cheapest way is to... I don't even bring a wallet anymore. I stop

at the visitors centre and grab these leaflets. Fold it up.And you

take it and fold it one more time. Take that, you fold it again and

across and one more time, down like that. You can actually see it

change, once, twice, �20. Do you guys use pounds here? Great. You

take this, you fold it like that. You take this, and you fold it down

like that. Unfold it once. Unfold it twice. And then And unfold an

original �20 note. Fantastic.

No. It is still card. Rubbish. I have I have got no idea how they do

it. You can watch the shows on the iplayer. Coming back live in the

studio now, it is time for their live, grand illusion, see if you

can work out this in the audience and at home. The pressure is on for

Joe, I will tell you something, mate, I like you a lot.

Thank you. You are looking a little bit pale.

Sorry. You are looking healthy. Joe, you

you look ill. I have been working on a form of self-tanning.

I do not fake tan. Self-tan. Look at this there, is the Tanamatic

2000. It works with this bird. I don't

know how you are going to fit her in that box

Not better, this bird -- not her, this bird.

It is going to go to work and give the bird a beautiful all over tan.

Let's look at this. You are sure this is going to be safe.

Of course, it is. Dial in the correct co-ordinates

and look at that, a beautiful golden brown colour.

That's amazing. With a tan like that you could go

on an ITV reality TV show. This is the envy of the world. This is the

Tanamatic 3000. You are sure, this is safe? Yes.

That looks like where they put dead people.

That's a good point. Would you mind trying that. Lie yourself down

there. It is fine. As an an extra safety precaution, we have these

goggles. I will run you through the settings. We have a few different

settings. We have got the Winton. We have got Charlmers and the

Dickinson and then this one, the Danger Zone. Don't go there unless

you want to look like a mahogany sideboard. Let's do it.

Are you sure, it is going to be safe? Yes. I have got nothing to

worry. Peter, Peter... Get in there. All

right, let's crank this bad boy up. First things first. Turn it on.

That's great. OK, here we go. The Winton.

No, I'm not getting nothing. The Charlmer is. Still not working.

The Dickinson. It's broken.

You should be more tanned. In the Danger Zone. Let's go nuclear.

get me out. I feel a bit funny. Get him out. Open it up. Open it up.

Joe. APPLAUSE

I'm sorry, but I think that is a significant improvement. Does

anyone else? Very handsome. Next up, doing all they can to win your vote

and finish this series without having to do a forfeit on location

with their grand illusion in Sheffield, it is Barry and Stuart

Tonight we are going to perform a classic of magic. It is the cut and

restored rope trick. We want to do a really dangerous

version. Ed, you have got a balloon version of yourself.

I never travel anywhere without this.

The shears of death. I have the nail scissors of of doom

which could double as the the shears of death. Pvrp. The idea is

we we do this with the string. It is going to cut it into several

bits. Keep going.

I have been asked many times, how long is a piece of string? Normally

when I ask a question, like how long do we have to keep filming

for? That's how long a piece of string is.

We need one other thing and that's the application of is a of saliva.

Mine. It is wet enough to make it stick

on this string right there. And if this has worked then Ed

should be able to do that. It seems like it is not dangerous.

That wasn't the rope we were talking about.

, no, the actual rope we were talking about is that one up there!

The bungee rope. Ed's feet are going to be strapped to the end of

the rope and we are going to sever it in half. It would be dangerous

if this was a concrete floor. We are going to try and restore the

Right now, we are 150 feet above the ground. 150 feet. When Ed jumps

he will reach a speed of 50mph. 50mph. And experience the force of

about 1.8 G. This is if we are successful. If we are successful.

I need to grab your bungee chord. When we were down there, we did

that trick with the chord. The bungee chord is made up of 1,200

individual strands. It is like doing this trick 1,200 times at

once. The the shears of of death are

never going to be powerful enough to get through this. We need the

knife of bread. Ed, you might want to look away.

need to get rid of the knife. Yeah, that could be dangerous

otherwise. Ed, get yourself in position.

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Ed Byrne. I was there.

When he jumped, I thought he was going to hit the floor and that

would be the last we would see of him. And we saw the rope get kupt.

I didn't -- cut. I didn't think he would make it. Madness. He is a

legend. He did very well.

APPLAUSE I am sweating looking at that. I

don't know how much they are paying him, but that's not worth that.

With Barry and Stuart, would you trust them. Exactly. They have only

one more trick left each. That's one more trick left each for this

series of The Magicians. It is more important now than ever to vote.

We will find out which magician is crowned the champion of the series.

This is the last time you will see the numbers on the screen so please

make a a note of them and get behind your favourite. Here come

Just a wonderful illusion and I would love to know how it is done.

Unfold it twice. Unfold an original �20 note.

I I was thinking stingray the whole time and it was in the tank and

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Now it is time for some more live, close-up magic in the studio. It is

the last chance to win your votes, a big round of applause, everybody.

