Trigger Happy TV

23min

Comedy

Trigger Happy TV is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series. The original British edition of the show, produced by Absolutely Productions, starred Dom Joly and ran for two series on the British television channel Channel 4 from 2000 to 2003. Although Channel 4 is owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, he made a name for himself as the sole star of the show, which he produced and directed with cameraman Sam Cadman.

Episodes

Cast

Ian Botham, Terry Gilliam

1. Ian Botham, Terry Gilliam

23min

14th Jan 2000

No one is safe when Dom Joly releases his twisted creations on an unsuspecting Britiain. Ian Botham has an unusual encounter with an emotional interviewer, and the dogs of war take to the streets.

Alice Cooper, Tony Blackburn

2. Alice Cooper, Tony Blackburn

23min

21st Jan 2000

The Parkie questions some bewildered old age pensioners about a bit of unpleasantness by the lake, Alice Cooper has an interview with a dutiful son, and the portrait painter tries his hand at a different art-form.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

23min

28th Jan 2000

Among other gems: the spy risks blowing his cover, the kitchen showroom falls down in the catering department, and the aggressive ice-cream vendor loses it completely.

Ken Livingstone, Oz Clarke

4. Ken Livingstone, Oz Clarke

23min

4th Feb 2000

It's Ken Livingstone's turn to ask some questions when his interviewer turns violent. Elsewhere, the Parkie sorts out some pensioners whom he suspects of creating merry hell with fire-extinguisers, and two enormous gentlemen cause a public inconvenience...

Tamara Beckwith, Tim Rice

5. Tamara Beckwith, Tim Rice

23min

11th Feb 2000

A passer-by gets a blind tasting with a difference, Tamara Beckwith is the subject of a drunken interview, and the Parkie takes on some old-skool old folk.

Jason Donovan

6. Jason Donovan

21min

18th Feb 2000

Dom Joly unleashes his twisted humour on an unsuspecting public. Quick-fire comedy and a hip soundtrack make this the ultimate in TV junk food.

Greatest Hits

7. Greatest Hits

50min

25th Feb 2000

More wacky stunts, gags and gaffaws from that master of slap-stick humour, Dom Joly, in this compilation of the best moments from the first series of the award-winning show.

First air date

14th Jan 2000

Last air date

24th Dec 2001

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks