Prepare to be dazzled, as Lenny Henry presents three of the world's best magic acts as they are teamed up with three celebrities for awe-inspiring illusions and magic tricks with contemporary twists. Illusionist of the decade Luis de Matos is joined by Chris Tarrant; winners of the Best Comedy Illusionist award at the World Magic Awards, the dark and twisted Barry and Stuart, team up with Stephen K Amos; and the king of close-up magic, Chris Korn, is partnered by Samantha Womack. They all perform three magic acts in a bid to impress the studio audience and avoid the fear-inducing forfeit trick. Who will take on the extreme feat of mind-over-matter?
The Magicians was a British family entertainment television 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.
