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Right now I'm gonna take you on a journey into my world.

You're gonna meet some of my friends...

...witness some madness...

...and watch as I bring some amazement to the people.

Whoa!

In this episode I give journalist Emma Cox the ride of her life...

Absolutely petrified.

...take a road trio to Austria for the Snowbombing Festival...

Oh, my God! That is the best thing I've ever seen.

...things take a turn for the worse...

I slept through the whole thing.

...I surprise former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt...

It was absolutely phenomenal.

...and give Rio Ferdinand an experience he'll never forget.

Oh, my God.

You ain't getting better than that.

My name is Steven Frayne, but most people call me Dynamo.

Isaac Newton once said,

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

In my line of work I get to experience this theory every day.

Wow!

Oh, my God!

Whoa!

That's right here!

This shit is so crazy!

Some of the best reactions come from making people's dreams come true.

I mean, everyone deserves a bit of luck once in awhile.

- Did you ever play the lottery? - Once.

- Once. Did you win anything? - No.

- I wanna try something, yeah? - OK.

I wanna take... a couple of these tickets.

- Check these out, yeah? - You guys didn't train me on this.

- I'll take... - I gotta put my glasses on.

Yeah. These'll be cool.

- You got your glasses on? - Go ahead.

I'll take yours.

Watch.

On three. One, two, three.

- Right. - Look, that's for you.

This gentleman has just taken five lottery tickets,

blank lottery tickets,

and converted them into the Queen's money.

I mean, I'm...

What can I say?

What can I say?

That's my best Donald Duck act.

- Three... - What the...?

How did you just do that?

- Oh, my God. - How did he do that?

How did you do that?

Where did he go?

I'm not taking it.

- Are you gonna keep them? - Crazy.

- Is it for us? - I don't know.

When I first started performing, the street corner was my stage.

It was a great place to get noticed.

I loved the fact that I didn't know who I'd meet or how they would react.

- What's this? Oh, that's an old 2p. - Yeah.

Let me show you something weird. Just watch.

- Oh, my gosh! - See that go up there?

Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh!

Just hold your hand out. Hold your hand out, yeah?

- Hold it up high. - All right.

Nothing in his hand, right? Yeah? Squeeze your hand tight.

Squeeze it tight. I'll make the 2p go from there to there. Watch.

Open your hand slowly. It's there, but it's invisible.

But watch, I'm gonna take it and flick it on to his shoulder.

- Oh, my God.

That's your friend's 2p, by the way. Try to keep hold of that.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Well, Dynamo...

You're gonna be touched by magic

You're gonna be touched by magic

Do either of you two have a bank card or a travelcard or anything on you?

Hmm, do I trust you with it? I'll give you the card that I don't use.

And then just hold it out in your hand like this.

Perfect, yeah?

What are you gonna do here?

Oh, my God, Miley!

Oh, my God, what is going on?!

Hold your hand out.

Oh, my!

Whoa!

- Stop it. - How did he do that?

- Oh, my God. The man's good. - How did he do that?

- That's crazy. - That is crazy.

He's mad.

Basically, I've been doing this since I was 11 years old.

- OK, yeah. - I did it in Bradford.

I didn't have much money at the time, so I'd do it on the streets for tips.

Don't worry, I'm not doing that today. But doing this for tips on the street,

you learn just from looking at people who's gonna give you a good tip,

like maybe by the way they walk,

or like if you hear the change jingling in their pocket, yeah?

I mean, I actually do look at this guy and I think he could be the guy.

- Have you got any change on you? - I have got some change, yeah.

Is it in your pocket or your wallet?

- It's in my wallet. - In your wallet?

- It is indeed. - Do me a favour, pull out your wallet.

Oh, you don't want to see my wallet, do you? Oh, no.

My trousers might fall down.

Just... just jingle it. I wanna hear... I wanna...

It's difficult 'cause it's not moving about.

- Can I ask you to hold that beer? - I'll put this down here.

- Then I can jingle it a little bit. - Oh, there we go.

Hey, something's going in there.

Is that cobwebs? Cobwebs are jingling.

Hold still one second.

All right. I can hear a little bit more.

Yeah, do me a favour. Open it up and dump it into your hand

but keep it in a fist so we can't see how much.

Close your eyes.

