(1938 - 2016). REMEMBERING: International sex symbol & body builder. Host of The Paul Daniels Magic Show & the longest running variety show in West End history.
Filmed on concrete studio floors - the vanishing camera was eventually given to David Copperfield for his TV special.
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First broadcast 13th October 1984
Paul designed the special effects for the production of Phantom of the Opera.
Here’s him talking about the magic in the show 🎭
#strictly#StrictlyComeDancing
Andrew Lloyd Weber's 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 (that Paul designed the magical effects for) streams tonight for free.
Happy Birthday @PhantomOpera
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‘The Egyptians believed that when you die, you travel on a boat into the next world. But people on this side can never see the next world’
Broadcast 2nd January 1988
“Many singers have signature tunes, well this is my signature trick”
The cup and ball routine, from The Paul Daniels Magic Easter Show - broadcast 6th April 1985.
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