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Courtesy of our friends at Magic Week once again:

26th June - An Audience with Paul Daniels - at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester.
Saturday 26th June 8pm. Tickets £13.50 (concessions £12.50). In the first half, Paul interacts with the audience, answering their questions and telling stories from his early life and from his performing experiences in Clubland, television and theatre. Then, in the second half, Paul presents the act that made him Clubland Entertainer of the Year and the Variety Club's chosen Entertainer of the Year. The whole show amounts to two hours of top quality entertainment from the master magician. Huntingdon Hall, The Moors, Worcester WR1 3EF

http://www.magicweek.co.uk/
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Might be particularly apt for any members in the Midlands area.
(once again I'm a bit peeved as I'm due elsewhere that weekend!)

sounds intresting as long as they dont reveal any magic tricks secrets....i will be watching.

Once again courtesy of Magicweek.......

Saturday 31.7.04 at 2.15pm on ITV2:
White Magic with Paul Zenon

"Mystery and illusion, as Paul Zenon takes his own brand of street magic and humour to the streets of Sweden."

(OK, hands up all of you who just mentally did the 'Hurdy Gurdy Gurdy' Swedish Chef impression from The Muppet Show !)

Monkey Magic is back on Tuesday 24th August on five at 8.30pm - just seen it on Magic Week.

...gonna interfere with the football...

BBC2, 8.10pm, Saturday October 16th and the following 5 Saturdays - The History of Magic.

First programme is Mind Magic and covers from the Oracle of Delphi right up to Derren Brown. Looks promising!

Cheers for that Mandrake - setting the video now...

...well, as soon as I've finished typing this post...

There are more details and a piccie on www.magicweek.co.uk. It's good to see the Beeb doing a 'proper' programme on Magic, I only hope they're doing something to celebrate the centenary of both the British Magical Society and the Magic Circle next year. I've e-mailed and written with some strong hints but only had formula 'thanks and we'll pass it on' type replies so far.

Check your Sky boxes and set those video recorders! According to www.magicweek.co.uk:

David Blaine's Street Magic (Rpt)
10.50pm on Sunday 21st November (1 hour) on Sky One.

Award-winning entertainment with magician David Blaine, who tours the streets stunning unsuspecting members of the American public with tricks using cards, coins and levitation.

Magic Unmasked (Rpt)
7pm on Saturday 27th November (1 hour) on Sky One.
"Harry Anderson presents a guide to misdirection, optical illusions and audience manipulation."

Magic Unmasked (Rpt)
7pm on Sunday 28th November (1 hour) on Sky One Mix.
"Harry Anderson presents a guide to misdirection, optical illusions and audience manipulation."

Derren Brown Trick of the Mind (Rpt)
11pm on Sunday 28th November (35 minutes) on E4.
"Psychological illusionist and former magician Derren Brown demonstrates his unique powers. In this first show Derren amazes magic fan Stephen Fry and appears to erase the 'knowledge' of a London cabbie. He simultaneously plays chess with nine of Britain's leading chess masters."

Derren Brown Trick of the Mind (Rpt)
11.35pm on Sunday 28th November (30 minutes) on E4.
"Psychological illusionist and former magician Derren Brown demonstrates his unique powers. Derren puts hard man Martin Kemp under his influence and predicts where QPR striker Marc Bircham will place his penalties."

Derren Brown Magic Special - Now listed as Mind Control 3
9pm on Monday 29th November and again at 12.30am 30th November (1 hour) on E4. Also on E4+1 at 10.00pm and 1.30am, same dates as above.
Details to be announced but the Sky guide says Derren is back with another special featuring more amazing mind games with the public.

Derren Brown Magic Special - Now listed as Mind Control 3

Even though some of the items have been shown over and over, and are on the DVD, it was great to see the whole show again. (Especially the Spearmint Rhino section - finest example of misdirection ever seen! )

Penn and Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour series is being repeated on Sky Again. (Details courtesy of Magicweek):

First shown a few years ago this three part series explores street magic in India, Egypt, and China. The show from China features a wonderful magician who has developed a stunning "quick change" routine using masks - not to be missed


Penn and Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour (Rpt)
8pm on Wednesday 8th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
9pm on Wednesday 8th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
8.30pm on Thursday 9th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
9.30pm on Thursday 9th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
11pm on Thursday 9th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Extra.
4.30am on Friday 10th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.

"Series in which illusionists Penn and Teller go in search of the most extraordinary magicians in the world."

Further dates for the coming week:
0.00am on Saturday 11th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
1am on Saturday 11th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
6.30pm on Saturday 11th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Extra.
7.30pm on Saturday 11th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
8.30pm on Saturday 11th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
1.30pm on Sunday 12th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
2.30pm on Sunday 12th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
10.30am on Monday 13th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Extra.
8pm on Wednesday 15th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
9pm on Wednesday 15th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
8.30am on Thursday 16th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
9.30am on Thursday 16th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
4.30am on Friday 17th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.

5.30am on Friday 17th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
5pm on Friday 17th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Extra.
0.00 on Saturday 18th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
1am on Saturday 18th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
3pm on Saturday 18th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Extra.
7.30pm on Saturday 18th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
8.30pm on Saturday 18th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
1.30pm on Sunday 19th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.
2.30pm on Sunday 19th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Plus 1.
10.30am on Monday 20th December (1 hour) on Sky Travel Extra.
8pm on Wednesday 22nd December (1 hour) on Sky Travel.

I'm surprised that there's been no mention of this before (perhaps I missed it?) - I only saw it in the TV magazine last night and I forgot to check magicweek until today!

As if they hadn't learned from the fiasco of the August 2003 first show, the Beeb are happy to make the same mistake again:

Saturday 22.1.05 Secrets of Magic II BBC1 6.50pm

"Nick Knowles introduces a team of magicians who perform incredible illusions all over the UK before revealing the secrets of how the magic was done."

After the last one, several magicians were drummed out of the Magic Circle. Also, it was an awful quizzy type show where even the celebs (?) couldn't hide their boredom. Should be really worth watching !

(Details courtesy of magicweek - as usual!)

I seem to recall being one of the few who enjoyed the last one, I thought that the fanciful ways that the effects were achieved were worth showing just for the comedy value! Admittedly the 'celebs' looked as if they were only doing it cos they had nothing else better to do.

That's how I remember it as well - so bad it was good and the way the celebs took the mickey (especially Leslie Grantham!) was priceless!

Shame they decide to do this in Centenary Year for the Magic Circle and the British Magical Society.

According to Mrs.M, this programme was featured on Richard & Judy this afternoon. Not sure who was interviewed (must get Mrs.M a notepad and pencil in future!) but it might have be John Lennahan and he mentioned that he'd been booted out of the Magc Circle after the last one.

One effect is 'Any Drink Called For' where the first explanation involves an assistant and a length of tubing down the sleeve to deliver the required drinks! A performance of 'Find The Lady' was done and it has to be said that John (if it was John) was very skillful - doing the biz much faster than the human eye can spot.

IT was John Lenahan, a magician who i had met, and thought i could trust NOT to expose the secrets. Well, never mind.