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Children's Entertainers - Under the Spotlight

9pm on Thursday 16th March on BBC 4.

Featuring the magic of Terry Herbert, Andy Clockwise, Henrique, Papalarny and other well known children's entertainers.

New Derren Brown series, every Sunday from March 26th for 6 weeks at 9pm, Channel 4. Check out http://www.magicweek.co.uk/ for more details and a rather Saintly piccy of Derren!

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Kati

Good stuff. Derren back on our screens!

The security guy at my work knows Derren. He has had a fair few meals with him when he comes to Lincolnshire in his role as patron of the National Parrot Sanctuary near where I live.

From what I have heard he is genuinely one of the nicest guys around!!

Bring on next Sunday!

Children's Entertainers - Under the Spotlight

9pm on Thursday 16th March on BBC 4.

Featuring the magic of Terry Herbert, Andy Clockwise, Henrique, Papalarny and other well known children's entertainers.

Just finished watching this entertaining documentary. I now have a new found respect for childrens entertainers.

Also worth setting the video for:

Derren Brown: Messiah
10pm on Wednesday 29th March (1 hour) on E4 (+ repeats)

"The psychological illusionist hosts a special programme, challenging belief systems and our capacity not to question them. In particular, he promises to test the tendency for people to accept directions from someone in authority."

What would we do without www.magicweek.co.uk ?

Over one year later.....

Channel 4. Starting Friday 13th April. 10.00pm. Derren Brown. New Series. Six programmes in total. Trick or Treat. Nuff Sed .

For our UK Members, courtesy of www.magicweek.co.uk (currently in fine Festive garb!):

Keith Barry: the Escape - Live. The Irish illusionist baffles celebrities including Denise Van Outen and Eamonn Holmes, in this special show that culminates in him being bound to a chair with 100' of rope - bundled inside a shed packed with explosives... linked to a live fuse! On Saturday 29th December at 9pm on ITV1. (Which, by a very wonderful coincidence is my 60th Birthday and I get to use the TV Remote all day - so there !)

Joe Pasquale: Return of the Love Monkey. Joe Pasquale returns to our screens with a brand new hour of comedy. Witness a feat of escapology that even David Blaine wouldn't dare attempt. 11.35pm on Thursday 27th December on ITV1

Private Passions: Derren Brown. "Michael Berkeley meets Derren Brown, who over the last seven years has enthralled audiences with his famous experiments in 'Mind Control', a potent blend of psychology, illusion and showmanship. A passionate music-lover, Derren listens every day to Bach, especially the Goldberg Variations and Cello Suites, and many of his choices have a spiritual nature, including Tallis's 40-part motet Spem in alium and Elgar's oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. He also reveals that he used the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto in a live stage show to accompany the slow and painful process of hammering a nail into his nose!" 12 noon on Sunday 23rd December on BBC Radio Three.

20.12.07
Guilty! (Rpt) Late night Wednesday
1am on Thursday 20th December (1 hour) on Sky Three.
"Xmas - Disappeared At Christmas/Crazy Cleaning. Dr Bondini, International Illusionist, is charged with disappearing once too often."

21.12.07
Breaking the Magician's Code 1 (Rpt)
7pm on Friday 21st December (1 hour) on ITV4.

22.12.07
David Blaine: Street Magic (Rpt)
5pm on Saturday 22nd December (1 hour) on ITV4.
The TV special that changed the face of televised magic

22.12.07
David Blaine: Frozen in Time (Rpt)
6pm on Saturday 22nd December (1 hour) on ITV4.
62 hours of endurance in New York's Times Square, November 2001. Featuring footage of his preparation for the stunt and his entry into the ice tomb.

22.12.07
David Blaine: Magic Man (Rpt)
7pm on Saturday 22nd December (1 hour) on ITV4.
America's coolest magician performs jaw-dropping magic tricks which elicit screams of disbelief from unsuspecting passers-by. He takes to the streets of New York, Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans.

23.12.07
Breaking the Magician's Code 2 (Rpt)
4.40pm on Sunday 23rd December (1 hour 5 minutes) on ITV4.

23.12.07
Breaking the Magician's Code 3 (Rpt)
5.45pm on Sunday 23rd December (45 minutes) on ITV4.

23.12.07
Breaking the Magician's Code 4 (Rpt)
6.30pm on Sunday 23rd December (1 hour) on ITV4.

24.12.07
Criss Angel Mindfreak (Rpt) Late night Sunday
1.05am on Monday 24th December (30 minutes) on ITV4.
Bike Jump Vanish. "Self-styled extreme entertainer Criss Angel is on a quest to bring magic to the lives of his audience in a series of amazing feats that challenge the traditional concepts of magic and illusion. Inspired by Evel Knievel, Criss trains with champion aerialist Trigger Gunn to perform a motorcycle jump that takes him down a 60-foot long, 20-foot high ramp at 50 mph."

