Name: Derren Brown: Mind Control
Rating: 8.1

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2000-12-27

Last Air Date: 2000-12-27

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Networks: Channel 4

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Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2000-12-27)

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.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2000-12-27)

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.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2000-12-27)

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
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2000-12-27)

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.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2000-12-27)

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.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2000-12-27)

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.