Penn & Teller: Fool Us

This week, the reigning world card trick champion, Shawn Farquhar, does the impossible right under Penn's nose. Plus Cuba's greatest magician - Manuel Martinez, who now lives in Margate - takes to the stage, and one act performs the most stunning climax to a trick ever seen on TV. Will any of the hopefuls manage to fool Penn and Teller?

In tonight's show, comedy magician Mark Shortland gives Jonathan the fright of his life, French genius Mathieu Bich is stupendously mysterious, double act Young and Strange give stage illusions their own special twist and card shark Daniel Madison shows why the casinos are scared of him. After facing the challengers, Penn and Teller will close the show with a fantastic new trick of their own.

Ross hosts and a number of magicians attempt to fool Penn and Teller with their best trick. If successful they manage to snag for themselves a spot in P&T’s Vegas stage show. Tonight comedy magician Piff the Magic Dragon performs his amazing illusions with the assistance of his trusty Chihuahua sidekick Mr Piffles, Hungarian magician Soma mesmerizes using mobile phones, Alan Hudson performs some musical predictions and street magician Damien O’Brien shows off some unique card tricks. Penn and Teller themselves also make an appearance on stage with some of their trademark incredible routines.

This episode has 15-year-old Daniel Kramer from North London show card & physical tricks, Romany (Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year 2006) performs while tied up with rope, Alan Rorrison shows off some close-up magic and Richard Bellars returns from a previous episode to see if he can fool Penn & Teller by predicting the outcome of some challenges he sets for them on-stage...

French illusionists Cubic Act, who use a magical box on stage, card expert Michael Vincent, Victorian magicians Morgan & West and award-winning performer Nick Einhorn try to outwit the double act with mind-boggling tricks, in the hope of landing a gig with them in Las Vegas. The duo also perform a trick involving a nailgun.

Aspiring magicians try to baffle masters of magic Penn and Teller. Sweden's hottest magic double act perform 'The World's Most Difficult' - and painful - card trick.

Magicians Jon Armstrong, Xavier, Greg Dow (aka The Shocker), and Steve Brundage try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Leon & Romy, Mike Hammer, Shin Lim, and Peter Boie try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Brian Brushwood, Simon Pierro, John Lovick, and Kyle Knight & Mistie try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Austin Janik, Amazing Allison, Mac King, and Norman Ng try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Bill Cook, Wes Barker, Matt Holtzclaw, and David Regal try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Jay Sankey, Greg Wilson, Trigg Watson, and Jen Kramer try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Alyson Hannigan becomes the new host. Magicians looking to fool the boys this time: Shawn Farquhar returns to try and fool them again by (mind) reading from a book he gives to Alyson, comedian magician Michael Kent does a trick with (dis)appearing bottles and glass cups, Vegas magician Nathan Burton makes a "security guard" run down a toilet and turns his assistant Stacy into a poster, Nathan Coe Marsh makes an object randomly picked by Alyson appear inside a small glass jar, and finally Penn and Teller teach the audience how to find love through cards, but not everyone gets it.

Magicians looking to fool them this time: sword swallowing magician Brett Loudermilk does a trick that's hard to swallow for Alyson, Dan Harlan does a card guessing trick with his animated stickmen, illusionist Ryan Joyce makes his assistant disappear leaving her silhouette behind, comedian magician Kyle Eschen makes lentil appear out of thin air, and finally - Penn, Teller and Jesse Eisenberg, who promotes his new movie about magic, try to outdo one another at a card guessing trick for Alyson.

Magicians looking to fool them this time: Robert Ramirez gives Alyson a puppy and does a prediction trick while playing tic-tac-toe with Teller, Dominik risks losing his hands along with Penn's watch during a Houdini-esque escape trick, comedian magician Joel Ward plays some tennis with Alyson and makes her ring disappear, Mahdi Gilbert, who had to learn how to do card tricks without using hands, does his own special hands-off trick with the three hosts, and finally, Penn and Teller show us how a trick where Teller plays a disembodied rocket man works.

This time around, comedy duo David & Leeman do a rope trick, Jibrizy Taylor does a sleight of mouth trick, escape artist Rick Maisel sets himself on the spin cycle and Felix Bodden does a card trick with two Jokers. And finally, Penn and his assistant Georgie play a dangerous game with fire.

Magicians looking to fool them this time: Alex Ramon makes a pesky lie detecting iPad disappear, showman Greg Frewin performs an epic version of Houdini's straitjacket trick while three villainesses try to knife him, Vinny Grosso bares it all for his tasty card guessing trick with Carrot Top, Arthur Trace freezes time to do his "eggcellent" vanishing trick for Alyson, and finally Penn teaches Alyson a card guessing trick using live rats and Teller's head.

Magicians looking to fool them this time: edgy illusionist Elliot Zimet boxes up a girl, Paul Gertner blows everyone's mind by making his cards talk, comedian and mentalist Matthew Disero guesses the colors of four audience members' underwear, Lithuanian magician Rokas Bernatonis charms Alyson while doing an X-Ray card guessing trick with her. And finally, Penn and Teller do a gory snakelicious trick which was responsible for the most complaints NBC had ever received from viewers when they did it 30 years ago on Saturday Night Live (SNL).

