Underplayed Gems

Trigger Happy TV (2000)

Trigger Happy TV poster
Directed by
Dom Joly
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 17 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Dom Joly plays absurd practical jokes on unsuspecting members of the public using hidden cameras. The pranks are delivered with a deadpan, dry humor style.

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What happens

Trigger Happy TV was a hidden camera/practical joke comedy television series. The original British edition of the show, produced by Absolutely Productions, starred Dom Joly and ran for three series on the British television channel Channel 4 from 2000 to 2003. Joly made a name for himself as the sole star of the show, which he produced and directed with cameraman Sam Cadman. Trigger Happy TV and World Shut Your Mouth, his other major show, would both be categorised as deadpan or "dry humour". The show returned again featuring Joly, produced by Spirit Media, as a series of shorts on All 4 and for a one-off Christmas special on Channel 4 after 13 years, airing Christmas Eve 2016. A second series of shorts on All 4 followed and a one-off special on E4 in 2017. In 2025 in an appearance on an episode of Channel 5 gameshow ‘Celebrity Puzzling’ Dom Joly announced he was taking Trigger Happy on tour to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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