More Things Wicked This Way Come

He’s back! Just as you thought it was safe to go about your daily business, along comes Derren Brown with more stunts, magic, illusion and general jaw-dropping ‘what the hell was that?’ type activity. Derren Brown: The Experiments starts this Friday at 9pm. Here’s a taste of things to come:

In the first show of this four-part series, Derren Brown investigates hypnosis and asks if a member of the general public could be hypnotised into killing a celebrity. Is this really possible? And which celeb will it be?

Personally, of course, I think Derren’s set the bar a bit low here. As a fully paid-up member of the general public, I could easily imagine doing away with any number of ‘celebrities’. Just hand me a blunt instrument and some sort of paper-thin alibi and I’d be right on it…

Anyway, I’ve veered off course somewhat. The Assassin airs this Friday at 9pm – but if you can’t wait until then, rest easy. We’ve got literally hours of Derren’s dark past collected here on the website, brought to you by the spooky magic of 4oD…

In this clip from Trick or Treat, Derren offers 19-year-old Lauren a choice: save a fluffy kitten’s life and win £500 – or lose the money and all nine of kitty’s lives.

So what does Lauren choose? That really would be letting the cat out of the bag – but I think it’s safe to say the answer’s fairly shocking. See for yourself now on 4oD…