Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions

Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...

 are explained

Exposure (magic)

Exposure in magic refers to the practice of revealing the secrets of how magic tricks are performed.The practice is generally frowned upon as a type of spoiler that ruins the experience of magical performances for audiences.-Background:...

. In its original incarnation there were four shows broadcast in 1997-1998 on the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 network in the United States, and on Sky

British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....

 and ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 in the United Kingdom. In 2008-2009, a new series of thirteen shows was broadcast by MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 in the United States and ITV4

ITV4

ITV4 is a British television station which was launched on 1 November 2005. It is owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc, and is part of the ITV network. The channel has a male-oriented line-up, including sport, cop shows and US comedies and dramas, as well as classic ITV action...

 in the United Kingdom.

The Original Specials

The series is made by production company Nash Entertainment

Nash Entertainment

Nash Entertainment is a reality television and feature film production company. Founded in 1994 by Bruce Nash, the first production under its name was Before They Were Stars. The company is located at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, California...

. The first four specials featured incognito magician

Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...

 Val Valentino

Val Valentino

Val Valentino is an Italian American illusionist, and actor, who gained fame by starring in four magic specials exposing magic secrets on the Fox network, using the stage name the Masked Magician.-Biography:...

 as the Masked Magician, who performed large-scale illusions and a few smaller-scale close up magic tricks before revealing the secrets of the tricks.

The Masked Magician was promoted as a well-known magician who wore a mask to avoid recrimination from fellow magicians.

Based upon the books written by Herbert L. Becker

Herbert L. Becker

Herbert Lawrence Becker is a magician and the inventor and patent/copyright holder for BOIP...

, Breaking the Magicians' Code brought Becker's books to life.

The title alluded to the magician's code: the promise by working magicians not to reveal the basis of their tricks, or else risk getting blackballed by fellow magicians.

List of Grand Illusions Magic (illusion) Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...  Revealed
Show One November 24, 1997	Lady to Tiger Chinese Lantern Levitation Exploding Packing Crate Zig Zag Girl Zig Zag Girl The Zig-Zag Girl illusion is a magic trick akin to the more famous sawing a woman in half illusion. In the Zig-Zag illusion, a magician divides his or her assistant into thirds, only to have the assistant emerge from the illusion at the end of the performance completely unharmed.Since its invention... Metamorphosis Metamorphosis (illusion) Metamorphosis is the name of a stage illusion invented by John Nevil Maskelyne, but most often associated with famous escape artist Harry Houdini and performed to some renown by The Pendragons, among others... Sawing a Woman in Half (Selbit's Sawing) Sword Basket Vanishing Elephant
Show Two March 3, 1998	Crusher Teleportation Lady of Steel Walking Through a Solid Brick Wall Suit of Armor Shooting an Arrow Through a Woman Switching Places Box of Pain Water Torture Escape Chinese Water Torture Cell The Chinese Water Torture Cell is a predicament escape made famous by Hungarian-American magician Harry Houdini. The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in stocks; next, he is suspended in mid-air from his ankles with a restraint brace; finally, he is lowered... Woman in the Painting*
Show Three May 5, 1998	Table of Death Stretcher Knife Throwing Haunted House Haunted attraction A haunted attraction is a form of entertainment that simulates the experience of entering a haunted location that might be inhabited by ghosts, monsters, criminals, humorous characters, and other such creatures... Bullet Catch Bullet catch The bullet catch is a conjuring illusion in which a magician appears to catch a bullet fired directly at him—often in his mouth, sometimes in his hand or caught with other items such as a dinner plate... Mismade Girl Mismade Girl The Mismade Girl is a stage illusion, designed by American magician Chuck Jones.-Basic effect:Four cubes with open tops and bottoms are stacked to form a cabinet. An assistant stands inside and the cabinet is closed. Metal blades are slid into the cabinet, apparently slicing the assistant into four... Vanishing Tank Noah's Ark*
Show Four - Unmasking the Magician: The Final Reveal October 29, 1998	Car Crusher Escape Cremation Spike Torture Guillotine Guillotine (magic trick) The Guillotine is a magic trick where it appears that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person's neck without harming him/her.-History:... Buried Alive Death Trap The Cannon and the Crate*
This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other smaller tricks were exposed in between those listed above.
* Denotes illusions only shown on the VHS release.

