NBC NEWS' PEACOCK PRODUCTIONS UK HEADQUARTERS SIGNS DEAL WITH FORENSIC MIND READER COLIN CLOUD TO DEVELOP SERIES

June 3, 2014 - New York, NY ... NBC News' Peacock Productions announced today that it signed a deal with the forensic mind reader Colin Cloud to develop a series. The deal comes out of its UK headquarters, led by Managing Director Steve Anderson and Director of Development Dean Palmer.

Performer, consultant, coach and comedian, the endearing Colin Cloud is a forensic mind reader. Inspired at an early age by Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes," Cloud made it his life's work to replicate the skills of a fictional genius. He is the self-proclaimed Sherlock Holmes of entertainment, if Sherlock Holmes had a flair for comedy. The Holmes of hypnotists and the Great Detective of live events.

From Scotland, Cloud studied illusion and stagecraft, forensic science and criminal profiling, and how to be funny while he was at it. He now beautifully bridges the gap between fact and fiction.

Cloud has performed for professional skeptics like Penn and Teller and has wowed the hard-to-please Simon Cowell. He has left people convinced that he does indeed have mystical skills of reading minds and influencing outcomes.

About Peacock Productions

Peacock Productions is an award-winning, nonfiction production company that combines the editorial expertise, technical resources and seasoned production talent of NBCUniversal. It offers a wide-range of programming to broadcast, cable and digital entities with worldwide reach. To learn more, please visit peacockproductions.tv.

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