The Events
STAGE & SCREEN
Channel 4, September 2009
THE EVENTS
On Wednesday 9th September 2009, in a live television broadcast, Derren Brown successfully predicted the winning lottery numbers in How To Win The Lottery, the first of four groundbreaking one-hour special events.
In How To Control A Nation, Derren stuck viewers to their sofas through direct suggestion. Over the following week, stories emerged of those who couldn’t ‘unstick’: one man had watched a taped version of the show which had cut off before the vital instruction of release. He remained stuck all weekend until his girlfriend came home.
How To Be A Psychic Spy saw Derren plant a single image in the collective mind of the nation, in a giant experiment of apparent telepathy.
Finally, in How To Take Down A Casino, Derren attempted to predict the outcome of a roulette wheel and bet £5,000 of a randomly selected viewer’s money on the outcome.
The Events was nominated for Best Entertainment at both the Broadcast Awards 2010 and the National Television Awards 2011.
“Whatever you think of Derren Brown he’s definitely succeeds in creating the subject of this morning’s oh-my-god-did-you-see television conversation. Everyone will have their theories of how he does it, they’ll wonder if they would have been susceptible themselves. I don’t know any of the answers but I do know he makes very good telly.”
– Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
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DERREN BROWN INVESTIGATES
THE SYSTEM
STAGE & SCREEN
Channel 4, September 2009
THE EVENTS
On Wednesday 9th September 2009, in a live television broadcast, Derren Brown successfully predicted the winning lottery numbers in How To Win The Lottery, the first of four groundbreaking one-hour special events.
In How To Control A Nation, Derren stuck viewers to their sofas through direct suggestion. Over the following week, stories emerged of those who couldn’t ‘unstick’: one man had watched a taped version of the show which had cut off before the vital instruction of release. He remained stuck all weekend until his girlfriend came home.
How To Be A Psychic Spy saw Derren plant a single image in the collective mind of the nation, in a giant experiment of apparent telepathy.
Finally, in How To Take Down A Casino, Derren attempted to predict the outcome of a roulette wheel and bet £5,000 of a randomly selected viewer’s money on the outcome.
The Events was nominated for Best Entertainment at both the Broadcast Awards 2010 and the National Television Awards 2011.
“Whatever you think of Derren Brown he’s definitely succeeds in creating the subject of this morning’s oh-my-god-did-you-see television conversation. Everyone will have their theories of how he does it, they’ll wonder if they would have been susceptible themselves. I don’t know any of the answers but I do know he makes very good telly.”
– Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
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DERREN BROWN INVESTIGATES
THE SYSTEM
ENIGMA
STAGE & SCREEN
2009 – 2010, UK Tour
ENIGMA
Derren’s touring show from 2009/10, which played to packed houses across the UK and at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Treats included: The Spirit Cabinet, zombified audience members, and something of a musical element to the finale. Co-written and directed by Andy Nyman, ENIGMA was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
★★★★★
“Unbelievable, jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing…everything he does is a wonderfully intriguing puzzle that leaves audiences dumbstruck and delighted”
Official London Theatre
★★★★★
“Mind-blowing”
London Lite
★★★★★
“Utterly baffling and completely extraordinary…You must just marvel and wonder at it all”
Sunday Express
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SVENGALI
MIND READER—AN EVENING OF WONDERS
STAGE & SCREEN
2009 – 2010, UK Tour
ENIGMA
Derren’s touring show from 2009/10, which played to packed houses across the UK and at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Treats included: The Spirit Cabinet, zombified audience members, and something of a musical element to the finale. Co-written and directed by Andy Nyman, ENIGMA was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
★★★★★
“Unbelievable, jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing…everything he does is a wonderfully intriguing puzzle that leaves audiences dumbstruck and delighted”
Official London Theatre
★★★★★
“Mind-blowing”
London Lite
★★★★★
“Utterly baffling and completely extraordinary…You must just marvel and wonder at it all”
Sunday Express
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SVENGALI
MIND READER—AN EVENING OF WONDERS
The System
STAGE & SCREEN
Channel 4, February 2008
THE SYSTEM
Derren Brown offers the nation his foolproof system for predicting the winner of a horse race. Again and again he successfully predicts the winner for a single mum from London and she wins fairly each time.
But will she gamble her life savings on one final horse and, in return, be allowed into Derren’s secret?
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THE EVENTS
TRICK OR TREAT
STAGE & SCREEN
Channel 4, February 2008
THE SYSTEM
Derren Brown offers the nation his foolproof system for predicting the winner of a horse race. Again and again he successfully predicts the winner for a single mum from London and she wins fairly each time.
But will she gamble her life savings on one final horse and, in return, be allowed into Derren’s secret?
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THE EVENTS
TRICK OR TREAT
Trick or Treat
STAGE & SCREEN
Channel 4, April 2007
TRICK OR TREAT
This is Derren Brown at his most devilish. Members of the public enter into a Faustian pact to determine their fates based on a blind choice of either a trick card or a treat card.
Our first participant is hypnotised by a specially-rigged photo booth and wakes up 13 hours later inside the same booth; but now in the middle of Marrakech, unaware that any time has passed, and with a flight ticket home in his pocket.
Trick or Treat was nominated for Best Entertainment at the 2008 Broadcast Awards.
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THE SYSTEM
THE HEIST
STAGE & SCREEN
Channel 4, April 2007
TRICK OR TREAT
This is Derren Brown at his most devilish. Members of the public enter into a Faustian pact to determine their fates based on a blind choice of either a trick card or a treat card.
Our first participant is hypnotised by a specially-rigged photo booth and wakes up 13 hours later inside the same booth; but now in the middle of Marrakech, unaware that any time has passed, and with a flight ticket home in his pocket.
Trick or Treat was nominated for Best Entertainment at the 2008 Broadcast Awards.
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THE SYSTEM
THE HEIST