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	Derren Brown Info - Programmes
		Derren says he is legally bound not to disclose any details of whether the bullets used were live or blanks due to the Jersey Police's inquiry, although he is increasingly suggesting that they were in fact not blanks.
		Derren Brown: Messiah was aired on Channel Four on the 7th January 2005 with the purpose of seeing if five authority figures in America would endorse Derren's five pseudonyms and in turn try to encourage the public to question various aspects of their lifes and belief systems.
		Derren made the audience believe he achieved the effect by utilising an association of colour, music and phrases to seemingly put and build upon a highly-motivated state in which the participants in the hope take they would take part in a robbery, even those those involved were not explicitly instructed to do so.
	www.derrenbrowninfo.co.uk /programmes.php (1005 words)

	Meet Derren Brown (Darren Brown For Those Who Can't Spell)
		Derren says that there is no real name for what he does, though it has some characteristics of what other performers call 'mentalism'.
		But while even Derren would admit that what he does is 'not down to natural talent' and that, in theory, anyone could do it, he is keen to point out that it took years to develop his skills.
		And while Derren and his contemporaries admit to having laboured long and hard to perfect their art, their amazing ability to entertain, fascinate and even terrify us, remains undiminished because what continues to elude us is their magic touch.
	www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/archive/oldnews5/derrenbrown.htm (564 words)

	Derren Brown
		Derren Brown was born on 27 February 1971 in Croydon.
		Derren Brown's major breakthrough came when he was commissioned by Channel 4 to do the first "Derren Brown: Mind Control", which was transmitted in December 2000.
		Derren Brown is not a psychic and does not claim to be one.
	www.biogs.com /famous/brownderren.html (351 words)

	Derren Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brown's psychological illusions are skillfully performed and are enhanced by his personality and showman's flair to influence and misdirect.
		Derren Brown instructed a leading new-age theorist to sleep with a machine attached to her pillow for five days.
		Brown is careful to claim that no actors or stooges are used in filming, but many still remain sceptical, since Brown works in the medium of television, where things can easily be set up to look real when they really are not.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Derren_Brown (3288 words)

	Derren FAQ's (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In fact, many people do not realise that Derren is using magic, and they assume that he is using body language etc. I base this judgement on numerous conversations with individuals and a survey taken after the show, which I quote in the article.
		Finally, as quoted in the article, Derren actually states that he is NOT doing magic at the start of one show, which helps give the impression to the majority of viewers that he is not a magician.
		In the case of the article about Derren, I am so concerned about the misrepresentation involved in Derren's work that I was prepared to put aside an entire week to fully research and write the article.
	www.simonsingh.net /Derren_FAQ.html (651 words)

	Sci Fi series opens Derren Brown's bag of (psychological) tricks - The Boston Globe
		Brown, a cult figure in his native country, delivers magic as more of a snide sort of whisper.
		It's all about the words Brown chooses, the careful way he mangles his instructions: when talking to the ad men, he uses the word "taxijourney" instead of "taxidermy," and yes, it's significant.
		That's why Brown has that glint in his eye; he knows that his victims want badly to be had.
	www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2007/07/26/sci_fi_series_opens_derren_browns_bag_of_psychological_tricks (700 words)

	Derren Brown (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Derren Brown is being talked about as a unique performer in the world of magic entertainment.
		Derren returned to our TV screens in Nov 2002 with a Derren Brown night on E4, which premiered his new series.
		Derren, always one to push forward the boundaries of showmanship and magic entertainment, caused an international furore when he played Russian roulette on National TV.
	www.tvmagic.co.uk /tvshop/jmm-derren-brown.php (494 words)

	The Sun Online - TV: We test Derren Brown
		Derren asked three people to recall three memories, a friend's surname at school, an incident that happened to them in their past and a hobby they used to have.
		Derren put the pieces into a glass and one by one 'interviewed' the person about the memory while sniffing and touching their piece of paper.
		Derren did everything he could to persuade her the yellow key was actually the right one and even put a paper tick next to it.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2001320029-2003151912,,00.html (1762 words)

	Derren Brown (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Derren Brown is being talked about as someone altogether different and unique in the world of magic entertainment.
		After graduating, Derren abandoned a career in Law and concentrated on developing his skills at psychological magic.
		The result, DERREN BROWN : MIND CONTROL, was transmitted on Channel 4 in December 2000 proving an immediate success.
	www.nicpicot.co.uk /html/derren_brown.html (308 words)

