Lance Burton - Magician - The Paul Daniels Magic Show - 1982

This week, in celebration of 25 years of MagicWeek, I thought I'd upload a personal favourite. Fresh from his Grand Prix win at FISM 1982 in Lausanne, Switzerland, and aged just 22, Lance Burton's outstanding performance on The Paul Daniels Magic Show on 20th November 1982 provided inspiration (and a few full-time careers!) for a new generation of young magicians. This was the first time we'd seen him here in the UK and overnight he became everyone's favourite magic act. (Fun technical note: I recorded this on 20th November 1982 on my first ever video recorder, a Sanyo VTC-5000 Betacord!)