Assassinating Stephen Fry & Insulting Tim Minchin | DOUBLE EPISODE | Derren Brown

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Assassinating Stephen Fry & Insulting Tim Minchin | DOUBLE EPISODE | Derren Brown
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[@frankG335]

Watching this poor, innocent young man makes me worry about the long term affects on him of this. What if he had done something to himself? Too dangerous, yet this happens to people! I'm also amazed at how men control their emotions even when the very worst is happening to them.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

I tried it with the audience and could remember my name and move - I guess you need to be there …suggestibility is down to your eyes fluttering when looking up

[@safa4786]

Dammit..Derren playing tricks on me. I made the mistake of watching him at 1 am. It's 630 now and I havnt slept a wink.

[@kyleb8117]

Really terrifying and interesting set of episodes. Huge fan of both Stephen Fry and Tim Minchin so it was cool to see them play along with these.

[@SOSULLI]

From Darrens whole persona it's quite strange he used a lie detector test right? To prove something to us, the audience. It's quite well known lie detector tests do not work. He should make an episode on that, and perhaps how they're used with criminals perhaps. He would also be humiliating himself, by proving he himself was swindled.

[@LusciousTwinkle]

Its not that they dont work, its that they dont work on everyone. People with Cluster B type personality disorders, who do not experience guilt or remorse, can lie very easily and do not produce the same resulting physiological effects as an ordinary person....so the test doesnt indicate when they lie. Obviously it works well on normal people otherwise it would never have been used at all.

[@HMV101]

Like most of Mr Brown's documentaries, this should be viewed with more than a small pinch of salt.

[@jonnawyatt]

What Derren Brown does is both fascinating & scary :)

[@HarryNicNicholas]

what, drawing?

[@ungratefulmango]

​@@HarryNicNicholasProbably where he convinced someone to assassinate Stephen Fry mate.

[@GethStar]

If a tv personality can do this, imagine what a government or clandestine agency with billions at their disposal can achieve!? Be afraid! Be VERY AFRAID!!

[@GirGir183]

After Fry got shot, nobody stands up and attempts to leave???

[@juliaconnell]

or attempts to HELP - go on stage, call the authorities...

[@eneedham789]

I’d imagine they were all in on it and had to give their consent to be there

[@eneedham789]

Otherwise it’s wildly unethical

[@juliaconnell]

@@eneedham789 no - Derren specially says who is and is NOT in on it - Stephen is, obviously - and the people around 'the assassin' - but NOT the audience - they were unaware - I remember Derran saying this consent probably - but *after* the fact - standard disclaimer, appear on tv

[@juliaconnell]

@@eneedham789 'wildly unethical' - yes well. I can't disagree with you on that - anything for good tv right?

[@narellegoddard7672]

Um, isnt all the preprogramming with the talk of violence, training him with guns under hypnonsis etc. Ok, someone could do it this way to some homeless guy no ones gonna miss etc. But this is just crazy, they are training him😂

[@jennismith2]

Deren is Like “thank you so much, thank you so much for coming…but I’m about to prove you dead wrong!”

[@TheBadStatic]

This would absolutely not work on me. Like the second guy walking around and finding things are different, I wouldnt have doubted any of it at all, I wouldve immediately been like, nah, someone is fucking with me... especially during some strange retreat that I wouldnt normally be involved in... my first thought would be, I didnt do that, someone is trying to prank me or something.

[@frankG335]

The English are way, way gentler on people than American police. Imagine being manipulated like this and ending up in the hands of American police!

[@Krislights1]

It was cluedo! Very clever!

[@fredeom]

If you believe in tricks over your mind, its easier to convince you're guilt and done something wrong in time when some parts of your memory are out of your control. That makes anybody unease after watching quite a bit of Derren shows.

[@winstonsmith8240]

What a fascinating man. Bloody talented artist too. (Some people 🙄). Oh, I think if life has shown me anything, it's that you can get people to do, and believe almost anything.

[@groundtruth9584]

People are so gullible,its all fake,jody was in on it like everyone else.

[@zeuseygastony6385]

How do you know that?@@groundtruth9584

[@M4uvez]

​@@groundtruth9584 People are easily misled idiots, on mass. Think about what cult leaders manage to do to people. Look at what religion forces people to believe, and how to behave. I appreciate your scepticism and I'm not sure how much I believe either but you literally just commented on how gullible people are.