	Derren Brown mentalist illusionist and Spiritualism
		Brown pointed out that the Fox sisters, the first mediums, confessed to being fakes.
		He neglected to mention that this was retracted; just as Houdini's wife retracted her confession that she believed his spirit had spoken to her through a medium.
		Brown's programme was more about showing the power of hypnotism than debunking spiritualism.
	www.psychics.co.uk /spiritualism/derren-brown.html (1116 words)

	Derren Brown - Live - Review - Scary, but in a good way.
		Derren Brown¿s combination of psychological illusion, perceptual manipulation and persuasive technique has pioneered a new form of magical entertainment.
		Derren then bet £50 that he could guess the hand it was in four times in a row.
		Derren told us that he had memorised the names and addresses of the people in the audience and cross-referenced them in the phone book.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /theatre-musicals-national/derren-brown-live/414671 (1374 words)

	Derren Brown
		Derren has taken the art of magic and combined it with psychology, hypnostism and very strong showmanship to create 21st century magic that not only baffles but affects people on an emotional level.
		Derren brown has taken this artform on to another level, not only does he perform amazing magic, he builds great theatre into his magic.
		Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English magician, psychological illusionist, mentalist, and sceptic of paranormal phenomena.
	www.squidoo.com /derren (1429 words)

	Devils Picture Book - Derren Brown
		Derren details methods to force a couple of specific cards on spectators.
		Many of the effects are purely done in the words that are said to the spectator, and so require no actual sleight of hand.
		There are also some other moves which are part of the routines which Derren explains how to do but are not as such sleights.
	www.ellusionist.com /reviews/d/Devils_Picturebook_Derren_Brown.php (1358 words)

	Derren Brown
		Derren Brown has become one of the country's best known performers; as much admired for his unique talents as vilified for his more controversial stunts.
		Derren's act is 45 - 50 minutes of mind-reading and psychological manipulation, full of audience participation and sharp humour.
		The precise content of the show will vary from show to show, depending on Derren's volunteers, but he is charming, funny and respectful; as well as being a very talented performer who ensures the audience are left amazed and with lots to eagerly talk about.
	www.michaelvineassociates.com /dbrown.htm (565 words)

	Mind Control with Derren Brown
		Derren Brown tells the viewer that he has no paranormal ability, that he uses no actors or stooges, that his techniques are pure trickery.
		Derren Brown is a charming rogue and seems to be a hypnotist.
		Brown reveals afterwards that the girl was already a concert pianist, that he taught her to forget she knew how to play the piano.
	www.movieeditor.com /2007/mind.control/review.html (476 words)

	Derren Brown - Master Mentalist
		Derren is a master of and mentalism, influence and showmanship.
		Brown took two advertising men in a taxi to a venue and asked them to come up with a billboard advert for a taxidermist business.
		Brown explained that he had taken the two along roads where certain images either existed or had been placed so as to be observed by them subliminally.
	derrenbrown.150m.com (730 words)

	Derren Brown Bio - Derren Brown Biography - Derren Brown Stories
		Derren was born in 1971 in Croydon, though now lives in Bristol after going to University there.
		Derren has been described as many things (including "a parrot loving dandy"), the best description for what he does though is "psychological illusionist".
		Derren: Coming out when you are in the public eye is one of those things that isn't an issue to yourself, your friends or your family.
	www.tv.com /derren-brown/person/166156/biography.html (1036 words)

	si johnston: derren Brown
		Since mind control genius derren brown- and this is his goatee - did his 'seance' on TV on Mon evening last, I've met 3 Christians who've written in to channel 4 to complain.
		Brown is a genius with style and character from whom I'm sure we could learn eg., with his powers of suggestion, any ardent proselytiser might do well to learn a few tricks.
		While I have no doubt that Derren Brown is a genius of sorts (certainly by comparison to the average Soap script writer), I would suggest the genius lies predominantly in the way he has marketed himself rather than what he actually does.
	sijohnston.blogs.com /sijohnston/2004/06/derren_brown.html (1261 words)

	Derren Brown - :: Ellusionist > >
		Derren's work and career should be the epitome of finding your niche and exploiting it to the extreme, until your OWN style arises.
		Derren is Derren, and should be left at that.
		Right, the first thing that you have to realise with Derren Brown is that he doesn't use any where near as much psychology as he portrays in his shows (btw, do they ever show his programmes in America?).
	www.elusionist.com /forums/showthread.php?p=512203 (1933 words)

