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Trigger Happy TV

7.3(28)
First Aired:January 14, 2000
Seasons:3 seasons
Episodes:16
Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

Dom Joly

Dom Joly

Seasons

E1Ian Botham, Terry Gilliam

23m

Jan 14, 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.

E2Alice Cooper, Tony Blackburn

23m

Jan 21, 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.

E3Episode 3

23m

Jan 28, 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.

E4Ken Livingstone, Oz Clarke

23m

Feb 4, 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...

E5Tamara Beckwith, Tim Rice

23m

Feb 11, 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.

E6Jason Donovan

21m

Feb 18, 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.

E7Greatest Hits

50m

Feb 25, 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.

E1Lord Bath, Zandra Rhodes

23m

Jan 28, 2001

Dom Joly plays an assortment of characters as he unleashes his twisted humour on the unsuspecting public. Lord Bath and Zandra Rhodes get the Trigger Happy treatment.

E2Peter Stringfellow, Frederick Forsyth

23m

Feb 4, 2001

Peter Stringfellow and Frederick Forsyth get the Trigger Happy treatment.

E3Ken Hom, Bob Holness

22m

Feb 11, 2001

Ken Hom and Bob Holness get the Trigger Happy treatment.

E4Ian McCaskill, Dickie Bird

21m

Feb 18, 2001

Ian McCaskill and Dickie Bird get the Trigger Happy treatment.

E5Tony Robinson, John McCririck

22m

Feb 25, 2001

Tony Robinson and John McCririck get the Trigger Happy treatment.

E6Toyah Willcox, Leo Sayer

21m

Mar 4, 2001

Toyah Willcox and Leo Sayer get the Trigger Happy treatment.

E7Best of Series 2

49m

Dec 24, 2001

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

E1Christmas Special, Part 1

30m

In the first part of this Christmas special, Dom Joly goes festive. He heads off to the busy streets which are filled with Christmas shoppers to surprise the unsuspecting public with some yuletide stunts.

E2Christmas Special, Part 2

30m

In the second part of this Christmas special Dom Joly takes to the streets once more, with the whole new set of characters and a festive theme Trigger Happy hoping to surprise the unsuspecting public with some yuletide pranks.

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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.

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