About this season
Magician Drummond Money-Coutts travels the globe, sharing his infectious love of his craft and attempting feats that proved fatal to other magicians.
Episodes (8)
1. CAPE TOWN: The Great Escape
Aired 30 November 2018 • 35 min
Drummond visits a college of magic just for kids, entertains with a beachside treasure hunt and puts himself in the path of a speeding train.
2. MIAMI: Head Under Water
Aired 30 November 2018 • 32 min
After intense training with a retired Navy SEAL, Drummond faces his lifelong aquaphobia and attempts to escape from a car before it floods with water.
3. DETROIT: Death by Audience
Aired 30 November 2018 • 37 min
After delighting Motown singers with sleight of hand, Drummond lets his audience make a choice that could bring a car crashing down on his head.
4. LONDON: Buried Alive
Aired 30 November 2018 • 36 min
Inspired by the Victorian obsession with taphephobia -- the fear of being buried alive -- Drummond attempts his own escape from a custom-built coffin.
5. LAS VEGAS: Against the Odds
Aired 30 November 2018 • 39 min
Drummond works his magic in a tattoo shop, then aims to beat the odds as his audience assists him with a variation on Russian roulette.
6. INDIA: The Rope Trick
Aired 30 November 2018 • 31 min
Paying homage to a legendary -- and gruesome -- magic trick, Drummond tries to escape from an iron cage suspended above flaming spikes.
7. EDINBURGH: Trial by Fire
Aired 30 November 2018 • 35 min
After recounting a magician's fiery death and the notorious history of witch hunts, Drummond risks being burned alive at the stake.
8. LOS ANGELES: Daredevil
Aired 30 November 2018 • 34 min
Drummond re-creates the final, deadly trick of a Niagara Falls daredevil, plummeting in a wooden barrel into a small pool of water.