‘The best song to have sex to? All By Myself by Eric Carmen’: Derren Brown’s honest playlist
He got caught nicking one soul star’s hits as a kid and wants a funktastic funeral, but which diva’s bangers does the illusionist warble in the car?
September 2023
Unbelievable review – Derren Brown presents an evening of magic by proxy
There’s plenty to enjoy here as a cast of non-magicians subvert conjuring convention with song, dance and synchronised skill
December 2022
Derren Brown: Showman review – a performance that will blow your mind
The veteran illusionist outdoes himself with an evening of bewildering trickery that holds a mirror to our deepest feelings
October 2021
Sunday with Derren Brown: ‘I vacuum the taxidermy on a biweekly basis’
The illusionist talks risotto, yipping dogs, collecting taxidermy and a mean Martini
October 2020
Derren Brown: 'I was a terrible attention seeker'
For 20 years, the psychological illusionist has delighted TV audiences. He explains why he’s ready to give it all up and paint caricatures – and how magic made him question his religious faith
August 2020
TV review
Derren Brown: 20 Years of Mind Control review – did he go too far?
TV tonight
TV tonight: 20 years of Derren Brown's mind games
May 2019
Derren Brown admits he regularly shoplifted as a teenager
Illusionist tells Desert Island Discs how a brush with Harrods store detectives cured him of his habit
April 2019
Abracadabra: London show puts magic props under the spotlight
Tommy Cooper’s fez and Paul Daniels’ saw-in-half box part of display at Wellcome Collection
January 2019
This much I know
Derren Brown: ‘Taking up magic was a distraction from my sexuality’
The illusionist, 47, tells Nick McGrath about taxidermy, Christianity, making coffee and coming out in the papers
October 2018
The watcher
Derren Brown: Sacrifice – have the illusionist’s party tricks lost their shine?
Brown, once about entertainment and fun, has now restyled himself as an all-powerful, egocentric sage. And he’s lost his magic in the process
May 2017
Derren Brown: Secret review – illusionist's US debut bamboozles and baffles
A show filled with masterful mind-reading and nifty tricks successfully announces the celebrated mentalist’s stateside arrival off-Broadway
September 2016
Saturday interview
Derren Brown: ‘You’re only sad if you tell yourself you’re sad’
The Comedian's Comedian: the podcast that gets inside funny people's heads
July 2016
Yikes! That's my head in a jar! … Derren Brown lets us ride his 4D spook-tacular ghost train
For his latest trick, the illusionist is playing VR mind games with the funfair staple. As his eagerly awaited ghost train prepares to open at Thorpe Park, we get a preview
February 2016
'Dangerous' Derren Brown suffocation trick should not have aired in daytime
Stunt on UKTV’s Watch – which also included repeated swearing – was unsuitable for 9am broadcast when children could be watching, says watchdog
January 2016
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Endeavour; Silent Witness; Tracey Ullman’s Show; Crashing; Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
Derren Brown under fire for trick involving public 'pushing man off a roof'
TV review
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge – review: a stunt too far?
Derren Brown suffocation trick on TV under investigation
