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13 Episodes 2006 - 2006
Episode 1
Stephen and Holly visit Blackpool beach; Jennifer Ellison appears from nowhere; and Holly and Jennifer demonstrate a magical changing room to put on their swimsuits. In the closing illusion, Holly tries out Stephen's "Beach BBQ".
Episode 2
Back on Blackpool beach, Holly magically recovers from her grilling; Jennifer finds out how magician's make ice cream; and a donkey gets a ride for once. In the closing illusion, Holly and Jennifer go to pieces in the 'Bikini Blocks'.
Episode 3
A visit to a waxworks museum take a novel twist when one of the models of a major sporting celebrity comes to life. Also, having already made Holly Willoughby's wedding ring vanish and reappear, Stephen Mulhern then attempts to do the same with Holly herself.
Episode 4
Stephen's special guest Nikki Sanderson is amazed by a trick with a solid bottle and a coin. In a library, readers are caught out by some Tricky magic. For the finale, Stephen dresses a bodybuilder in a suit of armor - then takes it apart with the man still inside.
Episode 5
Stephen amazes Philip with a close up magic trick and shows off his magic picnic basket. At the end of the show, a viewer's mother volunteers to float high in the air above London, then vanishes into thin air.
Episode 6
On Blackpool beach, Stephen borrows an Aunty - then makes her vanish. A card trick becomes a donkey trick. Aunty Linsey reappears in a tank of water. Beat the Cheat shares another secret. Aunty Linsey is penetrated by light-bulbs.
Episode 7
A visit to the gym give an opportunity for some magic. A bodybuilder finds himself squeezed through a tiny hole, heavy weights become weightless, and a gymnastics coach finds herself a little cut up.
Episode 8
Stephen uses a small tree house for a Big Trick and teaches magic in the Secret Circle. He also visits a gym and stretches and squashes a bodybuilder to impossible sizes in "The Stretcher".
Episode 9
Episode 10
At a school in Denbigh, Stephen flattens a pupil. Later, he visits a gym to try buzz sawing a bodybuilder.
Episode 11
Stephen gets right to the point with a gym teacher, a classic confidence trick is exposed in Beat the Cheat, and a French lesson is cut short by a guillotine.
Episode 12
Stephen makes a surprise visit to a viewer's house: they have won a Tricky TV contest, and the grand prize is that their mother will be Stephen's assistant for the show. Mrs. Drew is initially nervous, but agrees to take part. The first order of business is to get her a proper costume. She is briefly hidden behind a cloth, and when it drops she is wearing a sequinned bikini, fishnet tights, and high heels. Next, Stephen has her lie on a long table, and makes her float into the air, then vanish in a puff of smoke. Later he takes to the high seas for some pirate-themed magic. Mrs. Drew reappears in a treasure chest, only to be clapped in irons, and locked in a barrel full of swords. Stephen gives viewers magic tips in the Secret Circle. Finally, Stephen asks Mrs. Drew to help him with a dangerous closing illusion, "The Slicer ": locked inside a tall cabinet, she's sliced into nine pieces in front of the amazed audience.
Episode 13