Tonight, Derren Brown is promising “life-changing television” with his newest stunt, Hero at 30,000 Feet. How thrilling. We know it involves a plane so we can only assume he’s actually going to prove that he’s the antichrist and actually sprout wings whilst in mid-air and hurtle toward Earth throwing fireballs from his ring.

That’s actually a load of cobblers.

Tonight’s 70 minute special on Channel 4 will see Brown taking an ‘average Joe’ on an psychological journey which will culminate with him facing a life-changing decision of whether to take control of a Boeing 737 packed with passengers, which he believes is about to fall out of the sky.

And we have a clip of it for you to watch!

Viewers will also witness a series of extraordinary personal challenges the subject has been through with Derren as he becomes empowered by life-skills that transform his unconfident character.

Derren Brown says:

“I hope it’s a show that people take something from. We easily let life pass us by, and ultimately this is about engaging with life and understanding that it is the choices we make right now that define us, not what we’ve done in the past.

“One unwitting volunteer gets to have a deep understanding of this, and for him to experience real and lasting change, I have to push him to the extreme.”

This follows the success of previous specials such as Russian Roulette Live, Séance, The Heist and The Events – a series of four 1 hour specials which included How To Win The Lottery and How To Take Down A Casino.

His latest feat will see Derren using his powers to make positive, lasting change to someone’s life and has involved months of planning and secret filming.

He says:

“The show was born from a desire to do something edifying. The experience of doing it has been truly extraordinary: genuinely changing someone’s life in such a good way has left us all on cloud 9 ourselves.”

Hero at 30,000 Feet is shown tonight, Wednesday 8th September at 10pm.

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