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Paul Cooke invents magic......

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Dynamo - Magician Impossible series 1, 2 & 3 (Phil McIntyre TV) UK TV & Discovery Channel - Magic producer, head of magic & illusion consultant. Creating & producing the magic content from conception and brainstorming through to final builds and assisting director on location with shot management. This role included managing a team of 9 consultants,15 fabricators, various stunt & sfx professionals as well as all other support staff.

 TROY - starring Troy Von Magic (Zig Zag Productions) 6 part series for C4, Magic producer, head of magic & illusion consultant. Creating & producing the magic content from conception and brainstorming through to final builds and assisting director on location with shot management. This role included managing a team of consultants, fabricators, various stunt & sfx professionals as well as all other support staff.

Paul's years of consultancy & his performance experience allow him to approach problems from the point of view of both performer and inventor. In recent years he has moved into production. His experience in making television and his wealth of magic knowledge together with a real understanding of how to make magic really work for TV make Paul uniquely placed to fill the role of "Magic Producer" 

More than 15 years experience in TV:

  • Quick trick show (Objective Productions)CITV 

  • Monkey Magic (Objective Productions) C4 

  • Top Ten Magic Tricks (ITV) ITV 1 

  • When magic tricks go wrong (Objective productions) C4 

  • Tricky TV (The Foundation) ITV - illusion consultant. Design, fabricate illusions & advise on performance

  • Tricks from the Bible (Objective productions) C4 

  • Magic of Jesus (Objective productions) C4 

  • Secrets of Magic 1&2 (objective productions) BBC 

  • Dirty Tricks (Objective productions) C4 

  • Sorcerers Apprentice series 1,2&3 (Twenty Twenty TV) BBC 1

  • Sport relief (BBC) BBC1- illusion consultant for Dynamo's performance.

  • Derren Brown - The Experiments (Objective Productions) C4

  • The Magicians series 1&2 ( Shine Productions) BBC1 

  • Help my teacher is magic (Objective Productions) 

  • Dynamo - Magician Impossible series 1, 2 & 3 (Phil McIntyre TV) UK TV & Discovery Channel 

  • Breaking Magic (Objective Productions) Discovery Channel

  • Cardshark starring Drummond Money Coutts- (So Shoot Me TV/Windfall films) pilot for National Geographic. 

  • Ben Hanlin- (ITV productions) pilot & 6 part series for ITV 2. 

  • Troy starring Troy Von Magic (Zig Zag Productions) 6 part series for C4

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