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PETE FIRMAN | Britain’s foremost comedian magician
Pete Firman first burst onto our television screens in 2002 as cheeky Northerner 'Tufty' in Five's hit show 'Monkey Magic'. Since then he has traveled the world meeting his magic heroes and performing his own brand of anarchic magic in Sky One's ‘The Secret World Of Magic’ and amazed viewers with his ability to perform disgusting tricks with animals, cigarettes and big spiky things in Channel 4's ‘Dirty Tricks’.
He is recognized as the U.K’s leading comedian/ magician, having performed on ITV1’s ‘Saturday Live Again!’ with Ben Elton.
He is recognized as the U.K’s leading comedian/magician, having performed on ITV1’s ‘Saturday Live Again!’ with Ben Elton, helped Justin Lee Collins become a conjuror on Channel 4’s ‘The Convention Crasher’ and performed alongside Rihanna in ITV1’s ‘For One Night Only’. Most recently Pete starred in BBC1’s primetime magic show ‘Don’t Miss A Trick’.
Pete also presents ‘Stake Out’ for BBC1, a hidden camera game show, which has just aired its second series.
In 2007 Pete performed his debut solo show, ‘Hokum’ at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival to critical acclaim.
The show’s success led to Pete being invited to perform at the prestigious ‘2008 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival’ in Montreal, where he headlined the British comedy showcase ‘Britcom’ and performed in the festival’s televised gala.
This was followed by his second Edinburgh Festival show, ‘Flim-Flam’, which once again garnered rave reviews.
After another successful Edinburgh in 2008 Pete embarked on his first national tour with his one-man show, ‘Flim-Flam’. Sold out shows from Inverness to Dartmouth made it a resounding success.
Pete is also a published author and 2006 saw the release of his first book for the public, ‘Tricks To Freak Out Your Friends’. So successful was it in the UK it was also released in the USA and is about to go into its second printing.
