And for my next trick... I'm going to be a top magician

A schoolboy is aiming to become a star of the world of magic after impressing top illusionists Penn & Teller on primetime television.

Daniel Kramer, 15, did two tricks in a bid to bamboozle host Jonathan Ross and the magicians on ITV's Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

Penn Jillette praised the routine.He told Daniel: "I can show you pictures of Teller doing tricks when he was your age and he was exactly the same. You didn't fool us, but boy did you charm us and I am telling you, boy, you are us."

Daniel, of Winchmore Hill, said the show was "nerve-racking". He has been on children's show Tricky TV and performed at the Cobden Club in Kensal Road and the Regal Room in Hammersmith.

The Southgate School pupil, who is demonstrating kits at Marvin's Magic concession in Hamley's for two weeks, practises for up to 12 hours a day. He said: "I practise over and over again. It's the idea of amazing audiences, seeing the reaction on their faces. I just love the chance of baffling someone before their very eyes."