Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

Episode 102

On the Street: Derren could read how many fingers someone was holding up (behind their back and then in their pockets). Then he made them read how many fingers he held up. Martin Kemp: Derren guessed what object Martin was going to choose from 150 objects, before he had chosen it. Penalty Shoot-Out: Derren predicts, split-seconds before the penalty is taken, where a mid-fielder is going to kick the ball into the goal, five times. He gets it right every time. Memory: Derren draws a building almost perfectly from memory, but it turns out to be a mirror image. Penalty Light Test: A goalie guesses every time which button the mid-fielder presses, as they turn on the same lights at the same time.

Episode 103

Leaving wallet ringed with yellow circle containg cash on Regent Street. Identifying three pieces of music conducted, without any orchestra, by Robin Stapleton selected from list of Derren's CD collection. Invisible Man hypnosis routine with film student. Street Work: Member of the crowd mindreading the address of another bystander after a little instruction from Derren. Orchestra playing a piece (after having started randomly) which was chosen by the conductor and only transmitted to them by his "mental conducting."

Episode 104

Derren uses a voodoo doll to restrict a woman's movements and makes a primary teacher transmit her thoughts to her pupils.

Episode 105

Street Work: Member of the crowd mindreading the name of another bystander's pet after a little instruction from Derren. Undertaker sorting a pile of photographs. Based on the photographs' subjects, Derren reveals that he had unwittingly sorted them into people that were dead, and those that were alive. Derren decribes the process as having been "out of this world." Michel Roux, Jr cooks a meal which reminds him of a specific occasion, Derren then describes the scene he has pictured and gives the breeds and names of the two dogs in the memory. A butcher, baker and candlestick maker arrange furniture in a room and then select a toy each. Derren then shows them a room in a dolls' house laid out in the same way with their three figures holding the chosen toys.

Episode 106

Street Work: Repeatedly identifying the finger thought of by a member of the public, having the subject tell how many fingers Derren is holding up out of sight. Predicting words given by a psychologist during a word dissociation game. Final prediction of a free choice word. Derren stopping woman walking across a room by clenching his fist out of her sight. Woman stopping pedestrian walking past the window by clenching her fist. Derren correctly predicting 'secret' drawing from a dissociated drawing (like the word dissociation game) drawn by the psychologist. Derren predicting item to be selected from a supermarket by a supermarket designer with a label on his back. The route around the supermaket had also been predicted on an envelope sent earlier in the week.