George Martin (comedian) of the day. He wrote for the first TV series of Irish comedian Dave Allen; "Tonight with Dave Allen", as well as material for artistes such as Rolf Harris, Jimmy Tarbuck, Paul Daniels, Harry Worth and Tommy Cooper. He became the main writer and ideas man, as well as script and production associate, for renowned magician David Nixon. When the then unknown legendary fox puppet, Basil Brush, appeared as a weekly guest on "The Nixon Line", Martin helped develop the character and subsequently was the sole writer of every Basil Brush show for many years, (throughout the 1960s and 70s).
Dynamo (magician) for Best Entertainment Programme for the second year in a row and won TV show of the year at the Virgin Media Awards. Dynamo won the Magician of the Year award from The Academy of Magical Arts 48th Annual Awards Show. Dynamo (magician) Steven Frayne (born 17 December 1982), better known by his stage name Dynamo, is an English magician. He has starred in his television show "" which ran from July 2011 to September 2014 and won the Best Entertainment Programme award at the Broadcast Awards in 2012. In 2015 he began touring with his "Seeing Is Believing Arena