The Magicians (2011)

Genre

comedy, reality

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 11 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British talent show where magicians perform tricks with celebrity guests. Each episode pairs a magician with a celebrity, and the team that loses faces a forfeit trick.

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What happens

The Magicians is a British talent show, first broadcast throughout January 2011 on BBC One. The show features magicians performing a number of magic tricks with guest celebrities, to decide which pair will face a forfeit trick at the end of the episode. In the first series, this was decided through audience participation; however, for the second series, a phone vote was introduced. The first series was hosted by Lenny Henry, and featured magicians Luis de Matos, Barry and Stuart and Chris Korn. At the end of series 1, Luis de Matos was deemed series champion. The second series, which began airing in January 2012, is hosted by Darren McMullen, and replaces magicians de Matos and Korn with Jason Latimer and Pete Firman. While the first series was completely pre-recorded, the second series was broadcast live on Saturday nights, with the exception of the pre-recorded "Street Magic" and "Location Grand Illusion" segments. Thus, The Magicians became the first live magic programme to be broadcast on the BBC in over 30 years. At the end of series 2 Jason Latimer was deemed series champion by the UK viewers. It was announced on 28 June 2012 that The Magicians had been axed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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