25.12.07
Breaking the Magician's Code 5 (Rpt)
7pm on Monday 24th December (1 hour) on ITV4.

Sorcerer's Apprentice 1/10 (Rpt)
9.30am on Tuesday 25th December (25 minutes) on BBC 1.
Sorcerer's Apprentice 2/10 (Rpt)
9.30am on Wednesday 25th December (25 minutes) on BBC 1.
Sorcerer's Apprentice 3/10 (Rpt)
9.30am on Thursday 27th December (25 minutes) on BBC 1.

Again courtesy of www.magicweek.co.uk:

Justin Lee Collins is The Convention Crasher. In the first episode of a new three-part series, funny man Justin Lee Collins crashes a magic convention in Canton, Ohio. He has just four weeks to transform himself into a master illusionist, good enough to compete against the magicians in the convention's "Battle of the Magicians" competition. Can Justin pull off Houdini's classic 'Metamorphosis' in front of an audience of professional magicians, or will he end up all in a flap? The Convention Crasher 10pm on Thursday 17th January on Channel 4. (MagicWeek can reveal that he does get placed!)

Sounds interesting !!

Derren Brown. Channel 4. January 25th 2008. 'The System' (Nuff sed..... )

My Son has just passed on the Press Release from Bad Psychics.com - http://badpsychics.com/thefraudfiles/mo ... toryid=625 :

Press Release
Derren Brown has a system for winning at the horses. In this one-hour special, the maestro of mind control anonymously tells a single mum from London which horse will win at the next day’s races – again and again – culminating in a final, massive bet.

Investigating the psychology behind gambling and using his unique combination of skills to create guaranteed wins, Derren proves his system works every time. Not only that, but he explains it fully to us at home. But how fool-proof is this system and will his participant, believing in him and his predictions, risk her life-savings on one more race?

As Derren reveals: “I took a random member of the public and I told her which horse would win in a certain race; when it did win she was intrigued and I did it again and again and she started to bet more and more money according to my system. She's scraped together every last penny she could find and she is risking it all on one final race. Is it really possible to predict every time which horse will win? Welcome to The System."

Shot on locations including Sandown Park and Newbury race courses, Derren Brown: The System is an Objective production for Channel 4. It is produced by Simon Mills, and directed by Simon Dinsell. Executive producers are Andrew O’Connor, Anthony Owen and Derren Brown.

(And here’s one guy's theory of what he’s going to do! http://aboutderrenbrown.blogspot.com/20 ... endly.html )

Broadcast date changed to Friday Feb 1st but is also being repeated at 9pm on Tuesday 5th February on E4 then again at 1.50am on Wednesday 6th February also on E4.

What we've all been waiting for, courtesy of www.magicweek.co.uk:

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat 1/6
10pm on Friday 2nd May (30 minutes) on Channel 4.
Derren Brown's critically acclaimed Trick or Treat returns for a second series, but this time round the game is raised for all involved. As before members of the public make a blind choice of a Trick or Treat card. If they pick "Treat", Derren will use his skills to ensure something pleasant happens to them; if they pick "Trick", the result will be something quite dark.

Courtesy of www.dailyrecord.co.uk:

It's Sure To Be A Treat
Apr 26 2008

Derren Brown - Trick Or Treat Friday, C4, 10pm

Finding out what tricks are up Derren Brown's sleeve is virtually impossible, but we can tell you that this second series of Trick Or Treat will feature a time traveller, alias Dr Who star David Tennant.

Tonight's opener, like last year's first series, features a member of the public who makes a blind choice to choose a Trick or Treat card - the treat means something nice will happen to them, whereas the trick involves something darker.

But later in the series David Tennant takes the leap into the unknown. So how did Derren persuade him to take the risk?

"I met him at a party. He was incredibly charismatic and I really warmed to him. He said he really enjoyed the show, which I always find genuinely surprising and touching.

"We were writing the series at the time and thought it would be fun if one of the participants was well-known. He's still treated the same as any other participant. He's very open and unguarded, which is terrific."

The stunts set up for series two are a closely-guarded secret but, knowing Derren, some will be controversial.

His favourite treat from series one came when he hypnotised and coached an old lady to turn her from a modest bridge player into world-class poker player.

She came second in a big-money tournament.

His most controversial trick featured a young woman set up to believe she was having an out-of-the-body experience as she witnessed her own death in a car crash.

And we all know which highly skilled FX master/magish helped with the car crash stunt, don't we kiddiwinks ?

OK, I'm not sure if this has already been posted here (I'm in a rush and don't have time to check back), but everyone's favourite foul-mouthed magician is set to return to the BBC later this year.

yes, thats right, Jerry Sadowtiz is back. And the BBC putting on a magic show? I nearly fainted!!!!!!
Wikipedia page where I stumbled across this information by accident