- Done that? - I got it.

- Put your wallet away. - It's difficult with the hand full.

- Can I give the wallet... - To your friend, yeah.

- He's got my wallet. - Yeah. Just jingle it again.

Yeah, that sounds right.

I think I'm right here.

So I pulled out: one... twenty... two twenty,

two thirty, two forty, two fifty...

- Four pound fifty. - Four pound fifty?

- You want to look at my hand? - Open it slowly and count it out

- so we can see how much you got. - OK. We got one, we got two,

we got three, we got four, we got four pound twenty,

- we got four pound thirty! - Oh, I was 20p off.

And that's all you've got in there, yeah?

We can have another look. I've got more money than that.

But as in coinage, that is your lot, mate. That is your lot.

And you've got nothing in your pocket?

'Cause I could swear I could hear four pound fifty jingling around.

I don't put money anywhere else but in my wallet. Wait, what's this?

What is this?

Oh!

- Four pound fifty. - Unbelievable.

I've got four pound fifty in my hand.

It's a pretty amazing body reading, I think. That's totally stupendous.

That is spot on.

Oh, my goodness.

That's amazing.

That is some crazy.

He turned it upside down and then flipped it back again.

It makes me feel giddy. I feel like a little girl.

How is that possible?

Every time I've seen him I've said to him, "Show me how you do one of them."

I'm still waiting, man.

When I was a kid, I used to stare at my reflection

in the window of the local car dealership in Bradford.

If! stood in just the right place,

it looked as if! was sitting in the driver's seat of a brand-new sports car.

I was the ultimate window-shopper.

I could picture myself speeding down the racetrack at 100 miles per hour,

the wheels smoking as I drifted round the corners.

Back then, the idea of becoming a racing-car driver

was as unlikely as Bradford City winning the premiership.

But I used to go back and tell my nan that one day

I'd be the greatest driver of all time.

She'd laugh at me and say,

"I've heard ducks fart in deep water before, Steven."

I still don't know what that means.

This is Bradford, where I grew up.

It was here that I first started performing.

He was sort of about, 10, 15 years old.

He were always walking around doing a few tricks here and there.

It's what he wanted to do.

I said, "You just follow your dream, love."

Steven tried a lot of things when he were younger.

And if he tried it, he wanted to be good at it.

To be honest, he's really quiet when he's Steven.

But as soon as you put a pack of cards in front of him, he's Dynamo.

He said he were gonna be the best on the world.

He's been doing it and doing it. He's just got better and better.

He is leading a different life in London,

but he comes back here and he's just the same Steven.

There's no airs and graces at all. He's just the same Steven that he were.

My mum owns a hairdresser's in Bradford.

Last time I was there, I put on a special show for some of her customers.

- What's your name? - Bev.

Bev. Steven.

I want you just to think of someone, someone who's not here,

yeah, but someone who means something to you.

Yeah?

Look at me.

For some strange reason I'm getting, like...

...an image of Mickey Mouse or something. Is that...?

- Does that mean anything to you? - Yes.

No, wait, not Mickey Mouse...

- The first name's Minnie, right? - Mm-hm.

The second name...

...kind of...

- It's got something to do with wind. - Mm-hm.

So, not wind. Like when you're walking down the street you feel a breeze.

- Yeah. - Minnie Breeze?

Yeah.

Oh, my God.

That's my grandma. But she's not with us any more,

so it's quite... quite spooky, that.

I'll try something with you as well now.

- Just... think of someone. - Yeah.

- Just think of the first initial. - Yeah.

Yeah? So the first name, just think of the initial.

- Have you got any razor blades in here? - Yeah.

I'll just get you some.

I'll just put that there.

- What was the initial? - "E."

Oh, my goodness.

That's fabulous.

Eloise.

Bloomin' heck.

A razor blade, and he brought the first initial up in his mouth in blood.

Amazing. I'm gobsmacked. It's such an unusual name.

The "E" stands for Eloise. Yeah, it's my granddaughter's name.

I love coming home. People always stop me in the street with random requests.

Sometimes they just hand me objects, like their keys or mobile phones,

and say, "Do something with this."

Open your contacts on there.

Done that? And scroll through and think of one.

All right.

- You got one, yeah? - Yeah.

