'Where did Paul Daniels put his sword?'

To mark 100 years since PT Selbit first performed the infamous ‘sawing-a-woman-in-half’ illusion, Emma Barnett spoke to Debbie McGee about her experience of being a magician's assistant. Plus, a slight mishap whilst performing in front of the musician Frankie Vaughan and his wife.

14 January 2021

2 minutes

This clip is from

Woman's Hour—Debbie McGee and Dr Naomi Paxton, author Angie Thomas, Nurse Sarah Link who lived in a caravan for 9 months to protect her mum

'My sense of reality completely broke down'
Duration: 01:03
Would you like to grow older in a community of other women?
Duration: 05:14
Natalie Cassidy: 'My heart is in elderly care'
Duration: 01:16
'We can all do so much more than we believe'
Duration: 01:01