[@BenMartin-o1x]

​@groundtruth9584 I can't sit here and call how much is staged but anyone who's ever been arrested and interviewed knows how psychological tricks can be used to nudge you to incriminate yourself without thinking.

[@andygriff4338]

@@BenMartin-o1x He's all over the comments telling people how gullible they are and how special he is for seeing through the lies. Everyone's an idiot apart from him. One of these people who are terrified of falling for a hoax to the point of phobia. Leads a dull life, paranpid life "rEseARchInG" conspiracy theories (which aren't really conspiracies, of course) Calls everyone else gullible and brainless while simultaneously soaking up everything the internet conspiraloons tell him is "true" like a sponge. The name he uses tells you where he's at. They're a dime a dozen

[@YesItsMeGuys68]

I am taken aback by how far Derren is willing to go to create his environments for his victims . THIS was so cruel. It could psychologically injure someone who is sensitive.. The young man will never forget his weekend at the Manor.

[@LizNewtonZHUCHI]

Sometimes my life feels like a Derren Brown experiment.

[@bashaarsaadeh]

What do you mean?

[@Dbird9]

I was just thinking this

[@RocktPlays]

This is torture, poor 2nd guy😂

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Very interesting but scary. Id like to know what the experts thought and If derrin forwarded this information to the authorities in the Kennedy assassination. They MUST take this into account as its its a thorough and in depth video proof that this indeed can be done.

[@100th_monkey]

Um no, it's not a thorough and in depth proof of anything. It's entertainment, a show that people have paid to participate in and are therefore primed to be influenced. The 'authorities' who participate are also paid to be there and are carefully cued to be part of the audiences' experience. This is not science, he is an entertainer (and he says so).

[@lostbandwagon]

I'd go one further and say it's all scripted and everyone is an actor. Derren telling you it's not is part of the trick. The bloke with the gun isn't the gullible one being manipulated. We as the audience are. We suspend our disbelief because we want to believe in it.

[@ZER0--]

@@lostbandwagon Sorry dude but these are legit experiments. They are not actors but you can believe what you like,but you'd be wrong. The guy would be srewed if he used actors, and if you spend just a moment to think about it you'd realise that.

[@lostbandwagon]

@@ZER0-- Darren Brown literally calls himself a magician/illusionist. The trick is not being played on the people in the show it's being played on the viewer at home. Which is more likely, Darren Brown has the budget/skillset to turn an ordinary member of the public into an assassin. Or he's pretending he can for the purposes of entertainment? He literally says in this shows that it's all a trick, but you skip over that part because believing in the magic is more fun.

[@ZER0--]

@@lostbandwagon The guy does a lot of stuff, and I believe that this is legit. You do not have to. And he never once said this was a trick. And I know for a fact that the people he chooses to are members of the public and apart from the editing it's as you see on screen. Why can't you see that? What actual evidence or proof do you have to think he'd make it all up? Its obvious the guy is being manipulated. You probably think they didn't put the man on the moon.

[@helennichols6531]

Does Derren like doing this to people? Am I missing something? I think I'm quite empathetic and seeing Jody upset is difficult to watch. I had to skip through it, hence didn't see it all.

[@Harassed247]

So imagine the powers that be being able to convince people that something is real. I'm waiting on the UFO invasion!

[@ZER0--]

Yea, he's messed up people's heads worse than this. He's made people push other people off of a building. He likes stuffed animals too. Makes you wonder...

[@groundtruth9584]

You are missing something for sure,its all fake,entertainment,wise up and stop being so gullible.

[@groundtruth9584]

​@@ZER0--braincells for real ffs

[@ZER0--]

@@groundtruth9584 Wow you got me pretty bad. You know very little about psychology if you think this is all afke and everyone is in on it. It's very easy to manipulate people, obviously not someone as smart as you and has seen right through this program. Lolmfao. Hypnotism and suggestion are real things and very powerful. I bet you think you wouldn't be coerced into killing someone but more half can easily be coerced into doing so, even you. Anyway, because you're smart and don't want to find out about how this is made etc we'll continue to disagree. It's fine but I'm amazed you think it's all a set up. I mean, why? Nevermind don't answer that. But just answer this then, are all the people at his shows in on it?

[@e.d.5766]

Yeah, I think I'd prefer to be insulted.

[@ZER0--]

Lol.

[@celineschlup1758]

It is fascinating…but is it ethical. I mean I would second guess my reality if I was that young man.