Just hold the phone flat between your hands.

Yeah, like that. Perfect.

Look at me.

Sid... Sid.

- I'm getting something, some. - Yeah.

Hold it there. I'm getting.

It was Sid, but it's...

It's Sid but it's not like a surname,

it's like a contractor's or a contractor named Sid . Sid...

- HS Construction. - Yeah.

Can you show that? Can you... Can you show that up to them?

Let them see that, yeah?

- Sid HS Construction, you see that? - Yeah.

Tell you what, just think of a different contact.

- Yeah? You got one? - Yeah.

Hold your hand up. Just put your hand on top. Perfect.

Think of it.

This one's more difficult.

Tell you what, instead of finding the contact...

...I'll make it disappear from your phone. I'll delete it from your phone.

Don't do that.

Gone. Take a look.

Oh, my God.

Let me grab that.

- That is amazing! - Man, it's gone!

- Oh, my God! - It's scary!

- Oh, my God. - He's made me phone disappear.

No, that is some crazy.

- It's your phone, right? - Yeah.

- Yeah? - Mm-hm.

You see that?

Yeah? Watch.

Watch.

Watch the... Apple sign, yeah?

- Damn. - Wow.

Here.

He's lost for words...

He turned it upside down and then flipped it back again.

London is my home away from home.

People can be a little more reserved than they are up north.

But sometimes the little things are the most powerful.

- What's your name? - Daniel.

- Daniel and... - Ella.

I want to try something. We'll use this £2 coin, yeah?

So, do me a favour, I just want you to take the coin, yeah,

and just put it on any spot on the table, yeah?

- Any spot? - Yeah.

Right there. Move your hand off.

Take your hand and just hold it underneath the table like this.

Actually, touch the table. Yeah, perfect. Watch.

- That's brilliant. - That's fascinating. That's brilliant.

Thank you.

Wait a minute...

Nah. That's... Yeah, that's incredible.

It just dropped from there into Ella's hand.

How is that possible?

I've got to have another drink.

Former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt was in town with her new band,

Her Majesty & The Wolves.

So I decided to catch up with her at a jewellery store on London's Bond Street.

Out of all the pieces here, there's about... would you say 200...

- Yeah. - ...In the store, if not more?

- If not more. - I want you to look around the store

- and just choose one piece. - OK.

- Yeah? - All right.

- How about this one? - Which one is that?

This bracelet.

- Wow. That looks... - It's beautiful.

It looks expensive as well.

- So... £81,000. - Yes, please.

Nice.

- That's the one, yeah? - Mm-hm.

Watch.

- Did you guys see that? - Yeah.

- That was crazy! - Let's put it on.

All right then.

That's perfect.

- It fits. - All right, let's go.

It's definitely real glass.

Yeah. It's pretty serious.

Being able to reach through the glass and grab my favourite piece in the store

I don't know how he did it, but it was... it was ridiculous.

- I saw just a hand take... - Go through the glass.

- ...go through the glass and just... - Pull out a bracelet.

...pull out a bracelet.

It makes me feel giddy. I feel like a little girl.

We just saw pure amazement, you know?

He came out here and shocked us all.

It was absolutely unbelievable.

Dynamo can do some serious sleight of hand

and steal jewels at the same time.

It was absolutely phenomenal.

Oh, my God. It's really frightening!

But an experience. I won't forget it.

No, no, no.

Baffed. Fully, fully baffed.

Whoa!

Oh, no!

Oh, my God!

That is nuts!

When I was a kid, I used to dream about becoming a racing-car driver.

Now it was time to make that dream a reality.

I've been invited to try out the latest Lotus sports car

at their racetrack in Norfolk.

A journalist from the Daily Mail had heard I was turning up

and wanted to get an interview.

But I thought it would be better for her to experience what I do

rather than simply talk about it.

- Put your helmet on. - OK.

This helmet would imply that we're gonna get some speed.

A little bit of speed, and obviously safety.

- Comfortable? - Yeah, I'm good.

- I wanna make it a little different. - OK.

- So, we'll put this visor down. - OK.

- And... - OK...

I can see what's coming here.

- Is this going here? - It is.

- You won't see what's coming. - Oh, my God. OK.

This is a little bit frightening.

You're lucky I'm not claustrophobic.

