The Magicians (British TV series)

The Magicians
Genre	Talent show
Presented by	Lenny Henry (2011) Darren McMullen (2012)
Starring	Barry and Stuart Luis de Matos (2011) Chris Korn (2011) Jason Latimer (2012) Pete Firman (2012)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	11 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Karen Smith
Producers	Will Spokes (2011) Sam Donnelly (2011) Richard Greenwood (2012)
Running time	60 minutes (2011) 75 minutes (2012)
Production company	Shine TV
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) – 11 February 2012 (2012-02-11)
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The Magicians is a British talent show, first broadcast throughout January 2011 on BBC One.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

It was announced on 28 June 2012 that The Magicians had been axed.^[2]