Based on Ricky Jay's book of the same title, this TV special was made up of a combination of magic, juggling, amazing feats, stunts and performances, including a musical performance on wine glasses, a human calculator who could determine cube-routes of numbers in her head and an antique acrobatic clockwork doll.
Producer: Mark Hufnail, Jim Steinmeyer
Writer: Ricky Jay, Andrew Solt, Sam Egan
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg