Derren Brown: The Experiments

A four-part series for Channel 4, featuring an inventive and jaw-dropping mixture of stunts, magic, illusion, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment, combined with psychological insight. Derren Brown attempts to explore the darker side of what makes us tick as human beings and, in one show, teach us how to completely change our fortunes. Featuring Derren Brown's unique combination of ingenious and mind-blowing psychology, suggestions, stunts and thought-provoking entertainment, The Experiments sees him pushing the boundaries of size and scale in order to take a deeper look at human behaviour and reaction.

Could someone be hypnotised into killing a celebrity? Does being a part of a group affect our sense of right and wrong? Can an entire town be convinced a local statue as special powers? Derren Brown seeks to find out in The Experiments.