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Before Your Very Ears!

Tuesday 15 July 2008 11:30-12:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Grant Gordon explores the rich history of magic on radio.

To take part in Darryl Rose's radio magic trick you will need to open this PDF document. 

Archive features include Sid and Lesley Piddington and their mind-reading act, the great Sirdani confounding Kenneth Horne, Uri Geller bending keys, John Wade sawing Barry Wordsworth in half, David Berglas's magical carpentry and Jack Delvin escaping from a lift in Bush House.

Contributors include magicians Darryl Rose, Paul Zenon, Ali Bongo and Fergus Anckorn. And Darryl Rose performs a new radio trick for listeners involving the R4 website.

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