Tom Lyon

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Tom Lyon is a British escapologist who has appeared a number times on on Blue Peter and Richard & Judy amongst other television shows.

1 Background
2 References
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] Background

Lyon wanted to be an escapologist from a very early age, picking toy handcuffs with a toothpick. He attended Eton College in the 1990s, where he met fellow magician Drummond Money-Coutts and was a member of the Eton College Magic Society, where he saw such performers as Uri Geller. Whilst at Eton, he performed on many TV programs, such as Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Richard & Judy, MAGIC, Revolver, Blue Peter (five times), Innovation Nation, Xchange and several international television programs.^[1] On an appearance of Richard & Judy he got out of a straightjacket and undid his handcuffs in 1 minute and 53 seconds, and then, in under 3 seconds, got out of handcuffs he was wearing and tied Richard and Judy together.^{[citation needed]} He has also been featured in several newspaper articles, including the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. He made front page news in America in 2004 when he escaped from a vault.^[1] He also performed for private audiences, including The Countess of Rosebery, The Countess of Chichester, The Lady Chadlington and Sir Eric Anderson.

He was reviewed as being "an amazing talent" (Mail on Sunday), proclaimed "astounding" (Express) and it was said that his "future is golden" (Daily Mail).^[1]

In 2006 he matriculated into Oriel College, Oxford. So as to concentrate on his studies, he has left the public eye for the present, although along with Drummond Money-Coutts, he toured Kenya performing magic, and a DVD, Kenyan Conjurations, was produced on their exploits, stating that "In August 2007, two English magicians travelled to Kenya and performed their mini-miracles wherever they went. They were chased by prostitutes, bribed to cheat in a casino and gave one man a seizure. This is their story." The profits from the DVD will fund the buidling of a new school in Kenya.^[2]