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Derren Brown – The Gameshow: Tonight at 9pm Ch4

Just a little reminder that the second episode in ‘The Experiments’ series airs tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.

Leave your thoughts on the show in the comments section below, or click here to watch a sneak preview :)

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Exclusive Sneak Preview: Derren Brown – The Gameshow

The Experiments – The Gameshow, airs Friday 28th October at 9pm on Channel 4.

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Trailer: Derren Brown – The Gameshow – 28th Oct

The Experiments – The Gameshow, airs Friday 28th October at 9pm on Channel 4.

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Sneak Preview of 4th Experiment – Derren Brown: The Secret of Luck

Here’s a little bit of info about the forth experiment of the series which will air on Friday Nov 11th. It comes from the press release:

Derren Brown returns to our screens with “The Experiments”, a brand new four part series for Channel 4. Each stand-alone episode asks and answers a single question regarding human behaviour, and features Derren’s inventive and jaw-dropping mixture of stunts, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment.

In ‘The Secret of Luck’ the fourth and final show of the series, Derren investigates what makes some people lucky and others attract only misfortune. This episode takes the form of a documentary fronted by Dawn Porter who acts as Derren’s secret agent, and this time the subject of the experiment is an entire town. Together Dawn and Derren plant a rumour about the lucky powers of a local statue and watch as it changes the lives of the residents.

Remember to tune in this Friday for the second episode in the series, The Gameshow.

The Gameshow (Episode 2), airs Friday 28th October at 9pm on Channel 4.
The Guilt Trip (Episode 3), airs Friday 4th November at 9pm on Channel 4.
The Secret of Luck (Episode 4), airs Friday 11th November at 9pm on Channel 4.

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The Assassin: Tonight at 9pm Ch4

I have been asked by those who ask such things to remind you that tonight on C4, 9pm is the first episode of my new series, Derren Brown: The Experiments.
We kick off with ‘The Assassin’. Here are some teeny teaser clips of tonight’s show which you may or may not enjoy.

If you like a little comment, then do feel free to comment throughout and after the show here on this blog.

What larks. Please enjoy the show.

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Sneak Preview of 3rd Experiment – Derren Brown: THE GUILT TRIP

Here’s a little bit of info regarding the third experiment of the series which will air on Friday Nov 4th. It comes from the press release:

Derren Brown returns to our screens with “The Experiments”, a brand new four part series for Channel 4. Each stand-alone episode asks and answers a single question regarding human behaviour, and features Derren’s inventive and jaw-dropping mixture of stunts, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment.

In ‘The Guilt Trip‘, the third show in the series, an unwitting participant is placed at the centre of an elaborate, hidden-camera murder mystery – can Derren convince him to admit to a murder he didn’t commit?

Remember to tune in this Friday for the first episode in the series, The Assassin.

The Assassin (Episode 1), airs Friday 21st October at 9pm on Channel 4.
The Gameshow (Episode 2), airs Friday 28th October at 9pm on Channel 4.
The Guilt Trip (Episode 3), airs Friday 4th November at 9pm on Channel 4.

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The Experiments: Online Exclusive Unseen Footage

Remember to tune in this Friday 21st Oct 9pm Ch4 for the first episode in the series, The Assassin.

Derren: “Here’s a little stunt we filmed: originally to be included in the series but we thought it worked well as a kind of extended trailer. It begins with me doing a very quick hypnotic induction on someone in the street who had previously applied to be on the show. Though he had no idea he was ever going to be used…”

Remember to tune in this Friday 21st Oct 9pm Ch4 to watch the first of the Experiments: The Assassin.

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Derren Brown: The Experiments – THE GAMESHOW

Derren Brown returns to our screens with “The Experiments” a brand new four part series for Channel 4. Each stand-alone episode asks and answers a single question featuring the usual inventive and jaw dropping Derren Brown mixture of stunts, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment combined with tried and tested psychological experiments, to illustrate how easily our behaviour can be manipulated.

In “The Gameshow”, the second show in the series, Derren Brown turns himself into the host of a game show and investigates whether we all have the capacity for evil and whether or not being part of a group affects our sense of right and wrong?

The Experiments – The Assassin (Episode 1), airs Friday 21st October at 9pm on Channel 4.
The Experiments – The Gameshow (Episode 2), airs Friday 28th October at 9pm on Channel 4.

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Derren Brown: The Experiments – THE ASSASSIN

Derren Brown returns to our screens with “The Experiments”, a brand new four part series for Channel 4. Each stand-alone episode asks and answers a single question featuring the usual inventive and jaw dropping Derren Brown mixture of stunts, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment combined with tried and tested psychological experiments to illustrate how easily our behaviour can be manipulated.

In “The Assassin”, the first show in the series, Derren Brown investigates hypnosis and asks if someone could be hypnotised into a killing a celebrity. Is this really possible? And who will be the celeb?

The Experiments – The Assassin, airs Friday 21st October at 9pm on Channel 4.

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