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Paul Daniels injured in Sooty pizza-throwing accident

Paul Daniels, the magician, was taken to hospital with head injuries after being hit in the face by a pizza thrown by the puppet Sooty.



7:30AM BST 03 Aug 2011

The 73-year-old was filming a scene for ITV's The Sooty Show when he was struck by the flying pizza, leaving him dazed.

Daniels suffered a black eye and was taken to hospital for treatment, The Sun reported.

The newspaper claimed that the incident happened after Daniels complained that in a first take of the scene, the pizza had not been thrown hard enough.

But as the puppet - operated by co-star Richard Cadell - hurled the Italian dish a second time, Daniels was injured.

Chris Davis, Daniels's agent, told the newspaper: "It damaged his eye. We had to go to hospital and cancelled a gig, but he's made a full recovery."


Daniels, who was appearing on the show as a special guest alongside his wife and assistant Debbie McGee, 52, apparently insisted that producers use the take in which he was injured.

A source added: "Paul was such a good sport and so professional. He's insisted they use the scene where he got injured, not the first one."

The episode will be screened later this year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pict...-accident.html