Mesmerised is an Australian television series involving hypnotist Peter Powers traveling around Australia with actors and volunteers willing to be hypnotised by Powers and made to perform amusing and often embarrassing acts. The series was produced for the Seven Network by Endemol Australia.[3]
| Mesmerised | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Comedy/Hypnotism |
| Presented by | Peter Powers |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (5 unaired)[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Paul Melville[2] |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Endemol Australia |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 15 October 2015 |
| Related | |
| The Power of One | |
The series premiered in Australia on 15 October 2015 on the Seven Network.[2] Although six episodes[3] were produced, the program was pulled from the broadcast schedule after low ratings for its debut episode. The Seven Network planned to air the remaining episodes weekly on 7flix on Sunday afternoons at 5:00pm.[1]
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2015)
edit| No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | 15 October 2015 | 411,000[5] | |
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Hypnotist Peter Powers is unleashed on the unsuspecting Australian public, using his hypnosis skills to make a man marry an alpaca and cause mayhem during a speed dating event.[4] | ||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | 24 November 2019 | N/A | |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | 1 December 2019 | N/A | |
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Peter convinces two heterosexual female friends, Louise and Kat, that they're long-term lesbian lovers and the pair legally marry, before they are awoken in their honeymoon bed.[6] | ||||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | 8 December 2019 | N/A | |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | N/A | TBD | |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | N/A | TBD | |
References
edit- ^ a b Knox, David (16 October 2015). "Gone: Mesmerised. Returning: Dog Patrol". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ a b Knox, David (6 October 2015). "Airdate: Mesmerised". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Mesmerised". Yahoo! TV. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Mesmerised: Thu 15 Oct, season 1 episode 1". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 16 October 2015.[dead link]
- ^ Knox, David (16 October 2015). "Bachelorette, Gogglebox win for TEN as The Verdict pushes Nine to third place". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Watch Mesmerised | Prime Video". Amazon UK. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.