Magic for television, and by book

Doh, I managed to miss the first cycle of the tv programme, but noticed they came around a couple more times on the schedules, to give me another chance to record them.

For the last few nights I tuned in mid-evening, and thought they had changed the programme at the last minute, before it dawned on me that they transmitted it at 9 a.m. ! Curses!

So if I want to record it now I will have to catch the 2 a.m. (yawn) transmissions in mid-March.

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I have really enjoyed all of Jim Steinmeyer's books:- Hiding the Elephant, Art and Artifice, the one on Chung Ling Soo - The Glorious Deception, and currently his book on Alan Wakeling's magic.

Writes well, doesn't give a lot away, but also doesn't get all prissy about 'secrets'. He gives you enough to feed your imagination, and to understand the kind of problems magical designers and performers faced, but will not spoil your enjoyment of the next show you see - if anything, you may enjoy the artistry even more, when you have some idea of the amount of sweat and effort that goes on backstage.