Trick or Treat (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Trick or Treat


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director = Ben Caron
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presenter = Derren Brown
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country = UK
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num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 12
executive_producer = Derren Brown, Andrew O'Connor, Anthony Owen
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producer = Simon Mills
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editor = Tim Thompsett
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cinematography = Jeremy Hewson, Kevin White, Pete Rowe
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runtime = 30mins
network = Channel 4
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first_aired = 13 April 2007 -
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imdb_id = 0990610
tv_com_id = 71996

"Trick or Treat" is a British television show hosted by Derren Brown and broadcast on Channel 4. The first episode was broadcast on 13 April 2007. The focus of the show is on one person selected from a pool of volunteers who responded to adverts in the national press to take part in the show. The experience the volunteer receives is decided by which card they choose. If they choose the card that says 'Trick' they receive a bad experience and if they choose the card that says 'Treat' they receive a good experience. This distinction is not always obvious, however: in Series 2, a participant's dark experience of being persuaded to (supposedly) kill a kitten was a 'treat' because of the positive attitude to life Derren believed she would consequently develop; similarly, a volunteer who chose a 'trick' was kidnapped, but had been taught escapology techniques which enabled her to easily escape.

Episodes of "Trick or Treat" are not preceded by Brown's usual claim that no actors or stooges were used in the filming of the shows. Indeed, some participants (such as the ambulance crew in the final episode of Series 1) are declared to be actors.

Episode list

eries 1

Series 1 of Trick or Treat began airing on 17 April 2007.

The cards which Brown used throughout this series of this show are deceptive as they are rotational ambigrams and can read either 'Trick' or 'Treat' depending on which way up Brown chooses to hold them, and thus the card chosen by the participant is irrelevant, in terms of the following events. The ambigram was designed by John Langdon [ [http://www.johnlangdon.net/images/may11_07_1b.jpgJohnlangdon.net] ] .

eries 2

Series 2 of Trick or Treat began airing on 2 May 2008.

The cards which Brown used in this series are not the ambigrams as used in Series 1, but are clearly independent 'Trick' and 'Treat' cards.

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990610/ "Trick or Treat" at IMDB]