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7am (and again at 1pm and 7pm) on Wednesday 23rd July (1 hour) on UK History. "Documentary revealing how some of Houdini's escapes were achieved and exploring the huge impact they had upon audiences of the time. Featuring interviews with historians, illusionists including David Copperfield, and newly restored archive film of his escapes."

I have this on 'alarm' function here at work and also at home. Which means I'll probably miss it so have (once again!) attempted to set VCR to record. Both times. Thanks for the reminder though!

Did anyone actually see this (these) ???

Sounds excellent - but as always, I missed them.

I saw about half of it - VCR was on the blink (or possibly the operator was) - so couldn't record it. Not a lot of new stuff revealed as such.

I did watch it. I didn't really learn anything new as I have already read a few biogs of the guy - but it was very interesting seeing the footage of him at work, and seeing the queues and queues of people waiting to see one of his shows.

Bottom line: didn't miss much then.

Oh well.

Do you guys use the Sky Digital personal planner at all????

It doesn't like me much, as a lot of these things I have earmarked before now - and they never remind me?

Hmmm... thought that's what the service was for!

If you set it as an 'Auto' reminder it'll change to the right channel. Of course, you have to be there with the set switched on to Sky otherwise there's not much point - which is where I usually go wrong!