Trigger Happy TV (2000)

Directed by

Dom Joly

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 16 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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