[@Ano-Nymous]

Unfortunately this feels like watching Derren performing on stage. He's not presenting or investigating another case, he's just himself. _"In my work I use a mixture of magic, suggestions, psychology, misdirection and showmanship."_ The magic begins with the wording. Amnesia usually describes a partial loss of memory that might or might not be temporary. You being in some kind of trance while driving home is not the same as your mind isn't in a state of awareness, therefor there is not much information to store in your memory in the first place. Might not be crucial, but it's the kind of trickery that comes to play in the whole episode. Hypnosis is a topic in itself. There are two major branches: Hypnosis used in medical treatment as in pain treatment for example and then there is stage hypnosis which is completely different and bogus in most cases. It's like Uri Geller bending spoons for entertainment. Just a show. And yes, in the end the same goes for this show. Guess I'm just a little disappointed having Derren in mind investigating claims of psychics in an earlier episode (or at least I watched it earlier, not sure about the way these two episodes aired).

[@dirtyd2316]

I feel ripped off as an American cause I was never issued my lever action rifle as a kid.

[@Mags1906]

Omg, wanted Derren to step in earlier but glad Jody was ok in the end. Made me cry when he went to confess. Bless him, he was so honest taking himself to the station. 😢

[@ZER0--]

Yea, I was crying too. It seemed really cruel, so I guess that's why they're screened to see if they're robust enough.

[@groundtruth9584]

Its fake,jody is in on it like everyone else,dont be so gullible.

[@ungratefulmango]

Yeah it feels uncomfortable to watch, but the point is that thousands of people confess to crimes they have never committed. They can end up in prison or even killed in some countries, despite being innocent.

[@rheaceebelle8130]

How does Mr brown feel after completing one of these experiiments?

[@ZER0--]

@@rheaceebelle8130 I don't know, but I would assume he was happy. What do you think?

[@zeuseygastony6385]

This is absolutely insane if it’s real, wow. This dude could really be dangerous if he wanted to

[@thesouthafrican1]

I laughed so much at how they f**d with that second guy 😂

[@emmanuella9989]

Can he hypnotize me out of anxiety and procrastination?

[@321gweedo]

Fake as. Soooooo fake

[@kyliejones8827]

The man administering the polygraph should have been given the questions to ask and performed the test 'blind'. I don't think that happened, unless it wasn't shown....

[@stationtostation8311]

i find it hard to believe these things now that im watching as an adult. With the second guy they act like him running off to the police station in the village was not part of the plan but the guy in the station is obviously an actor and has all the photos of the fake crime scene.

[@bnsyphotography2104]

They had two options of scenarios. The first was him confessing to the investigators, the other being him somehow going to the police station; albeit walking and or running. They wouldn't have cameras to show him running their I guess so he doesn't catch any camera men. I guess they could have added cameras hidden on the way leading to the "police station". Also it's to add some dramatic effect to the show.

[@hoomalumalu]

are we suppose to think this is real?

[@CustardBustard]

A lot of these commenters want us to

[@Harassed247]

Honestly these some of these comments are so stupid. The guy went for the audition, he wanted to be part of Darren's experiment, he came out of it ok, he's happy and probably got paid so get over it. I'm sure Darren had no ill intention of harm. Imo it shows us all how we cam be minipulated by powerful people and how easy it is to be coerced into believing something that's constantly being fed to us. So many sheeple fell for the big C. Where millions died, but how many died? What's more alarming is the people allowed a government to lock down millions of their citizens! We're all gullible!

[@KevinBowden-f3f]

That's just cruel

[@kafkastrial8650]

If this is possible it poses many questions about 'assignations ' !

[@hollies5841]

Why isnt he listening to the Ukranian bloke - clearly he is telling the truth, he has a world map on the wall. Classic sign of an established academic.

[@methanedirigible]

16:58 'Such as every American child is issued with'. I'm fairly sure they're issued with 9mm handguns aren't they?

[@kristian6622]

The second episode is literally sadistic I cannot believe that they would do that to such a lovely man.o

[@farmant1]

Absolutely terrifying how crystal clear all that was

[@AlyseNicoleO]

The "every American child is issued one" comment had me and my husband rolling. He doesn't know shit. 😂

[@avaggdu1]

It never occurred to you that it was a subtle suggestion to help overcome the natural British resistance to hold and fire a gun? By saying that it's commonplace that even children are given lethal weapons and it's acceptable, it would ease his mind. That Americans see nothing wrong in it is in itself a national hypnosis. You might want to think about that; hypnosis is so much easier when you don't have to overcome deep aversions.

