"One thing is for sure: this man is a one-off... his new series is a highly unusual entertainment experience"
Daily Telegraph
"I just want to burn him at the stake and watch his witch's heart bubble"
Stephen Fry
"Mind-blowing. His tricks are amazing..."
The Guardian
"One of the most proficient illusionists on the planet...any planet"
Glasgow Herald
"Essential viewing ...difficult not to be dazzled...boggles the mind"
The Times
"Compelling, tantalizing stuff..."
Financial Times
"He ought to be locked up with some sort of day-release scheme to allow him to film this ridiculously addictive show"
Daily Telegraph
"Classy...he will have you applauding then feeling silly for having applauded a TV set"
Daily Express
"He's at the height of his considerable powers"
Nuts
"We know that really he's a warlock"
Heat
"Brown is jaw-droppingly good"
Radio Times
"Amazing mind-reading trickery"
Q
"Love him or hate him Derren Brown is the king of illusionists and the prince of psychological persuaders"
Night & Day Mag
"Brain-blowingly brilliant"
Red
"...part James Bond, part Yoda"
Guardian Guide
"The overall effect - carefully planned, along with his each and every twinkle and footfall - is not one of confusion, but rather of a profound and enjoyable bafflement. The Mighty Oz flings back his curtain, only to reveal another curtain beyond."
Ian Carpenter, www.magicweek.co.uk
"For a man with a talent for getting into people’s heads and manipulating the way they think to get the results he wants and scaring the shit out of you in the process, Derren Brown is, actually, remarkably likeable. He’s a rare breed - deep, polite, disarming, fiercely intelligent, open, witty, one of the few men you could call a ’chap’ without a hint of irony."
Chris Warren, Venue Magazine
"Clearly the greatest dinner party guest in history... or the scariest man in Britain"
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian
"However cynical you are about this stuff - it’s impossible not to be impressed by Brown’s brilliance and baffling schtick. His TV specials ... are breathtaking."
Tim Cooper, Evening Standard (Feature Article)
"The closest our galaxy can boast to a Jedi Master"
Colin Kennedy, Empire Magazine
"Impressive... should keep you puzzling for a decade or so"
Gerard O’Donovan, The Daily Telegraph
"Derren Brown has taken the cheese and sleaze out of show-biz magic and restored the sense of wonder"
Alkarim Jivani, Time Out
"I was astounded... this guy’s powers could seriously freak you out"
Ruth Hughes, Daily Star
"Stands perched at the cusp of our art... the future of magic"
Genii Magazine, The Magician’s Monthly
"astonishing skills of mind control and prediction"
Observer
"Unbelievable stuff"
Time Out
"Fascinating"
Sunday Times
"It’ll amaze sceptics"
TV Times
"I was transfixed"
Kate Burt, The Guardian Guide