Breaking Magic

Billy Kidd, Nate Staniforth, Ben Hanlin and Wayne Houchin use science to perform jaw-dropping illusions. Billy demonstrates her sword skills by slicing a basketball in two and Nate uses the same blade in a terrifying stunt that puts his life on the line

Ben Hanlin helps Wayne Houchin to emulate master magician Harry Houdini in a dangerous underwater escape

Ben Hanlin goes head to head in a strength test with an American football team, and Billy Kidd performs a high-flying stunt at Battersea Power Station

Billy Kidd demonstrates a selection of mind-bending tricks in Warsaw, Poland, and Ben Hanlin gets involved in a bungee jump with a terrifying twist

Ben has a hot stunt that he enlists Wayne's help to complete.

Nate and Wayne perform the three-card-monte trick on a huge scale.

The audience are taken on a tour of an abandoned mental institution.

A fairground is taken over for the night by the magicians.

Billy and Wayne explore an abandoned waterworks and the properties of the water that they find there.

Ben and Wayne explore an old car war science facility.

Billy and Wayne test if mind control is possible using groups of friends.

Billy Kidd shows how to slice a basketball in half with a sword whilst Nate Staniforth looks back at when he had to lie underneath a blade as it came toward him.

A look back at two of the most dangerous tricks from the series.