2002 special

Fox returned on May 15, 2002, with Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 5. A new magician was wearing a new mask with artificial hair, and a purple glistening outfit. It is unknown who portrayed the magician in this episode.

List of Grand Illusions Magic (illusion) Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...  Revealed
Show Five - Escape From The Ice May 15, 2002	Sawing Through a Woman with a Buzz Saw Making an Assistant Disappear Broom Suspension Going Through the Portal Disappearing Dumptruck (With Spectators) Spike Torture Escape Making a Table Float without Strings or Magnets Frozen Alive
This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other smaller tricks were exposed in between those listed above.

2008 series revival

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 bought thirteen new episodes for broadcast in the U.S. starting in the fall of 2008, with the first episode shown on October 2. They were shot at a secret location somewhere in the U.S. during the summer of 2008. The assistants learned the illusion the same day they shot it and filmed 4 - 6 illusions per day. These specials were also shown on TVB Pearl

TVB Pearl

TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...

 in Hong Kong, with the first episode shown on June 13, 2010. Val Valentino

Val Valentino

Val Valentino is an Italian American illusionist, and actor, who gained fame by starring in four magic specials exposing magic secrets on the Fox network, using the stage name the Masked Magician.-Biography:...

 was credited as a producer and Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi is an American actor. Pileggi is known for playing FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on the long-running popular series The X-Files. He also had a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis as Col. Steven Caldwell...

 returned as narrator, although he did not appear on camera. The show also aired in the UK on ITV4, and in Australia on 7Two

7Two

7TWO is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel which was launched by the Seven Network on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 12pm....

 with new narration by Grant Denyer

Grant Denyer

Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...

. WWE Divas Maria Kanellis

Maria Kanellis

Maria Louise Kanellis, , or simply Maria, is a singer-songwriter, actress, model, and professional wrestler, best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment. Kanellis's career began as a contestant on the reality show Outback Jack in 2004...

 and Eve Torres

Eve Torres

Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...

 appeared in the first episode.