It is Latimer and George. It is Latimer and George.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. In this box we have a

surprise. For this trick to work we are going

to need volunteers. Well, I am going to pick some especially

actually. I'm going to pick you. What's your

name? Sammy. Come with me.

I am going to find somebody else. I think we always pick - I can see it

from here. Would you mind if that borrow that, your ring. And your

name is? Jason. A great name. Let's give him a big

round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. No actually, I just need

the ring. Thank you so much for the enthusiasm, I appreciate it.

Take a look at that. I want you to make sure -- I just want to make

sure you know what it looks like. Got the ring? And your name was?

Sammy. Would you be able to recognise that

if you saw it again. Yes.

If you lose that, you have to explain that to him. You want you

place that in the handkerchief. It has gone.

We have a surprise in this box. Would you like to see the surprise?

Yes. Would all of you like to see the

surprise? If you can grab the box. I will give you some some slack.

Hold on to the box. Got that? Pull it out. Today!

Sammy, would you be amazed if the ring was inside the box? Yes.

Would you be astounded? Yes. Would you be be flabbergasted?

Can you spell flabbergasted? What's in the box? Scissors.

Surprise! Scissors. Nothing else?

Well, I said that the surprise was in the box and I meant in the box,

right here, holding everything up. Right here, holding up the case.

APPLAUSE Is that the ring? Yes.

APPLAUSE Thank you so much.

Is that your ring? Does it still fit Yes.

We're good. APPLAUSE

I was sure I knew where that was going. I got no clue. Anyway, it is

the final chance to impress with their street magic in Reading. This

would tie the series if they won Hello ladies.

Hello. Nice to see you. Nice to see you.

Do you like magic? I love it. Good. Do you like card tricks?

Thank Goodness for that. We have a deck of cards. What's your name?

Amelia. I want to you say stop. Stop.

Take that card. Have a little look at it. What did you get? Six of of

clubs. It doesn't matter if I see it.

Amelia, watch closely, I am going to lose the card in the pack.

you can see, Pete stuck one of the cards on the outside of the glass.

That couldn't be the six of clubs, yours is inside the deck. Watch

closely. One, two, three. Six of clubs.

Touch it. Try and get it down. It is on the other side of the

glass. Part two, part two, the remix.

If that blew your mind, wait until you see that.

What's your name? Anna. Amelia, hold on to the deck. Get

the jack of diamonds. Hold it next to the six which is on the inside.

Go for it. This is your magic moment.

It is on the inside and the six is on the outside.

It is behind the glass, yeah? It was amazing.

It was a card and it was on the inside and then he had it in his

hand and my card was on the inside. I didn't know what was going on.

It was amazing. I don't know how he did it. It was crazy.

Who are you voting for Saturday A cheeky little trick there.

That's all you can do. If you win tonight, you have tied up the

series. How are you feeling about that? That would be awesome. That

would be great. He is used to losing!

You have him shouting at him. How do you feel about things, Latimer,

you win tonight and you are crowned champ? That would be very, very

cool, but I'm having a blast. The voting is very, very close

tonight, guys. If you haven't phoned in for your favourite, make

sure you do T these guys have done all they can. There is one duo left

that can stop them. If they win tonight, the title belongs to them.

They have yet to do a forfeit the whole series. Maybe it is their

lucky night tonight. The phonelines are closing in five minutes so call

if you haven't done so yet. The last performance of the night and

the series coming up. Hoping to go out with a massive bang. Shepperton,

I want as much noise as possible You are going to love this mystery

right here. The floating ball. The orbe of mystery. The thing about

magic, it is all about how you look at it.

The floating orbe of mystery is a ladle.

You will be doing that in the kitchen.

Giving away the gift of magic and soup! The illusion we are about to

perform is about how you look at it. In a minute, you are going to make

a choice about whether or not you want to find out how this illusion

works. But you have to ask yourself is it better to know or not to

know? There are some things in life that are best kept as mysteries.

Would you really want to know what the first person you kissed looks

like today? Would you want to have the twist to a film ruined before

you had seen it? Would you want to know the end to the film before it

has begun. Would you want to know the end to a football match before

you had seen the game? You have seen this cabinet empty.

And I have even walked through it. Out of nowhere, it is Mr Ed Byrne.

How was it in there? I'm fine. Thank you for bringing me into the

material world. I have enjoyed my time on the show. I am disappointed

by the lack of glamorous assistants. Glamorous assistants. This trick is

about letting the audience in on the secret behind it. So no no

glamorous assistant. I'm glad I got paired with you guys.

Get back in the box, Ed. We are going to give you the chance

to find out how this illusion is done. We are going do this trick

again and you can choose whether or not you want to find out how it

works. We are going to split the screen in half. One half half of

your screen will show the illusion how it is many to be seen.

other half will show you everything that's going on at the back. Your

decision is this, if you don't want to see how this is done, get a

newspaper or magazine and cover up this half of your TV screen.

