Wednesday, February 2, 2011


Breaking the Magicians' Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation there were four shows broadcast in 1997-98 on the FOX Network in the U.S., and on Sky and ITV in the UK. In 2008-09, a new series of thirteen shows was broadcast by MyNetworkTV in the U.S. and ITV in the UK.
Show One
October 2, 2008 (US)
  1. Death Saw
  2. De Kolta Chair
  3. Turning a Bentley into a Lamborghini
  4. Making a String Quartet Disappear
  5. Passing Through a Steel Wall

Show Two
October 6, 2008 (US)
  1. Making a Girl Vanish from a Table
  2. Levitating a Girl on a Floating Table
  3. Dismemberment
  4. Making a Girl Appear from a Set of Clothing
  5. Making an Elephant Appear in an Empty Parking Lot

Show Three
October 13, 2008 (US)
  1. Head Being Cut off by a Guillotine
  2. Making a Girl Appear/Disappear from a Cabinet
  3. Houdini Milk Can Escape
  4. Making Dancers Disappear from a Stage
  5. Chain Through Neck
  6. Levitating from Building to Building

Show Four
October 20, 2008 (US)
  1. Making a Bomb Squad Car Disappear
  2. Assistant's Revenge
  3. Sawing a Girl in Half in a Torture Device
  4. Sticking a Rose Through a Girl
  5. Passing Through a Turbofan

Show Five
November 3, 2008 (US)
  1. Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else
  2. Passing Through a Steel Plate
  3. The Twister
  4. Impaling a Woman With a Sword
  5. Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper

Show Six
November 10, 2008 (US)
  1. Teleporting From One Oil Drum to Another
  2. Topsy-Turvy (Flipping a Box But Not the Girl Inside It)
  3. Magically Writing On a Slate Board
  4. Cutting a Girl In Three
  5. Teleportation

Show Seven
November 17, 2008 (US)
  1. Levitating a Girl on a Table
  2. Making Girls Appear in a Crystal Cylinder
  3. "Twilight Zone" Door
  4. Disembodied Princess (Removing the Magician's Torso)
  5. Impaling a Girl on a Spike

Show Eight
November 24, 2008 (US)
  1. Houdini's Magic Trunk
  2. Making a Girl's Middle Disappear
  3. Evil Spirit Pyramid - Conjuring Spirits
  4. Catching a Selected Card in the Air with a Sword
  5. Escaping the Blades of Death

Show Nine
February 7, 2009 (UK)
April 20, 2009 (US)
  1. Magic Barrel (Through the Eye of a Needle)
  2. Houdini's Fish Bowl
  3. Playing Card Through Street Window
  4. Asrah levitation
  5. Making Girls Appear In Mid Air
  6. Holding Breath Under Water For 18 Minutes

Show Ten
February 9, 2009 (UK)

April 27, 2009 (US)

  1. Making a 1200cc Motorbike Disappear in Mid Air
  2. Spinning a Girl Upside Down
  3. Spirit Room with Disappearing Medium
  4. Levitating a Foot off the Floor
  5. Making a 5 Ton Military Vehicle Appear From Nowhere (In an Empty Parking Lot)

Show Eleven
February 14, 2009 (UK)

May 4, 2009 (US)

  1. Woman Vanishes From Steel Plate In Mid Air
  2. Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunger
  3. Transformation Of Skeleton To Dummy To A Girl
  4. Floating Through A Solid Steel Frame (No Wires)
  5. Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering It

Show Twelve
February 16, 2009 (UK)

May 11, 2009 (US)

  1. Producing Girls From Within Triangle Screen
  2. Making Live Birds Appear And Vanish From Boxes
  3. Crushing A Woman And Putting Tube Through Her Body
  4. 16 Ton Trolley Car Levitates And Disappears

Show Thirteen
February 21, 2009 (UK)

May 18, 2009 (US)

  1. Making A Girl Vanish In A Giant Game Of Three Card Monte
  2. Creating A Woman From A Cloud Of Smoke
  3. Hand Being Cut Off In Guillotine
  4. Dividing A Woman In Three And Head Over Heels
  5. Walking On Water (Surrounded By Spectators)

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