Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain.

With him I wouldn’t even have told him the result of the trial he'd just have gone to sleep and never woken up". They were the first act voted off the show after singing "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams. In January 2011 a wig belonging to Daniels was sold for charity on Ebay for £1100.

He achieved international fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994.