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On Channel 4 (in the UK) 10.00 pm, 17th January. This is a 3 part series, The first part may be of interest.

In the first episode of a new three-part series, Justin Lee Collins crashes a magic convention in Canton, Ohio.

He has just four weeks to transform himself into a master illusionist, good enough to compete against the professionals in the convention's "Battle of the Magicians" competition. Can Justin pull off Houdini's classic trick "Metamorphosis" in front of an audience of professional magicians, or will he be left wishing he had just done a vanishing act instead?

Also mentioned at http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/sutra222576.php and http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic23235.php - apparently he can't stand being in enclosed spaces so it kind of screws up any trunk transposition or escape stunts !

As http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic23295.php seems to have generated the most responses, let's concentrate comments in that thread.