Let me see. I think there's one last bit right there.

OK, I really actually can't see anything.

So, can you tell me, genuinely, can you see anything now?

No, genuinely not. Promise.

I'm gonna help you get in the car, so you can get in easier.

Mind your head.

Man, it's tiny in here.

I'd set myself a challenge to remember every turn of the racetrack in one lap,

and I decided to take her along for the ride.

- We're gonna go do a lap. - OK.

Yeah. Hold on.

I've been doing 60 for the last 46 metres.

I'm gonna slow down now while we go into this chicane.

- It's like an S shape. - Oh.

Is it quite scary, not being able to see where you're going?

Coming into a second chicane now.

We're almost over, actually. It was quite quick, right?

- How is it to drive? - It's nice. Yeah.

Feels quite smooth.

Great. I'll bring you over here, right to this spot.

- OK. - I'll close it up.

Now, can you just tell us what sort of experience that was for you?

A bit relieved that it's over, to be honest.

All right, I'm gonna get you to take the helmet off now.

Could you remember any of the track?

No. I mean, you have to sort of read it with your body, I suppose.

So I knew where we were going when I was leaning to the left and right,

- but that's all. - You genuinely couldn't see anything?

Different shades of black and grey, that's all.

Luckily for you, I remember all of the track.

OK.

So this time I want you to put that on my head.

I'll take this. You take my helmet.

With me driving and you in the passenger seat?

No, not so much.

- You're driving like that? - Yeah.

Are you serious?

OK. Do I have to come with you?

I'm only gonna do a lap.

Oh, my God. I think he's serious.

Could you actually take me to the driver's seat, please?

Oh, my God, you're insane.

You're completely mad.

The steering wheel's right in front of you.

Yeah.

OK, I haven't got my helmet on. You have to wait a minute for me.

- Sure. - Have you done this before?

OK.

- That's it. - Engine on.

Your windscreen wipers appear to be going.

- Oh, 0h. - The handbrake's on.

All right.

- OK, it's kind of... - This is fine, this is normal.

That's it.

We'll just go at five miles an hour, shall we?

You are gonna remember where the corner is, right?

Not immediately.

No, it's not to the left anyway, it's to the right!

...do that.

You're nuts, do you know that?

Oh, my God, another car's just sped past us.

Oh, my God, we're surrounded by cars.

Argh!

Who are these people?

Oh, you're taking me around again. I don't believe you.

No, no, no, no! Whoa!

It's really frightening!

Oh, my God!

Will you stop doing that?

There's another corner...

Let me out!

We've been... Oh! Thanks for that.

Am I allowed out now?

He taped up the front of my helmet.

Couldn't see a thing.

But the terrifying bit came when we got out

and he said we were going to do another lap and swap helmets.

Absolutely petrified.

But an experience. I won't forget it.

The following week, me and my mate Gilera were invited on a road trip

to the Snowbombing Festival in Austria.

It's seven days of drinking and skiing, which is awesome,

because I don't drink and I don't ski.

Snowbombing road trip is about to begin.

So let's hit the road.

En route to Austria, we joined a convoy leaving from Maidstone in Kent.

They were an interesting bunch, to say the least.

- Luckily, I've got Gilera here. - We 're gonna do it, innit?

Seven hundred miles, all right, cool. We can do that in what?

Seven hundred miles an hour would be one hour, so if we do 350 miles an hour,

that'd be two hours, and divide that in half,

we can do it in about... four hours.

There you go, four hours. No.

- No? - That's not what's in the schedule.

If you do the driving, I don't care. Four hours, if Gilera's taking us there.

We'll get there in four hours, no problem. Knight Rider.

OK, friends, get in your car, drivers.

Start your engines. Let's get this show on the road!

I love road trips. It's not just about getting there.

It's what happens along the way that counts.

So right now I'm on a boat. We just drove from Kent, Maidstone in Kent,

down to Dover.

We're gonna leave the car down here while we go upstairs,

have a little party on the boat while we travel from Dover to Calais.

Once on board, I decided to hook up with one of the many DJs

heading over for the festival.

So, I'm on the boat from Dover to Calais.

I bumped into DJ IQ.

Although today... you're wearing like a full-on Babygro, innit?

