YOU'LL like this - but not a lot" is not exactly how Paul Daniels hopes to go down when he does an appearing act in Worcester next week.

Although the notoriously cheesy magician fell out of favour with the nation during the early 90s with the rise of more trendy David Copperfield-esque performers, you can't deny he was something in his hey-day.

Regularly hitting 15 million viewers with his Paul Daniels Magic Show, he was once top billing on BBC 1 and repeats on BBC 2 were in the same league.

In fact, his was the first television show to knock the legendary Morecambe and Wise shows off the number one slot at Christmas, a mean feat by anyone's standards.

His canny bag of tricks also earned the BBC the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreaux Television Award, the first time the Corporation had won it in 17 years.

All in all, the northern entertainer, who re-warmed viewers' hearts with his genuine affection for his wife and sidekick, Debbie Magee, on Louis Theroux's fly-on-the-wall documentary, made more than 600 TV shows and his stage act not only toured internationally but in the West End for 14 months.

However, An Audience with Paul Daniels, which Huntingdon Hall will conjure up on Saturday, June 26, promises something more than your standard pull a rabbit out of the bag sketch.

In the first half, Paul gets up close and personal with the audience, answering their questions and telling anecdotes from his early life and career, particularly about his time in clubland, TV and theatre.

The master raconteur then goes on to perform the act that made him Clubland Entertainer of the Year, Variety Club's chosen Entertainer of the Year in theatres, the first magician outside the US to be awarded The Magician of the Year Trophy and the winner of many more accolades besides.

With An Audience with Paul Daniels, theatregoers are promised two hours of top entertainment.

For tickets, costing £13.50 (concessions £12.50), call 01905 611427.