News!

3 March 2003

Hello,
Hope you all enjoyed the start of Derren's new series on Channel 4 last Friday!!
Remember today, Derren is going to be on:

• Live with Christian O'Connell, Ch5 March 4th 7:00pm
• Danny Baker's Breakfast show (London Live, 7:50-9am), March 4th
• Chris Moyles (Radio 1, 4-5pm), March 4th.

There is also news from Derren's site that:
"ALL COPIES OF "ABSOUTE MAGIC" HAVE BEEN SOLD.
ALL PAL (UK AND EUROPEAN FORMAT) TAPES OF "THE DEVIL'S PICTUREBOOK" HAVE BEEN SOLD.
Only a few NTSC tapes are left, and this is all you are now able to order.

I have no plans to release any more tapes or books to the magical fraternity - time does not permit, which also explains any delays people have experienced in receiving their orders."

I am currently in the process (progress is slow unfortunately) of redesigning the look of this site. If you have any ideas for the new design "Derren Brown Master Mentalist", please email!

Also, well done to a surfer who noticed I spelled "Psychology" wrongly. This site has been here a year now, and I didn't notice...

ttfn!
Si

25 February 2003

Hello,
OK, this update is to say:
Derren's New series starts this Friday.

Friday 28 February
10:35pm
Channel 4

Repeated:
Saturday 01 March
11:45pm
Channel 4

Make sure you tape it!

Details on the show from radiotimes.com:
Psychological illusionist and former magician Derren Brown uses his unique abilities to anticipate and manipulate people's everyday reactions. He visits the Tate Gallery with ten students to recreate a recent psychic experiment, and takes three medical students to the Old Operating Theatre and attempts to cause them to feel and avoid pain.

On a slightly related matter, the person providing the tape with Mind Control 1, 2 and 3, is now on holiday and therefore cannot make any more tapes until he is back. In the mean time, sit back, relax, and enjoy Derren on Channel 4.

Apologies for the lack of updates, but I am in the process of completely redesigning the website, so my time is currently limited!

Bye for now!
Si

 

11 February 2003

Hi!
For now, just a quick update taking info from the official site's news page:

Derren will be on:

• Richard and Judy show on Thursday 20th February, Ch4
  
• The Kelly Show (N Ireland) on the 21st February
  
• Danny Baker's Breakfast show (London Live, 7:50-9am) on March 4th
  
• Chris Moyles (Radio 1, 4-5pm) on March 4th as well

Hopefully I should have more to update with next time....
Si

29 January 2003

Hello,
Yes, its time for another update.

Firstly, a new piece of fan art from Hugo Hadlow who did a painting of Derren for GCSE. Find it here. Thanks Hugo!

Derren has been making some appearances on the TV as of recently. A transcript of Derren on RI:SE can be found on Derren's other *brilliant* fan site - here. Thanks Ria for typing that out!
No doubt you have already read that Derren will be making a brief appearance on "the Parliamentary Awards 2003" - aired this Saturday - from his official site. Just thought I'd mention it!
Derren's new 6 part series starts on Friday 28th February on Channel 4. If you can't wait that long, you can buy a copy of all of the episodes of Derren's new 6-part series for very little cost. For more information, please email me.
Derren has also appeared on born sloppy (channel 4). Have a quick look at born sloppy's official website for a quick interview with Derren.

Derren's tour is really starting to take off! Please find the most updated list below...

For all those people living in Peterborough, a little inside info for you - Derren is planned to perform there sometime in the first week of June. He is definitely coming although he hasn't confirmed the date as of yet. Another source tells me it is -likely- to be the 7th, however, we are waiting for the last word from Derren's management on the actual date.

Finally, Derren has also made it into Front and Loaded Magazines. I have read both articles and in my opinion you should read the Loaded magazine at least. It also includes 2 interesting articles - how to seduce women and how to avoid paying your parking tickets. The parking tickets article is quite interesting as the method closely resembles that of the method Derren used in the "dog racing track". (if this is your first visit to the website and you have no idea what the dog racing track is ... then you really should watch Derren's Mind Control Programs!)
If you are really good with finding things online, you might find the article typed out on Yahoo! Groups: derrenbrown - try the 27th Jan. That's all the hints I'm giving you...!

Thanks for reading,
Si

 

10 January 2003

Hello and Happy New Year!
I also trust you all had a nice Christmas! How many of you are nursing a large belly from eating too much, and who has written "2002" by mistake when writing the date ... ?! Come on, own up!!

