‘I think the BBC has lost the plot’: Paul Daniels on talent ‘freak’ shows and why modern magic leaves him cold..
Very nice and thorough article by Sarah Oliver for the MailOnline..
Primetime TV has no new ideas, says the former king of magic… who’s still stunned that his show – with 15 million viewers – was axed. But do Paul Daniels and his devoted Debbie have one last trick up their sleeve?
I would have liked to have run the BBC because I honestly think they’ve lost the plot,’ said Paul Daniels
Paul Daniels loves an audience, any audience.
By the time I arrive at the Thames-side pub where I am to meet him and his wife, ‘The Lovely Debbie McGee’, he is already standing by the bar with one leg in the air looking pretty nimble for a man who’s four years shy of 80.
He’s showing off a well-turned ankle inside a candy-pink sock.
Since there are no other customers it is for benefit of the lone barmaid and no, he’s not about to levitate or saw it off – he’s just trying to prove his footwear matches the stripes on his polo shirt.
The point is, that he can’t help himself: he has to entertain…( Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)