That way the secret behind the illusion will remain a mystery.

Make your decision now. Let's imagine none of this happened

and we are going to rewind and start the trick from the beginning.

Is it better to know or not to know? There are some things in life

that are best kept as mysteries. Would you want to know what the

first person you kissed looks like today?

Would you want to have the twist to a film ruined before you had even

seen it? Would you want to know the ending to the Sixth Sense before

the film has begun? Would you want to know the score to a football

match before you had seen the game? LAUGHTER

Would you? You have seen this cabinet completely empty.

I have walked all the way through the Cabinet. And if you have been

watching from the back, you know how this trick works. You know how

Ed manages to be hidden and sneaks inside the box. This Is a finale,

we can't end by giving away our secrets. Please welcome from

Barry and Stuart and Ed Byrne. was not bad, was it? That was

impressive. How come I didn't get locked in the

box with two two girls? Did you enjoy yourself? I really enjoyed

myself. Seeing you guys and being around professionals, it is amazing.

He has done a great job, ladies and gentlemen. Give him a hand.

How have you thought everything went tonight? He has been so great.

He is a great personality and he he brought that to the table. Fingers

crossed, we have done enough. Can anyone else get a word in?

George, how have things been today? I have had a great teacher and I

have learned things I can take back and use for the rest of of my

lifepm. Are you feeling confident that you might take out the title?

I feel confident that I had George Sampson. We did grand illusion. We

have had a great time. Did you guys have a great time tonight?

APPLAUSE Ed, you went above and beyond, you

bungee jumped with half a rope? Sheffield.

Riding around with Latimer's little bike.

Some dangerous stunts there. I did fall off that bike. Barry and

Stuart, is this your night? Will you be doing the forfeit?

haven't done the forfeit. It is tough to call.

Look at them gloating. "we haven't done the forfeit once." The vote

lines have closed for the last time this series. If you do call, your

vote won't count and you maybe charged. Please don't. The results

will be with us in a matter of minutes and we will be crowning our

series champ. We have a very special guest with us, he is the

fastest magician in the world and tonight he has prepared something

special. He will complete 12 illusions in just five minutes.

Please put your hands together for one of the best. This is amazing,

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Wow. Well deserved standing ovation.

That was amazing stuff from Hans there. If you did enjoy that, Hans

will be performing in London from the end of the month. Check it out.

It is time to get serious. It is the moment of truth. Can I have the

results, please? I am going to miss you!

Here we go. Here we go. I can now reveal the act with the

most votes tonight and definitely safe from the forfeit is... We have

Well done, guys. Well done. Well done.

Well done, buddy. Thank you. Thank you very much,

Latimer. Someone has taken my envelope so

you have to tell me in my ear. OK, it is between Barry and Stuart

and Ed Byrne and Pete and Joe Swash. The act with the fewest votes who

will now have to face bending an iron bar in their mouth and

splitting an arrow using just their throat is...

It is a first. It is Barry and Ed Byrne. Well done. Unlucky. Hey, it

had to happen. It had to happen. They knew it would. Let's have a

look at home just what is in store Tonight's deadly forfeit will see

the losing act having to snap an arrow in half using the fleshy part

of their throat. One split could spell disaster.

APPLAUSE OK. We are not only doing the arrow

break, they are doing the dreaded bar bend in their mouth. Under no

circumstances should you attempt anything you are about to see on

the show at home. We shouldn't even attempt it here.

People shouldn't attempt it at home, we shouldn't set them a bad example.

Are you talking a lot because you are nervous? Let's go. Let's go in

the bar. Oh, did you have to throw it down like that?

That's definitely real. He is showing off now. I am going

to step away here. You look a bit keen there, Ed.

want to get this over and done with, Ed? Yes. So do I. Is that clean?

don't want to get tetanus. You haven't blown your nose on that,

have you? I wish I was Jaws from James Bond

right now. That's the best bit about being a

double act. Go on, Barry. Oh very well done, Barry. You are

half-way through. Your turn. A man goes into a bar. A

bar goes into a man! I prefer a man goes into a bar personally.

George, can we get you either side of the pole. George, I want you to

bend this around Ed's teeth. Ready? Ready Ed?

Three, two, one - go. OK, guys, come on over. We're half-

way through. Next, you have to place this arrow against your

jugular and snap T just to confirm -- snap it. Just to confirm these

are real arrows. See if he can split his own arrow here.

That's black Double top.

Good shot. Stuart, would you like to grab the arrows. Stuart will

guide you through it. Good luck. We are going to do it together. The

pointy end in your throat. Ed, there is just one secret to

this. The secret to this is - LAUGHTER

Got it. You rest this at throat height

against the Perspex. Check. Put the pointy end... My throat is

a little higher than yours. Not on-the-bone, but on the the

soft tissue above the bone right On the top of the arrow, Ed.

Happy? I'm going to go first. OK, you go first. And second!

APPLAUSE Well done. What a brilliant night,