Harry Potter Reality TV Show
J.K. Rowling’s well-loved series of Harry Potter novels have been turned into a new reality TV show, called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which is airing on British Television. The reality show follows a group of fourteen British school children (7 boys and 7 girls) who are sent to a Hogwarts-style boarding school to learn magic, illusions, spells and card tricks. Each week, the kids compete, performing their magic in front of a live audience and the Sorcerer himself. A panel of Magic Mentors decides who will stay and who will be sent home.
The Magic Mentors teach the children magic history and folklore, school them in latin terms for casting spells, and show them how to look after the resident magic animals. The mentors reveal their secrets and perform step-by-step guides, so children at home can learn and perform the tricks themselves.
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As the series begins, the Sorcerer, master magician Maximillian Somerset, is looking for an Apprentice - a boy or girl who can master the history, the secrets, and the techniques of magic. He has hand-picked seven boys and seven girls to attend his magic school. They’re competitive, natural show-offs and they all have one thing in common - they know absolutely nothing about magic. There can only be one winner, who will be crowned the real-life Harry Potter. (My money is on Harvey or Rebecca).
Magic School is a huge manor set deep in the heart of the English countryside. For two weeks the boys and girls will eat, live and breathe magic at this enchanting boarding school, miles from home. The trainees must battle it out with one another, learning and performing a different magic trick every day. The Apprentice who gives the worst performance is voted off. Expect a lot of crying and hurt feelings!
Presenter Barney Harwood follows every twist and turn of the Apprentices’ journey over the gruelling fortnight. On arrival at their new school, the 14 spellbound children come face to face with The Sorcerer – whom they must impress. They are also introduced to the magic school rules by no-nonsense housemistress Miss Ford, and witness the mysteries of magic first hand. Magic teachers Mr Knight and Miss Evans will teach the budding Sorcerers the basics of magic.
Before long, however, it’s clear there are mountains to climb if the magic teachers are going to succeed in turning the lucky 14 hopefuls into potential Apprentices. Rebecca is homesick and misses her fancy clothes. Harvey is a cheeky chappie and gets in trouble a lot with mean old Miss Ford. For some reason, wild-haired Joe think’s he’s God’s gift to Television.
The BBC is tapping into the popularity of Harry Potter and sorcery with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and it’s fun to watch the laughter and tears as these youngsters are whipped into shape and battle it out to become the next Harry Potter or Hermione Granger.