Season premiere includes an epic performance by sightless card mechanic Richard Turner, the daring Young & Strange duo have a second try at their foolery which includes sticks and poking holes, Kayla Drescher brings a woman's touch and heart to her magic and Mike Super does a small prediction trick in a big way. And finally, the boys teach a card trick to the audience.

Magicians Jonathan Burns, Jo De Rijck, David Caserta, and Jimmy Ichihana try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Misty Lee, Shin Lim, Andi Gladwin, and Hatfields try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks. Special guest: Louie Anderson.

Magicians Matt Johnson, Siegfried Tieber, Jason Fields, and Jessica Jane try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Dyno Staats, Aiden Sinclair, Axel Adler, and David Parr try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Dan Sperry, Naathan Phan, Jean-Pierre Parent, and Richard Forget try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Matt Marcy, The Sentimentalists, Andrew Evans, Dom Chambers, and Piff the Magic Dragon try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Returning magicians Vinny Grosso, Morgan & West, Paul Gertner, and Eric Jones hope to fool the veteran duo a second time with their tricks.

Magicians Ryan Chandler, Ryan Hayashi, Dirk Losander, and Ed Ripley try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Danny Cole, Kostya Kimlat, Håkan Berg, and John Hinton try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Seth Grabel, Patrick Folkerts, Migz, and Emily Victoria try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians Taijyi Fujryama, Pit Hartling, Helen Coghlan, and Menny Lindenfeld try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Magicians David Copperfield, Jan Reinder, Ondřej Pšenička, and Giancarlo Bernini try fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians include Javi Benitez, Rebecca Herrera, Helen Coghlan and Danny Cole try fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians include Arkadia, Harry Keaton, Jandro and Derek Selinger.

Featured magicians Shawn Farquhar, Helen Coghlan, Ondřej Pšenička and Paul Gertner.

Penn tries to fool Teller; featured magicians include Eric Leclerc, Dev Sherman, Conan Liu and Rubén Vilagrand.

Magicians Caleb Wiles, D.K., Wes Iseli, and Alana try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Miranda Allen, Iñaki Zabaletta, Keith Kong, and Guilherme Silveira try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Featured magicians Guy Bavli, Javier Botía, B.S. Reddy and Chad Allen.

Magicians Hans Klok, Michael Bourada, Hedné, and Vincenzo Ravina try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Jandro, Piff the Magic Dragon, Helen Coghlan, and Paul Gertner try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians The Shocker, Magic Maxl, Jeki Yoo, and Ben Seidman try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions. Scott Wolf helps with a trick.

Magicians Amanda Nepo, Shoot Ogawa, Ale Belotto & Guilia, and Mark Clearview try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions. A special guest appearance by Judy Gold.

Magicians Anchal Kumawat, Mark Doetsch, Michael O’Brien, and Adrian Cárratalá try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Alex Ramon, Micah, Cameron Young, and Matthew Teague try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Leroya Sanford, Joshua Jay, Gabriel Gascon, and Luca Volpe try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Featured magicians include Jon Mobley, the Van Hargen twins, Axel Adler and Chris Canfield.

Featured magicians include Theron Christensen, Jaana Felicitas, Benjamin Barnes and Brian Curry.

Featured magicians Yann Yuro, Helen Coghlan, Jason Michaels and Alexander Boyce.

Special guest Donny Osmond; featured magicians include Dani Daortiz, Knight & Gayle, Jonah Babins, Ben Train and Jason Fields.

Magicians featured include Apollo Riego, Rachel Wax, Kolos and Peter Wood.

Featured magicians include Gabriella Lester, Howard Blackwell, Horret Wu and Dr. Michael Rubinstein.

Aspiring magicians are invited to perform their best trick to try and fool the world-famous team of Penn & Teller. Featured magicians include Moxie Jillette, Daxien, The Cosmic Romantics and David Schwartz.

Aspiring magicians perform their best trick to try and fool Penn & Teller. Magicians featured include Alexandra, Artem, Anthony Dempsey and Rune.

Magicians Cash, Aleš Hrdlička, Henry & Klauss, and Jonah Babins & Ben Train try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Solange Kardinaly, Christian Engblom, Antonio Martinez, and Ari Novick try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Joe Monti, Ding Yang, Matt Baker, and Arturo Fuenzalida try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Ramo and Alegria, Bryan Saint, Sion, and Vilgot Michelin try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians include Young & Strange, Piff and Piero Venesia; an amazing two-act trick by Penn and Teller.

Featured magicians include Blake Vogt, Hernan Maccagno, Ella Nicholson and Friedrich Roitzsch.

Magicians Magic Singh, Nikolai Striebel, Dreygon, and Sara Rodriguez try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Juan Luis Rubiales, Anja, Luke Osey, and Joshua Kenneth try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Francesco Della Bona, Liam Abner, Tom Crosbie, and Ben Daggers try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Magicians Spencer Scurr, Markus Tervo, Adrian Vega, and Simone Turkington try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.