[@AlyseNicoleO]

@@avaggdu1 yeah.. it seemed more like a jab. But thank you for that perspective.

[@ungratefulmango]

​@@AlyseNicoleOI thought it was both actually. Sort of "Aren't Americans nutty for having such prevalent guns" at the same time as "In America, this is nothing, so don't worry about firing it here."

[@frankG335]

HE doesn't believe that. Duh. He's saying that to influence Chris to overcome his natural aversion to guns. It's YOU who clearly didn't even understand what was going on. Wow. "A fool opens wide their mouth and declares their folly to the world."

[@AlyseNicoleO]

@@frankG335 oooo nerve? Did I hit a nerve?

[@sueznann8927]

I bet that kid Thomas Matthew Crooks was targeted for the job

[@SuperOMARKO]

Best episode of tales of the unexpected!

[@georgiemoon9990]

I'm a HUGE fan Of Derren, but I found this to be really cruel sorry. Jodie went through horrendous psychological stress during all this. I know it was an experiment, but to me it was one big practical joke - and not a funny one.

[@tarawells1553]

There is a whole lot that goes into making shows like this and they always require you to see a psychologist for a full screening..even shows which are no where near like this. Huge contracts are drawn up and even a full medical screening. There are always follow ups with a show psychologist and this has weeks of debriefing

[@groundtruth9584]

​@@tarawells1553you r funny,its all fake,its entertainment,no screening needed

[@RetroProg]

A very good job she was an actress then... oh wait.

[@John-g6p8w]

ok ya hooray henry blah blah

[@Vagitarian01]

I really don't want to believe this is real. Then again, I've seen how influential even cognitive dissonance can be. What a wonderful, scary world we live in.

[@serenityviolet1304]

I guessing you've never seen Derren Brown before.

[@Vagitarian01]

@@serenityviolet1304 I've been watching a while, I know what he portrays himself as, but that doesn't mean it's the truth.

[@odin_way]

​@@Vagitarian01i remember him doing an episode about zombies which i dont think is real because it would be illegal

[@PKJeff88]

The reason I don't know if I believe it is Chris getting out of the water did not act the way one does when they are actually getting out of nearly freezing water. As someone who has done scuba in almost freezing water your body has a very strong reaction and he would not have to be told to get out of the water and he would be shivering.

[@davidfletcher5854]

Its absoloutly real, but its not super natural, hes a genius of miss direction, influence and the Don of showmanship. LEGEND

[@NotTonTon]

Fantastic.

[@Itsonlyfriday]

This was absolutely incredible!!! I'm in shock!! 🤯🤯

[@TheLadySakai]

I wonder if there are people that cant be hypnotised like this

[@groundtruth9584]

No one was hypnotised,everything is staged and fake,its entertainment and people watching on tv or youtube are so gullible if they think its real.😅

[@ZTheLastViking]

​@groundtruth9584 I've always wondered to what extent people can be hypnotized. All of this was bs but where are the real limits of whats possible. Im sure some unethical human experiments have been done with all kinds of substances and turture to answer that question

[@Smashingblouse]

@@ZTheLastVikingmk ultra used drugs to assist with their programming. It was crazy. I’ve attempted to be hypnotised 3 times and each time it didn’t work. Each time the hypnotist said “you can’t be hypnotised if you don’t want to be hypnotised”…. Pretty much a coverall statement. However I have witnessed a hardened biker be put under and cry because he was led to believe the white glove the hypnotist was wearing appeared to be just a floating, severed hand chasing him around the room. If you knew this guy’s character you’d have been shocked that he responded like that. There’s a film from the 90’s called Stir of Echoes. It’s about hypnosis. Kevin bacon is the main guy and it’s quite interesting. Just like life after death and other mysteries I guess we will never know 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Argeaux2]

Stephen Fry needs to update his language. We don’t say “mankind” any longer. We say “humanity”.

[@joostleisder1956]

Ah, watch a video of yours where you debunk scammers just to find out you're one yourself. Disappointing.

[@franceshurt3517]

While these "experiments" may be interesting they are doubtlessly cruel and simply a modified version of "candid camera". Will this guy be traumatised for life or what? Do you have any idea as to what sort of damage you're doing. You are so lucky that this good young man didn't kill you, I've never found it amusing to laugh at others only with them.