List of Grand Illusions Magic (illusion) Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...  Revealed
Show One October 2, 2008 (US) June 13, 2010 (HK)	Death Saw De Kolta Buatier De Kolta Buatier de Kolta was a french magician who performed throughout the 1870s and 1880s in England and America. Buatier de Kolta was a contemporary of fellow French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin...  Chair Turning a Bentley into a Lamborghini Making a String Quartet Disappear Passing Through a Steel Wall
Show Two October 6, 2008 (US) June 20, 2010 (HK)	Making a Girl Vanish from a Table Levitating a Girl on a Floating Table Dismemberment Dismemberment (illusion) Dismemberment is a stage illusion, designed and patented by the magician Edward M. Massey in 1935.-Exposure:The Masked Magician performed and the Dismemberment and revealed the method in Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed .-External links:*... Making a Girl Appear from a Set of Clothing Making an Elephant Appear in an Empty Parking Lot (surrounded by spectators)
Show Three October 13, 2008 (US) June 27, 2010 (HK)	Head Being Cut off by a Guillotine Making a Girl Appear/Disappear from a Cabinet Houdini Milk Can Escape Making Dancers Disappear from a Stage Chain Through Neck Levitating from Building to Building
Show Four October 20, 2008 (US) July 11, 2010 (HK)	Making a Bomb Squad Car Disappear Assistant's Revenge Assistant's Revenge The Assistant's Revenge is a transposition illusion in which two performers change places. It was created by magician and inventor Robert Harbin.-Description:... Sawing a Girl in Half in a Torture Device Sticking a Rose Through a Girl Passing Through a Turbofan
Show Five November 3, 2008 (US) July 18, 2010 (HK)	Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else Passing Through a Steel Plate The Twister Twister (magic trick) The twister is a famous stage magic trick. A girl is placed in an upright cabinet, with her head and feet visible. The magician spins the cabinet, then opens the front. The girl's body is now a narrow, twisted rope from which her fingers protrude. The magician closes the cabinet, rotates it in... Impaling a Woman With a Sword Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper
Show Six November 10, 2008 (US) July 25, 2010 (HK)	Teleporting From One Oil Drum to Another Topsy-Turvy (Flipping a Box But Not the Girl Inside It) Magically Writing On a Slate Board Cutting a Girl In Three Teleportation
Show Seven November 17, 2008 (US) August 1, 2010 (HK)	Levitating a Girl on a Table Making Girls Appear in a Crystal Cylinder "Twilight Zone" Door Disembodied Princess (Removing the Magician's Torso) Impaling a Girl on a Spike
Show Eight November 24, 2008 (US) August 8, 2010 (HK)	Houdini's Magic Trunk Making a Girl's Middle Disappear Evil Spirit Pyramid - Conjuring Spirits Catching a Selected Card in the Air with a Sword Escaping the Blades of Death
Show Nine February 7, 2009 (UK) August 15, 2010 (HK)	Magic Barrel (Through the Eye of a Needle) Houdini's Fish Bowl Playing Card Through Street Window Asrah levitation Asrah levitation The Asrah levitation is an illusion effect whereby the magician hypnotizes an assistant and commands them to recline on a table or couch. The assistant is then fully covered with a cloth and levitated under the cloth. The form of the assistant is still visible while levitating. Moments later, the... Making Girls Appear In Mid Air Holding Breath Under Water For 18 Minutes
Show Ten February 9, 2009 (UK) April 27, 2009 (US) August 22, 2010 (HK)	Making a 1200cc Motorbike Disappear in Mid Air Spinning a Girl Upside Down Spirit Room with Disappearing Medium Levitating a Foot off the Floor Making a 5 Ton Military Vehicle Appear From Nowhere (In an Empty Parking Lot)
Show Eleven February 14, 2009 (UK) May 4, 2009 (US) August 29, 2010 (HK)	Woman Vanishes From Steel Plate In Mid Air Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunger Transformation Of Skeleton To Dummy To A Girl Floating Through A Solid Steel Frame (No Wires) Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering It
Show Twelve February 16, 2009 (UK) May 11, 2009 (US) September 3, 2010 (HK)	Producing Girls From Within Triangle Screen Making Live Birds Appear And Vanish From Boxes Crushing A Woman And Putting Tube Through Her Body 16 Ton Trolley Car Levitates And Disappears
Show Thirteen February 21, 2009 (UK) May 18, 2009 (US) September 12, 2010 (HK)	Making A Girl Vanish In A Giant Game Of Three Card Monte Creating A Woman From A Cloud Of Smoke Hand Being Cut Off In Guillotine Dividing A Woman In Three And Head Over Heels Walking On Water (Surrounded By Spectators)

This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other smaller tricks were exposed in between those listed above.

Australian Version

This show first aired at 7:30 Monday, June 14, 2010 on Network Seven and has changed to Sundays at 6:30 on 7Two

7Two

7TWO is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel which was launched by the Seven Network on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 12pm....

. This is the same show as the US version with some minor changes. This show also began to air on Australian pay television network Fox8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

 on Wednesday 21st of September. This version is a duplicate of the American version.

