Original title
Derren Brown: Mind Control
Released
12/27/2000
Origin country
GB
Genre
Documentary
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
6
Whether it be beating the lie detector, winning at will at a London casino (defying a nation-wide ban), giving a ghost train operator a taste of his own medicine or helping a bystander recall 'hidden' details at the scene of a shocking incident, Derren deploys his audacious confidence and intuition to predict, suggest and control human behaviour.
Psychological illusionist Derren Brown wields his powers of perception over the unsuspecting public. Be amazed as he uses his unique abilities to read the human mind.
Derren reveals how he can pick up on signals and unconscious clues people give away and use them to influence their train of thought
Psychological illusionist Derren Brown presents more amazing mind games with the public
Derren takes three medical students to the Old Operating Theatre and attempts to cause them to feel and avoid pain, and subliminally influences two creatives from an advertising agency.
At St Pancras Station, Derren attempts to illustrate how it's possible to improve a commuter's memory of a shocking incident. He also shocks a group of models by knowing their favourite chat-up lines.
Derren attempts to influence a visitor trapped alone in an old Victorian cell at the House of Detention, and tries to win with a losing ticket at Walthamstow Dog Track
Derren visits the fairground at Margate and gives the ghost train operator a taste of his own medicine, and is challenged by an ex-SAS soldier in a dangerous lie detection assault course.
Derren has been banned from most casinos but here he manages to infiltrate a London casino and shows off his card skills to a group of casino croupiers.
Derren gets an invite to the Oxford Union Debating Society and reveals some of the methods behind the techniques he uses to duplicate psychic phenomena.
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