Tricked (British TV series)

Tricked is a British television show presented by magician Ben Hanlin and first broadcast on ITV2 on 10 October 2013. The show features him pranking various celebrity guests with illusions.^[1]

Tricked
Starring	Ben Hanlin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	22
Production
Production location	United Kingdom
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	ITV Studios
Original release
Network	ITV2
Release	10 October 2013 (2013-10-10) – 27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)

In March 2014, it was confirmed that a second series of Tricked had been commissioned which began on 23 September 2014.^[2] In 2014, ITV confirmed that a third series of Tricked had been commissioned. The series began on 6 October 2015.

On 20 February 2019, Hanlin confirmed on an Instagram live story that the series will not return.

A Canadian adaptation hosted by Eric Leclerc, also titled Tricked, was created by Force Four Entertainment for YTV in 2016.^[3]

Episodes

Series	Episodes	Start date	End date
1	7	10 October 2013	21 November 2013
2	7	23 September 2014	3 November 2014
3	7	6 October 2015	24 November 2015
Special		27 October 2016

Series 1 (2013)

Show	Original air date	Guests
1	10 October 2013	Michelle Heaton, Rylan Clark, Christine Bleakley and Blue
2	17 October 2013	Joe Swash, Kate Garraway and Stacey Solomon
3	24 October 2013	Joe Calzaghe, Natasha Hamilton, Brian McFadden and Vogue Williams
4	31 October 2013A	Jody Latham, Oritsé Williams and Helen Flanagan
5	7 November 2013	Robbie Savage and Amy Childs
6	14 November 2013	Luke Campbell and TOWIE's Arg and Diags
7	21 November 2013	Compilation episode – best of series 1

^AThis episode was a Halloween edition of the show

Series 2 (2014)

Show	Original air date	Guests
1 (8)	23 September 2014	Charlotte Crosby, Lethal Bizzle, Brooke Vincent, Amy Kelly and Joey Essex
2 (9)	30 September 2014	The Vamps, Sam Bailey, Jorgie Porter and Louie Spence
3 (10)	7 October 2014	Kerry Katona and Kym Marsh
4 (11)	14 October 2014	Amy Willerton and David Haye
5 (12)	21 October 2014	Tinchy Stryder, Natalie Anderson and Matthew Wolfenden
6 (13)	28 October 2014	Dan Osborne, Ella Eyre, Peter Andre and Perry Fenwick
7 (14)	3 November 2014	Compilation episode – More Favourite Tricks

Series 3 (2015)

Show	Original air date	Guests
1 (15)	6 October 2015
2 (16)	13 October 2015	Bobby-Cole Norris
3 (17)	20 October 2015
4 (18)	27 October 2015	Gemma Collins
5 (19)	3 November 2015
6 (20)	10 November 2015
7 (21)	24 November 2015	Compilation episode – Tricked Top 30

Halloween Special (2016)

Show	Original air date	Guests
House of Horrors[4]	27 October 2016	Jamie Laing, Marnie Simpson, Danni Armstrong, Scott Thomas, Kady McDermott, Megan McKenna, Lee Ryan, Simon Webbe