Drummond Money-Coutts

I arrived at school pensive, introverted, and not very sporty, so magic became a place of mystery and intrigue, an escape for my boyish mind. ”

I think there's a huge amount of magic on television, which is slightly vapid: there's no real meaning or message behind it; it is simply a trick. ”

Ten years ago, TV cookery shows were about a man or a woman following recipes. Now, it's all about journeys and campaigns and less about the actual chopping and dicing. That's what I'd like to do with magic. ”

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people. ”

Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love. ”

I would like to do things like I did in Tanzania, going somewhere and exploring a theme and investigating as well as performing for those people. ”

I would wish eventually to be able to make television that informs and educates as well as entertains. ”

From a young age I was obsessed with the mysterious, the esoteric, the paranormal. ”