On 26 July 2007， the US based SCI FI Channel began showing six one-hour episodes of a series titled Mind Control with Derren Brown. Andrew O’Connor was executive producer， and the show was produced by Simon Mills who had produced the two previous series of Trick Or Treat as well as The Heist and The System for Objective Productions. Journalists in New York at the press announcement were shown preview clips of Brown “manipulating human behaviour” and given the promise of more surprises to come. Sci Fi’s press release described the show as an “original US produced version”. The show was a mix of new segments filmed in the US and older clips shown in earlier UK TV shows. The first showing release schedule was:

Episode 1: “Shopping Mall Carpark” 26 July
Episode 2: “Lying Car Salesman” 2 August
Episode 3: “Exotic Dancers” 8 August
Episode 4: “Receptive Children” 15 August (with Simon Pegg as a guest star)
Episode 5: “Assault Course” 22 August
Episode 6: “Disappearing Sun” 29 August