Yeah, it's the whole Babygro thing, you know?

It's... I'm just feeling so wavy right now, man.

- It does look comfortable. - It is really comfortable.

- It's like a living sleeping bag. - It is.

Where is this ring from? Does it come off?

Yeah, but... you've got to give it back to me, though.

All right.

Wait. I can't even get it off, you know?

- There you go. - There.

So, I got IQ’s ring.

- See that? - Yeah.

Watch.

- No, bro, what are you doing, man? - Don't worry, man. Watch.

No, no, no.

Bro...

Bro, I seen it drop in the water.

I actually saw it drop in the water...

...with my own eyes.

Let me try something real quick.

You see my shoelace? Can you see that?

Bro, I don't care how sick you are, it's not in your shoe.

Just watch.

Are you sick?! Oh, my bruv!

Do you wanna undo it?

I don't know how the you did that, but...

Yeah. That's actually it.

Baffed. Fully, fully baffed.

Sick. That was sick, bro.

All right?

That was sick, bro.

I felt like a break, and with my mate Gilera in the driving seat,

I knew nothing could go wrong.

If you do the driving, I don't care. Four hours, if he's taking us there.

We'll get there in four hours, no problem. Knight Rider.

She must've changed lanes.

I was asleep. I slept through the whole thing.

So we're stuck somewhere in the middle of Belgium,

with the front of our car ripped off. Luckily, the other driver was OK.

But I'm thinking there's no way we're gonna make it to Austria now.

Amazingly, though, Gilera managed to get the car running again.

- Where should we put this? - Er...

Shove it in the back seat or something.

We were back on the road, this time with me driving.

We knew this trip couldn't get any weirder.

Or could it?

Welcome to Mayrhofen. We're Snowbombing.

How you doing, lads? Good evening.

Madness.

In my time, I've been to a lot of places.

But I've never been to the top of a snowy mountain.

So when I came to Austria with Gilera, we didn't know what to expect.

It's actually breathtaking.

The sun's shining and you're surrounded by snow.

But you don't feel cold, you just feel like having fun.

- Have you had a snowball fight yet? - No.

We can have one now if you like.

Instead of having an actual snowball fight...

...do you wanna do me a favour and build me a snowball?

Not too big, just a small one.

Duck and cover.

Perfect. Just hold it like this and... Can you see that?

And are any of you guys wearing any jewellery?

A ring.

So we got his ring.

- You see this, right? - Yeah.

Stand here.

I just rub over it like that. It disappears, right?

Absolutely.

Nothing up my sleeve. It's gone, right?

- You built a snowball a second ago. - I did, yeah.

- It's been in your hands, right? - Yeah.

Just break it open.

- Whoa! - Whoa!

- Oh, my God! - That's impressive.

- No way! - He didn't put it under his hand.

No!

- Can he have his ring back? - Sorry. Yeah.

- Is it still your ring? - Same ring.

- The identical ring? - Yeah.

He made a snowball, and then he just took my ring,

made it disappear in his hand, and without even the snowball,

it was in the snowball.

Getting people to build snowballs probably isn't the best idea.

I mean, it can only lead to one thing.

You...

Get off of me!

As storm clouds gathered over the mountains,

the sky started to get dark.

- I wanna try something. - OK.

I'm just gonna...

- You see what that is? - Yeah.

- What is it? - Snow.

- Feel it. It's cold, yeah? - It's freezing.

- You see that? - Yeah.

See that right there? Watch.

Let me try this.

Hold your hand out.

What? What?!

- How did you do that? - Can you see that?

How did you do that?

Whoa.

Oh, my God!

How did he do that?

- So they're diamonds. - No, really, how did he do that?

- Wow. - Oh, my God.

That is the best thing I've ever seen.

As the evening approached, it was time to head back down the mountain

for the final night of the Snowbombing Festival.

I wanna try one more thing.

- Can I use your bottle? - Yeah.

It's empty, right?

- And has any of you got a mobile phone? - Yeah, we both do.

- What's your name? Sorry. - Sinead.

Sinead. I've got Sinead's phone, bottle, watch.

No!

Oh, my God!

- How did...? - off!

- That is great. - Oh, my God!

What the...

Check the bottle.

Check the bottle.

- He's got a... - Where's he gone? Where is he?

