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When Louis Met Paul and Debbie

  • TV Movie
  • 2001
  • 49m
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When Louis Met Paul and Debbie (2001)
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For 20 years Paul Daniels mesmerised audiences with his conjuring tricks, helped by his wife and assistant, Debbie McGee. Now in their sixties and forties respectively, Paul has given up mag... Read allFor 20 years Paul Daniels mesmerised audiences with his conjuring tricks, helped by his wife and assistant, Debbie McGee. Now in their sixties and forties respectively, Paul has given up magic so he can devote himself to realising Debbie's dream of running her own classical balle... Read allFor 20 years Paul Daniels mesmerised audiences with his conjuring tricks, helped by his wife and assistant, Debbie McGee. Now in their sixties and forties respectively, Paul has given up magic so he can devote himself to realising Debbie's dream of running her own classical ballet company. Louis Theroux is invited to join their 'magic circle' to find out if Paul is re... Read all

  • Director
    • Will Yapp
  • Writer
    • Louis Theroux
  • Stars
    • Louis Theroux
    • Paul Daniels
    • Debbie McGee
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    • Director
      • Will Yapp
    • Writer
      • Louis Theroux
    • Stars
      • Louis Theroux
      • Paul Daniels
      • Debbie McGee
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    Lesley Waters
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    Anna Ryder Richardson
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      • Will Yapp
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      • Louis Theroux
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    bob the moo

    Louis exposes an eccentric couple who are genuinely happy and in love

    Louis spends time with diminutive magician Paul Daniels and his wife/assistant Debbie McGee. He joins them in the build up to Debbie's first ever ballet performance (written by her) and funded by Paul. During the production Louis gets to know the relationship behind the showmanship.

    Louis specialises in eccentric characters. Here he seems to have a perfect pick – Paul and Debbie. Their relationship is silly and ditzy – when together they don't seem serious at all. However under this they do have characters. Debbie is generally happy because after years of giving up her dream of ballet to work with Paul, she now has her chance. However Paul seems a bit bitter at being an aging magician. He goes on daytime TV to promote the ballet and hates being asked to do magic etc and is increasingly bad tempered.

    The ballet doesn't go too well and Paul is forced to go back to doing shows etc to cover the losses, however he doesn't blame Debbie – instead he sees it as part of giving back to Debbie for all she gave him.

    Overall Paul and Debbie are certainly a very different couple and may even be described as eccentric, but they do seem genuinely happy together and in love. No matter how weird Louis exposes them to be – he can't stop that coming through.

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      Debbie's ballet company ultimately did not see financial success and folded soon after the documentary aired.
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      Louis Theroux: [reading a feature about Debbie in The Sunday Telegraph] "Debbie McGee is pleasant, thoughtful, hospitable, forthcoming, and considering the things that have been written about her being a gold-digger and considering the fact that she's been the subject of sexually depraved photographs..."

      Paul Daniels: What?

      Louis Theroux: "... the result of computer generated..."

      Paul Daniels: Oh, yeah. Somebody on the internet has, erm... mocked up some pictures, apparently, and I keep trying to... Everybody that writes to me and says - I get a lot of email about it - I say "Please, if you know the site, if you know where they're at, tell me." You know? Perhaps apparently they're really bad.

    • Connections
      Featured in Living with Louis (2002)

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    • Release date
      • February 20, 2001 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Луи встречает: Пол Дэниелс и Дэбби МакГи
    • Filming locations
      • Harlow, Essex, England, UK
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      49 minutes
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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