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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.

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Exclusive Sneak Preview: Derren Brown – The Gameshow

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

Trailer: Derren Brown – The Gameshow – 28th Oct

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

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.

Derren Discusses The Assassin

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If you head over to Channel 4′s website for the Experiments you will be able to see an exclusive interview in which Derren explains where the ideas behind the show came from.

Click the link below to view:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown/articles/derren-brown-on-channel-4

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.

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.

Derren Brown: THE GUILT TRIP

Here's a sneak preview of the third experiment of the series going out at 9pm Ch4 Friday 4th November.

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's mixture of stunts, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment combined with tried and tested psychological experiments, to illustrate how easily human behaviour can be manipulated.

In 'The Guilt Trip, the third show in the series, Derren Brown investigates what it would take for someone to admit to a murder they didn't commit. An unwitting participant finds himself at the centre of a 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 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.

The Experiments – The Guilt Trip (Episode 3), airs Friday 4th November at 9pm on Channel 4.

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.

What it means to donate your brain

"At 92 years old, Albert Webb is wandering through an exhibition in London's trendy Shoreditch. In the underground warren of rooms, echoes of recorded voices mingle with the sounds of people's conversations. The occasional burst of laughter bounces around the walls. Wearing a white sweater that he knitted himself, Webb leans in to tell me his story. When he smiles his eyes disappear into thin creases, giving him an air of gleefulness.

A grin may seem an odd response to the question I've just asked – why he chose to donate his brain to medical research – but after 17 years participating in a brain study led by the aptly named Carol Brayne of the University of Cambridge, Webb discusses his decision with ease. To him, donation secures a form of immortality.

He explains that he'd knit the sweater he's wearing many years ago, before he lost his wife Ellen. Knitting was something they had done together. "When she died, I packed it in," he says. She had dementia toward the end of her life. This Saturday marks the ninth anniversary of her death. They were married for 57 years.

It's a poignant story in a fitting setting. We are standing in the middle of Mind Over Matter, an exhibition inspired by the research of Brayne and colleagues that is the result of a long collaboration between artist Ania Dabrowska and social scientist Bronwyn Parry. The exhibition focuses on 12 brain donors from Brayne's studies – the stories of their lives and triumphs, and their reasons for donating."

Read more at New Scientist (Thanks Annette)