The Magicians (series)
- User score: 10
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Comedy, Reality
- Release date: 1/1/2011
- Release date of last episode: 2/11/2012
- Series status: Canceled
- Seasons count: 2 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 11
- Run time: 60 min.
Series description
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.