1. Hero at 30,000 Feet
The Premise Stuck at 30,000 feet with nowhere to go, how would you react when asked to land the plane?? How It Was Done Yes, I know youre thinking its ridiculous. No one would end up trying to land their plane (unless their name was Jack Bauer). Fortunately for Derren, when in a stressful situation (or when you have incredibly low-IQd specimens like we saw in Channel4s Space Cadets) humans have a habit of ignoring illogical information. After picking a particularly susceptible down and out guy whos not reaching his full potential, numerous stunts are setup throughout the show (for example an armed robbery)- supposedly highlighting the participant to certain parts of his personality, and opening him up for the final stunt. While on a plane for the first time in years to film a TV game show, turbulence leads to further problems. Cue a shady Derren Brown creeping up and sending him to sleep. Hes then taken off the plane and into a flight simulator, where he is expected to land the plane. 'Hero' was very similar to last weeks Apocalypse in that Derrens involvement was pretty much the same, with the only change being the surroundings. Its a tried and tested method of build someone up, then put them in a mad situation to see how theyll react- and we can all revel in the knowledge that wed blatantly react in a much better way than any of these chumps, wouldnt we??