Derren Brown. All the ladies fancy him, despite the fact he’s gay. I suppose it could be one of his mind-tricks. It’s more likely to be the fact that he oozes charm and he’s one of the finest entertainers on the planet. So while he’s finished up with predicting lottery numbers and nearly blowing his brains out with a gun, he’s now going to team up with Channel 4 Education to make a new internet show aimed at getting young people to question paranormal hoaxes.

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The show will be called Science Of Scams and will set about debunking the myths surrounding major paranormal beliefs, such as psychics, telekinesis, chi forces and ghosts.

Ooooh. There’s a lot of people who won’t like that at all, eh?

Over the web-exclusive series, Brown and co-host Kat Akingbade will present a series of hoax videos which purport to demonstrate spiritual phenomena, but then demonstrate how the stunts were actually created.

The campaign is designed to encourage young people to more vehemently challenge these beliefs and also engage with scientific disciplines.

Channel 4 commissioning editor for education Alice Taylor said: “Videos suggesting that paranormal events are real are some of the biggest hits on YouTube, and seem to be very popular with UK teens.

“We wanted to create a fun, engaging project that challenges people to question their readiness to believe, by unveiling the straightforward scientific phenomena behind these so-called ‘paranormal’ events. Derren and Kat make for a smooth scambusting duo.”

Science Of Scams will launch next month exclusively on the internet (including hoax videos on YouTube), although Channel 4 retains the right to also carry it on TV and 4OD.