List of Grand Illusions Magic (illusion) Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...  Revealed
Show One June 14, 2010	Death Saw De Kolta Buatier De Kolta Buatier de Kolta was a french magician who performed throughout the 1870s and 1880s in England and America. Buatier de Kolta was a contemporary of fellow French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin...  Chair Turning a Bentley into a Lamborghini Making a String Quartet Disappear Passing Through a Steel Wall
Show Two June 21, 2010	Head Being Cut off by a Guillotine Making a Girl Appear/Disappear from a Cabinet Houdini Milk Can Escape Knife Russian Roulette Chain Through Neck Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering t
Show Three July 4, 2010	Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else Impaling a Woman With a Sword Passing Through a Steel Plate The Twister Twister (magic trick) The twister is a famous stage magic trick. A girl is placed in an upright cabinet, with her head and feet visible. The magician spins the cabinet, then opens the front. The girl's body is now a narrow, twisted rope from which her fingers protrude. The magician closes the cabinet, rotates it in... Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper
Show Four July 11, 2010	Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunger Assistant's Revenge Assistant's Revenge The Assistant's Revenge is a transposition illusion in which two performers change places. It was created by magician and inventor Robert Harbin.-Description:... Sawing a Girl in Half in a Torture Device Sticking a Rose Through a Girl Passing Through a Turbofan
Show Three July 18, 2010	This episode was a repeat of show three in a different order and with a different narrator. Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else Passing Through a Steel Plate The Twister Twister (magic trick) The twister is a famous stage magic trick. A girl is placed in an upright cabinet, with her head and feet visible. The magician spins the cabinet, then opens the front. The girl's body is now a narrow, twisted rope from which her fingers protrude. The magician closes the cabinet, rotates it in... Impaling a Woman With a Sword Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper
Show Five July 25, 2010	Teleporting From One Oil Drum to Another Topsy-Turvy (Flipping a Box But Not the Girl Inside It) Magically Writing On a Slate Board Cutting a Girl In Three Teleportation
Show Six August 1, 2010	Levitating a Girl on a Table Making Girls Appear in a Crystal Cylinder "Twilight Zone" Door Disembodied Princess (Removing the Magician's Torso) Impaling a Girl on a Spike
Show Seven August 8, 2010	Houdini's Magic Trunk Making a Girl's Middle Disappear Evil Spirit Pyramid - Conjuring Spirits Catching a Selected Card in the Air with a Sword Escaping the Blades of Death
Show Eight August 15, 2010	Magic Barrel (Through the Eye of a Needle) Houdini's Fish Bowl Playing Card Through Street Window Asrah levitation Asrah levitation The Asrah levitation is an illusion effect whereby the magician hypnotizes an assistant and commands them to recline on a table or couch. The assistant is then fully covered with a cloth and levitated under the cloth. The form of the assistant is still visible while levitating. Moments later, the... Making Girls Appear In Mid Air Holding Breath Under Water For 18 Minutes
Show Nine August 22, 2010	Making a 1200cc Motorbike Disappear in Mid Air Spinning a Girl Upside Down Spirit Room with Disappearing Medium Levitating a Foot off the Floor Making a 5 Ton Military Vehicle Appear From Nowhere (In an Empty Parking Lot)
Show Ten August 29, 2010	Woman Vanishes From Steel Plate In Mid Air Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunge Transformation Of Skeleton To Dummy To A Girl Floating Through A Solid Steel Frame (No Wires) Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering It
Show Eleven September 5, 2010	Producing Girls From Within Triangle Screen Making Live Birds Appear And Vanish From Boxes Crushing A Woman And Putting Tube Through Her Body 16 Ton Trolley Car Levitates And Disappears
Show Twelve September 12, 2010	Making A Girl Vanish In A Giant Game Of Three Card Monte Creating A Woman From A Cloud Of Smoke Hand Being Cut Off In Guillotine Knife Russian Roulette Dividing A Woman In Three And Head Over Heels Walking On Water (Surrounded By Spectators)

This list covers only large-scale illusions. Other smaller tricks were exposed in between those listed above.