Miracles for sale - Channel 4 Easter Monday

antiskeptic

Could be an interesting one - perhaps featuring a few names which always spring to mind in this regard.

Channel 4 wrote:

Derren lays bare the tricks and techniques employed by the American Bible belts' self-proclaimed faith-healers who boast the ability to perform wonders


With the cameras in hot pursuit, Derren faces his toughest project yet, going in search of an unsuspecting member of the British public prepared to adopt the guise of a pastor and miracle worker.
His chosen one then has six months to learn the trade and flourish across the pond as a convincing pastor.
The final phase of the volunteer's extraordinary challenge sees them attempt to perform faith healing miracles live in Texas, but will Derren's new recruit be accepted as a faith healer or cast away as fake healer?
Is the belief in divine intervention really justified, or will Derren expose the industry as one giant hoax?

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/episode-guide/series-10/episode-2

Fanny Cradock

I suspect that Derren will uncover a few charlatans (which is welcome) and adjudge the whole thing to be a fraud.

antiskeptic

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I suspect that Derren will uncover a few charlatans (which is welcome) and adjudge the whole thing to be a fraud.

Too obvious a conclusion to be considered genuine prophecy .

Zombrex

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

I suspect that Derren will uncover a few charlatans (which is welcome) and adjudge the whole thing to be a fraud.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say everyone investigated will turn out to be a fraud. Could just be a bad sample of course

SonOfAdam

I'm sure Channel 4 aren't the first ones to do this - jumping on a bandwagon in the aim of conning people out of their money is nothing new and christianity is no exception. Shedding light on this deception (which of course they are partaking in themselves) should be welcomed regardless of the intentions of the programme makers.