	THE FROGWEB: DERREN BROWN EXCLUSIVE!
		Derren then checked this by asking him to count from one to six, and deducing from changes in his voice whether or not he had done as suggested.
		Derren claims to be doing some reading of their body language, but in fact this is largely a 'misdirection' and he is doing some card 'magic'.
		Derren makes a much more clear statement at the beginning of each edition of his latest series 'Trick of the Mind' about what he is doing, and that it is a mixture of misdirection, conjuring, stage magic and psychology.
	www.frogboy.freeuk.com /derren.html (3830 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| Illusionist survives Russian roulette stunt
		A member of the public chosen from 12,000 volunteers loaded a gun with a single bullet, which Brown put to his head and fired repeatedly.
		Brown flew to a secret location to carry out the stunt, which was shown on Channel 4.
		The trick was filmed for Derren Brown: Mind Control, an illusion series that is returning for a second run this year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3162636.stm (356 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Derren Brown - Inside Your Mind: Derren Brown: DVD
		Derren Brown is a new and unique force in the world of magic and illusion – he can seemingly predict and control human behaviour.
		Derren Brown is a magician who reads people's minds but claims himself that he is not a pyschic.
		Derren brown has to be the best in the world at this kind of magic.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Derren-Brown-Inside-Your-Mind/dp/B0000AZVFH (1199 words)

	Derren Brown - JREF Forum
		On the other hand, irrespective of whether oro not Derren Brown meets some technical requirement for a disclaimer, the effect is that most reasonable people recognize he is a magician.
		And for the same reasons I don't think Derren Brown should be saying he was risking his life on the stress and timbre of the spoken word "yes" when he wasn't (if he wasn't, which I believe to be the case).
		Now Derren Brown is not only an outspoken sceptic, but he tells viewers at the beginning of EVERY show that he is not psychic and he even explains HOW he does what he does.
	www.randi.org /forumlive/showthread.php?t=47963 (4115 words)

	Pure Effects-Derren Brown $54.95 FREE Shipping!
		Brown has extensive restaurant and walk-around performing experience and this section should be required reading for those he think (as he once did) that their goal is simply to perform for as many tables as possible in the allotted time.
		Brown’s detailed description of this one effect runs to 23 pages, the longest in the book, but those who master it will have added a sophisticated and impressive piece of card conjuring to their repertoires.
		Brown belongs to the growing cadre of mentalists who believe that such effects should be powerful and direct while eschewing hackneyed claims of superhuman psychic abilities.
	www.magic.org /store/product_info.php?products_id=189 (1009 words)

	BBC - Bristol - Going Out - Derren Brown
		Derren, who has made several popular shows for Channel 4, will be bringing his brand of hypnotic mind-reading to Bedminster in September, before launching himself on a nationwide tour next year.
		Derren himself compares his work to Victorian "parlour tricks" and his home is the perfect venue for that.
		Derren is also hoping to write a book about his psychological work, but that and the art exhibition have been put on hold while work on his tour begins.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bristol/content/goingout/2002/08/18/derren.shtml (1124 words)

	Derren Brown - The Tao Bums
		Derren Brown uses a mixture of NLP, Hypnosis, slight of hand and good old, standard magic to perform his feats...
		The way Derren does this is by using what's known as a 'pattern interrupt' - when we do things automatically we have a beggining, middle and an end - you pick up a glass, drink and put the glass down...
		I think the magic of Derren Brown is that he creates a suggestibility in his audience by using a scheme that appears to have some basis (NLP), camera shots/settings that borrow from the "reality TV" genre, and creating a credible illusion that he is altering people's minds.
	www.thetaobums.com /index.php?showtopic=2311&referid=416 (2144 words)

	Derren Brown Info - Interviews
		Having recently watch Derren brown’s Mind Control TV Specials that were filmed for Channel 4, we’re tense with expectation.
		Rather than studying Law and German, as he was supposed to in his first years at university, Derren Brown worked on hypnosis.
		In fact, brown’s journey into areas that are traditionally drowned in half-boiled spiritualist cock-water has convinced him not to believe in the supernatural.
	derrenbrowninfo.oxfordhost.co.uk /loaded_interview.html (2207 words)

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