Winner of the BAFTA for Best Entertainment programme, The Experiments features Derren Brown at his jaw-dropping best. Unwitting members of the public are taken through four thrilling sociological experiments like nothing seen before on TV. In The Assassin, Derren asks - is it possible to hypnotise someone to carry out an assassination? The imprisoned killer of Robert Kennedy has claimed that the CIA programmed him to murder the senator. Are such claims remotely plausible, or just the stuff of conspiracy theorists? Derren looks for a profoundly suggestible member of... the public, and secretly trains him to assassinate Stephen Fry. In The Gameshow, Derren hosts a fake game show designed to see how being anonymous and part of a crowd affects our sense of right and wrong. Filmed just before the British riots took place, this show offers a dark insight into mob mentality. An unwitting member of the public, out on a Friday night, must suffer the consequences of decisions made by a studio audience watching his every move. In The Guilt Trip, an unsuspecting 'nice guy' is invited to take part in what purports to be a seminar in old country hotel. He has no idea that everyone he meets is an actor, and that he is taking part in a TV show designed to see if he can be made to admit to a murder he did not commit. Even his hero, Tim MInchin, is in on the game. A weekend from hell awaits him...In The Secret of Luck, an entire town is the subject of Derren's experiment. With the help of journalist Dawn Porter, a rumour is spread in a remote town that a local statue of a dog brings good luck. As the story takes hold amongst the townsfolk, we see what really separates lucky from unlucky people and how we can create good luck for ourselves. The journey culminates in one man betting his entire life-savings on the roll of a dice. [show more]
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Psychological illusionist Derren Brown presents this four-part series of mind-bending stunts and experiments, in which he uses all the 'magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship' techniques in his arsenal on a selection of unsuspecting volunteers. This release includes 'The Assassin', 'The Gameshow', 'The Guilt Trip', and 'The Secret Of Luck'.
Collection of four Derren Brown specials which aired on Channel 4. In 'The Assassin', Derren, through a kind of behavioural programming apparently used by the CIA, turns an unwitting member of the public into an assassin with the job of killing Stephen Fry. In 'The Gameshow', Derren conducts a social experiment that suggests people are willing to give up their personal morality if they feel they are acting within a group setting and therefore aren't fully responsible for any wrongdoing. In 'The Guilt Trip', Derren aims to get a member of the public to admit to a murder he did not commit through external pressure alone and In 'The Secret of Luck', Derren convinces an entire town that a statue of a dog brings good luck.
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