Cast & creator
Paul Daniels
Best known for Have I Got News for You, Ready, Steady, Cook, Wogan
Newton Edward Daniels, known professionally as Paul Daniels, was an English magician and TV presenter. Daniels achieved international fame through his TV series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994. He was known for his catchphrase of "You'll like this ... not a lot, but you'll like it" and also for his marriage to his assistant Debbie McGee. He was awarded the "Magician of the Year’" Award by the Academy of Magical Arts in 1982, the first magician from outside the USA to receive it. He also won the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1985.
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film credits
31
television credits
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1977–2014 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (38)
Showing 38 of 38 credits
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
Wogan
Self
1982
Big Brother's Little Brother
Self
2001
An Audience with...
Self
1978The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Room 101
Self
1994
Shooting Stars
Self
1993
Blankety Blank
Self
1979
Live & Kicking
Self
1993
Sooty
Self
2011
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Self - Host
1979
Britain's Got More Talent
Self
2007
Brass Eye
Self
1997The Farm
Self
2004
Total Wipeout
2009
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Self
2008The Val Doonican Music Show
1977The Salon
2003Wipeout
1988The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
Self
2006
When Louis Met...
Himself
2000Every Second Counts
1986
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Chief Judge
1987
Paul Daniels' Secrets
Himself
1995Paul Daniels' Secrets
Creator
1995Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts
Self
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self
2006
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984Odd One Out
1982
An Audience with Ken Dodd
Self
1994
TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks
Self
2011
The Fight for Saturday Night
Self
2014Paul Daniels: in a Black Hole
Self
2001
Wizbit
Creator
Blackpool Bonanza
Self- Host
1978
The Friday Night Project
Self
2005