[@ZER0--]

That is why they are screened. It does seem cruel and even dangerous but they signed up,

[@groundtruth9584]

R u all stupid,its FAKE

[@zeuseygastony6385]

Yeah if it’s real, imagine knowing that you can be influenced to kill anyone and not know. Or can be tricked into thinking you committed a murder.

[@ZER0--]

@@zeuseygastony6385 Look up Migrams experiment. Or 'Push', by Derren Brown. It is very easy to coerce folk and even get them to murder.

[@dbsk06]

I feel bad for the assassinator of JFK if all of this is true because he was probably in a trance

[@RetroProg]

Nonsense, we all know that JFK was actually assassinated by himself dressed as a cop on the grassy knoll. I watched a program all about it. It was on the telly so it must have been true......

[@tomfreemanorourke1519]

The ease of which a collective or individual can be manipulated and subjected to a covert narrative or physical signal that overrides free will to resist instructions is evident in everyday communications exponential infiltration of a major global collective, so major that the P.L.C. (Professional liars club) went into defcon overdrive. The genie conundrum is easy, it's the consequences that remain in dissolution mutation. Containing or correlation management only serves to inculcate problems that to the unscrupulous sounds like a deal. The apathetic (innocently ignorant) conscious cognosentient being is a perpetual flux of intensity, and relatively disorientated by opiates of legal status. Jobs a good'en. Carefull you may create a fake reality murder or similer occurrence by way of your suggestive abilities

[@groundtruth9584]

The only one manipulared is you if yiu beleive any of this,its fake,its entertainment,a show wake up ffs

[@tomfreemanorourke1519]

@@groundtruth9584 oh dear another one.

[@catatonicable]

No black people ?

[@bnsyphotography2104]

Would having black people in this have made any difference? They're also in the country side. The country side areas are predominantly white folks. I'm surprised you didn't pick up that there weren't asians there either. Jamaicans, mixed race people either. It really makes no difference who is there; it's all based on the experiment working, not how diverse it is.

[@emmahammond4338]

Derren, PLEASE help me. I have had anxiety disorder and suffered since I was 4yrs old. I’ve tried everything, I mean everything. Please rid me or help me understand how to fix myself. I hope you can help x. I’m willing to be an experiment and pay as much money as a I can muster. I know how the disorder began, but my subconscious is too strong and no one has been able to hypnotise me as yet, I tried NLP and that worked for 2 weeks but I couldn’t afford £1000 per session. I wish they offered this on NHS, I wish you could heal everyone of a panic and anxiety/cptsd disorders. It would change my life and those of many others x

[@adamgrimsley2900]

How is this not mental abuse???

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Controlled conditions with an expert and willing subject. No one was ever in danger and the guy was de programmed in the end, so no lasting effects. He can show the full part of how he hypnotised him, nor how he de programmed for safety reasons.

[@funwithmyswedishdogs]

Right. I wonder how Chris will feel after he’s been told he shot somebody. Knowing then he is capable of killing someone

[@ZER0--]

I think it's more painful to watch.

[@jasonrhodes5034]

OK so came for the headline, coulnt find anything related in the clicking so Downvoted for the clickbaiting and making me thing that hypnotism is ever more of a charlatan trick

[@Krislights1]

Quite an art, innit. Husband yet?😉🌈

[@peterhart3836]

Well done Derren. Almost believable. You are the TV king of manipulation. Good show.

[@Krislights1]

I do it all the time without people noticing. I learnt this at Nottingham medical school. A form of anesthetic using in-built chemicals... Easy with a bit of practice.. to put the entire lecture under, I was doodling at the time. Also a very good way of teaching.. how do you do it, Kris? What's the magic?.. That would be telling!

[@adamgrimsley2900]

Disgusting he has purposely put someone through a terrible experience without consent

[@TheNoirKamui]

They give consent with a quite powerful contract from the beginning

[@adamgrimsley2900]

@@TheNoirKamui I am not privy to that document and neither are you. Still looks like abuse.

[@IncubiAkster]

You do know it is all staged actors right? XD

[@adamgrimsley2900]

@@IncubiAkster no it isn't

[@100th_monkey]

@@adamgrimsley2900 what are you basing that on?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i once auditioned for fifteen to one, i was the only person who banked, i didn't get asked back cos the lady (acting like a nasty anne robinson) couldn't phase me, i was funnier than she was. i wouldn't feel at all comfortable being hypnotised, i think i'm the type of person who is so bloody minded i wouldn't go under. i'm in no hurry to put it to the test though