No!

Are you kidding?

Oh, my God!

How do you get it out, then?

My trip to the mountains was amazing.

I'll never forget it.

But soon the Snowbombing Festival was over and it was time to go home.

Magician Impossible.

I wanna try one more thing.

Watch this.

Oh, my God.

Did you see it?

That's the best I've ever seen. You ain't getting better than that.

So I'm back in London when I get a surprise invite

from legendary footballer Rio Ferdinand.

I'm just checking my Twitter and I've got a tweet from Rio Ferdinand,

inviting me to his magazine and Five shoes party later this evening.

Let's go find Rio Ferdinand.

What makes Rio special is, you know, his personality,

and the fact that people connect to him.

He's just cool, this guy. He has an excellent business. He's the man.

I'm a centre back as well, and I look up to him as a good role model.

He's got swag, he's got swag.

What is the swagger? Is it a South London thing?

It's from South London. South London mixed with a bit of West End.

I always feel a sense of anticipation when I go to events like this.

I never know what kind of impression I'm going to leave.

Just write your name on there.

Can you see that, right?

Everyone see that, yeah?

Just bite down on the card.

Perfect, hold it there, yeah?

I'll take the next card, the queen of clubs, yeah?

I'll write "Dynamo" on this one. Can you see that?

Watch.

Can you hold that for a second?

Give me your hand.

- Nice! - Yeah!

- Take a look. - Oh, my God.

Show them. Show them as well.

No way.

That is well impressive.

Yo, yo, yo. Yo. Come here, come here. All right.

So you know my mate right here, yeah?

He thinks that you think... You've got a few followers on Twitter, yeah?

How many followers you got? Never mind, right?

You've seen Rio, yeah? Rio, meet your follower.

- You two know each other? - Yeah.

Initially, five minutes, Twitter, he's got more followers than you.

We've both got more followers than you anyway.

Pick on the man in the middle, yeah? We've been here all night. Got anything?

- Name a card. - Joker.

That's funny. Name a card. Name one that's in the deck, yeah?

I took the jokers out.

- Seven of diamonds. - Seven of diamonds?

Do you want to keep that one or do you want to change it?

- Five of clubs. - Five of clubs, yeah?

It is your five, it is Five, so... Yeah?

All right, five. Five of clubs.

Look at this. In my pocket, I've got a pack of cards.

Inside the box, yeah...

Look, I'll do it slowly.

One card turned over. Take a look at that.

Seriously, every time I watch it, it's like...

Every time I've seen him I've said to him,

"You've got to show me how you do one of them."

I'm still waiting, man.

I wanna try one more thing, yeah.

Just step back a little bit.

Let me see, I need...

I need a jacket. This is a bit too small, so...

One sec. Yo, can I borrow this jacket?

Sure.

All right, yeah.

Yeah.

In fact, this'll... this'll do, yeah.

Can you help me out? You don't have to move, just...

Can you just hold this side here?

Yeah? T, help me out as well.

Help me out as well.

- What do you want me to do? - Grab it here.

- Where do you want me to stand? - Right there, yeah.

Closer. You guys can see me, right?

Yeah? You can all see me, yeah?

All right, watch this.

No!

Oh, my God.

- Without ever touching. - He's out on the street!

I don't know how he got through the window.

I wish I could do that at a bank, I tell you. That's unbelievable.

Did you see?

Seriously, that's some...

- Holy! - That's ridiculous.

I just seen Dynamo go out the window. I don't know how he's done it...

All right, watch this.

No!

One minute he was inside,

- the next minute he was outside. - He was out of the pane of glass.

He dropped outside and moved off.

Mind-bogglingly amazing.

That's the best I've ever seen. You ain't getting better than that.

You ain't getting better than that.

For me, the reactions are everything.

I love the looks on people's faces. I live for that.

Everybody reacts differently.

Sometimes they laugh...

...sometimes they're shocked...

...some people even get scared.

But there's always that one moment when I look at them

and I see a glint in their eye,

and for that second they believe... that anything is possible.

Next time on Magician Impossible...

Yo, that is nuts!

...I take a trip to the US.

And bring some magic to the people of Miami.

Are you for real right now, man?!

There's no way! He's Dynamo God, man.

That was amazing!

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