Street Magic TV was first aired in January 2006 on E4 as the first television series to feature new and upcoming magician Matt Grindley. Channel 4 had recently enjoyed success with Derren Brown/David Blaine specials and the show was aimed to capitalise on this in a more gritty down to earth way. Although the show received excellent reviews, the production company felt that this kind of magic had become over exposed and the format was revamped in 2007 and filmed as a one-off special for cable channel M-TV still featuring Matt Grindley and now including Bar Bets, Scams and Cons.
