All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Marrakech

    • April 13, 2007
    • Channel 4

    In the main plot Derren's first victim chooses "trick," so Derren makes him fall asleep in London and wake up in Morocco. Side plots include Derren planting a word in someone's mind and a discussion with a league of gentlemen about fate.

  • S01E02 Ventriloquism

    • April 20, 2007
    • Channel 4

    In the main plot, Derren's "trick"-victim Andy experiences a case of split identity. Side plots include the probable destruction of art and paying with blank paper instead of real money.

  • S01E03 Poker

    • April 27, 2007
    • Channel 4

    In the main plot, Derren's "treat"-victim is 75 year old Anne, whom he teaches to play poker at a professional level in just one week, so she can play and win at a world class poker game. Side plots include Derren giving a waxwork experience to visitors of Madame Tussaud's and changing a person's perception of colours.

  • S01E04 Madman

    • May 4, 2007
    • Channel 4

    In the main plot, Derren's "trick"-victim is Steven, whom he gives a taste of temporary lunacy. Side plots include Derren showing to Martin Freeman the power of new age crystals and a group of bankers guessing the number of pieces of candy in a jar and coming up with a numerical equivalent.

  • S01E05 Piano

    • May 11, 2007
    • Channel 4

    In the main plot, Derren's "Trick Or Treat"-victim is 21 year old Yshani, whom he teaches to play the piano to concert standard in one week. In the end, she gives a piano recital at London's Wigmore Hall. Side plots include Derren "transmitting" a four letter word to Simon Callow and Derren performing as a psychic waiter at a steakhouse in New York.

  • S01E06 Dead

    • May 18, 2007
    • Channel 4

    In the main plot, Derren's "trick"-victim is 29 year old psychologist Jules who witnesses her own death in a staged out-of-body experience. Side plots include Derren having a volunteer send a word to a group and Derren detecting lies from second hand car salesmen.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Quiz

    • May 2, 2008
    • Channel 4

    The subject is taught a technique of speed learning, and spends a week scanning hundreds of books in preparation for a Night of the Champions pub quiz, entering as the only solo participant.

  • S02E02 Kitten

    • May 9, 2008
    • Channel 4

    The subject is shown a kitten in a metal cage and told that it will be electrocuted if they press a button. The subject is offered £500 if she can stay in the room for five minutes without killing the kitten, despite having been told not to.

  • S02E03 Time

    • May 16, 2008
    • Channel 4

    The subject, guest star David Tennant, appears to have the ability to time travel. He is taken back to the early 1930s and gives out facts, which appear in a newspaper from that date. He then predicts what a member of the public will draw on a card, twenty minutes beforehand. Finally, he performs automatic writing, predicting a news item which would appear four days later in The Guardian newspaper.

  • S02E04 Escape

    • May 23, 2008
    • Channel 4

    Derren's "Trick"-victim is 22 year old administrator Angela, who has to learn some 19th century esoteric techniques. She is put through a series of trainings and tests that all lead up to the final challenge - an escape.

  • S02E05 Confidence

    • May 30, 2008
    • Channel 4

    Derren attempts to transform IT worker Jason from a nervous doubter to a confident go-getter. He teaches Jason a number of life-enhancing techniques that unlock the secrets of powerful confidence. Derren has Jason experience a potentially embarrassing speed-dating event - twice. And then he has one final surprise in store...

  • S02E06 Superstition

    • June 6, 2008
    • Channel 4

    Psychological illusionist Derren Brown concludes his second series of mind trickery. In tonight's finale, he executes a final twist on previous participants, including David Tennant, who have arrived for an end of series wrap party.