Channel 4's 'Faking It'
Channel 4’s Faking It has tried to turn a radiographer into a fashion photographer and an insurance salesman into a stunt-man. The contestants have four weeks to learn a new trade before trying to fool a panel of expert judges into thinking they are professionals.
But few have made their experience a career- changing one. Kevin McMahon did. After his time in the make believe world of television he chucked in his life as a PhD researcher and declared: “I’m going to be a magician.”
Kevin is the most successful faker the show has ever seen; not only did he convince a panel of judges into believing he was a professional magician but he also fooled the world famous Paul Daniels with his sneaky slight-of-hand!
Press and Publicity
The show aired on Easter Sunday 2005. Feel free to browse through the press clippings below
"Boffin swaps uni for card tricks"
"Kevin is such a sweetie, you'll be swept along on his journey!"
"24-year-old Kevin McMahon is instantly likeable, assured and trendy, outgoing and chatty, he is in high spirits and it's infectuous!"
"Kevin has found star quality inside himself!"
Radio Times small article.
"Before your very eyes... Kevin's amazing Faking It Special!"
"Affable young scientis Kevin McMahon passes himself off as the next David Blane."
