A few years back, I did a panel at Blackpool Magic Convention on TV Magic. A question that was asked repeatedly was…

How do I get on TV?

All of us did our best to answer the question, but I’m not sure our answers were the ones people wanted to hear. A few months ago, my friend Richard Young wrote about how the most famous magicians landed their first TV gig. I asked him to write this to help illustrate how there is no set route to get your own TV show as a magician. Not only that, the best way to go about it changes every few years.