Just a quick update today. Details of Derren's entire tour can be found on his official site in the news section. I would strongly suggest that if you are interested in seeing Derren live, that you choose the venue best for you and book the tickets NOW!!

*MORE* fanart has been added to the fanart page - thanks to john for that! (Also, the picture uploaded in the last update has now been fully credited - therefore a late thanks goes to patrik who made the last pic.)

No doubt the dedicated fans out there have already read on Derren's official site that Derren has been reading a poem on a recently-released music cd. The site for the cd is http://www.palersproject.com/ and mentions:

"The voices on this track were recorded during National Poetry Week in the UK, October 2002. Derren Brown's website has details of his TV shows, theatre appearances, and publications. The principal backing track to the Glimpses section is an original piece by Sam Cameron entitled Sometimes the Boy Who Has No Friends Loses his Patience and Wins and comes from his album, Significantly Different from Zero. "

To save you time, click here to download the 480Kb mp3 example of derren on the cd. (thanks to Roland for this information about the site)

Also, a nice site I enjoyed on "memory" can be found here. It may not be directly Derren related (which is why it isn't listed in the psychology section), but I'm sure you'll find it interesting.

Lastly, we still have people prepared to send out copies of tapes of Derren's Mind Control 1, 2, 3 programs (all on one tape). Also, a tape containing Derren's new 6-part series, recorded from the special "Mind Control Night" on E4 (on another tape. The night was aired just before christmas). Derren's new 6-part series are planned to be aired on Channel 4 around this February (2003).

I'll see you next time!
Si

 

11 December 2002

Hi Derren fans!
Well, talk about insider information! In this update, we have details of Derren's tour - which no doubt his official site will give us more info on soon. But, more about that a little later.

A new piece of fanart has been added to the fanart page!

John, a Derren fan has some news for you hard-core Derren fans out there! A ten (yes, a whole ten) minutes of Derren can be found at the end of an Andy Nyman lecture. Seriously, if you're a mentalist or are looking to learn as much about Derren and his work as possible, then John assures me you can learn a lot from his Andy's lecture. The video is available here, and is called (quite controversially) the "Andy Nyman lecture" (honestly, who would have guessed?!) and costs £25.

A lot of people have emailed, requesting tapes of Derren's original Mind Control Specials (ie. Mind Control 1, 2 and 3, shown on channel4 around last year). The person in charge of distributing the tapes has asked me to point out:

"In case you don't know, all of Derren's shows are being aired on E4 over the Xmas period; all three of his Mind Control specials, and the whole of his new series too! Derren is also appearing on Jonathan Ross' chat show.

The dates and times are as follows:

Mind Control Show 1:
Fri 13-12-02: 2100 E4
Sat 14-12-02: 0105 E4
Sat 28-12-02: 0050 E4

Mind Control Show 2:
20-12-02: 2100 E4
21-12-02: 0045 E4

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross:
20-12-02: 2235 BBC1
22-12-02: 0020 BBC1

Derren Brown: Mind Control: Entire New Series:
24-12-02 2100 - 0010 E4

Mind Control Show 3:
27-12-02: 2100 E4

Let people know about this so they can set their VCRs and get all of this great stuff! I know I will…"

I strongly recommend that you all set your VCRs (and for goodness sake, if you don't have E4, find a kind soul with E4 to tape them for you!). This is also because no more tapes will be distributed till the New Year -that is- until better recordings have been made of the MC shows.

OK! More about Derren's tour!
There are 4 (unofficially confirmed) places for Derren's tour:
Swansea, Swindon, Birmingham (hurray Birmingham!) and Hastings.
Sources of the latter places 3 can be found here and here.

Also, Proof that Derren has a national following: someone who lives in Swansea has already booked their ticket for Derren's showing at the Swansea Grand theatre on the 24th march 2003, 7.30pm. The person in question says that tickets cost £8.50-£12.50 - depending on where the seats are. Go to the theatre's website to book your ticket now!
(Although there is no listing of Derren on the theatre's site, someone who lives there says you can book your ticket now. Ring up - find out! Why not?!)

Well, unlike a TV news broadcaster, I can finish off the news with any thought which crosses my mind - therefore, I shall say - Have a great Christmas (to those of you it applies to around the world!). Hope you had a great 2002. Drink lots, be merry, and have a great New Year's eve! I am off to find myself somewhere to live next year (don't ask!) and to attend my very first "Work Christmas Party". I suppose a free bar can't be all bad...(!)
I shall see you all in 2003.

Farewell, until we meet again...
Si