Derren Brown

Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is a British magician, psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. He was born in Croydon, South London, and studied Law and German at the University of Bristol. While there, he attended a show by the hypnotist Martin Taylor, which inspired him to turn to illusion and hypnosis as a career. Around 1994, he worked as a conjuror, practising the traditional skills of close-up magic. In 1996, he started performing stage hypnosis shows at the University of Bristol under his then stage name of Derren V. Brown.

Brown has also conducted performances relating to mind-reading. Shortly after, he was commissioned to do a pilot for his Channel 4 television series, Mind Control.

Karl Pilkingrton regulary said he thought Derren Brown would not be able to read his mind. When given the oppertunity to meer Brown Karl was relucant. He didnt want anyone seeing inside his head. He eventually went with Ricky and Steve. He was manipulated by Brown. Brown corectly knew Karl was thinking of the name Harris and the number 42. A few days later he found a letter delivered to hius adrees with the name Harris. He said it was supernatural and wanted to break the law and open the letter. Gevais and Merchant insisted against it. but Karl did it anyway. He was slightly disapointed to find out that it was only a dental apointment, Although he made up for this by saying it could be a "faulty tooth" which sounds slightly like forty two.