Trigger Happy TV

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.

Jan 14, 20003 seasons16 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Season 1

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 14, 2000

Season 2

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 28, 2001

Season 3

2 episodes

Episodes

1–6 of 7

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Ep 1

Ian Botham, Terry Gilliam

Jan 14, 2000

23m

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.

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Ep 2

Alice Cooper, Tony Blackburn

Jan 21, 2000

23m

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.

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Ep 3

Episode 3

Jan 28, 2000

23m

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.

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Ep 4

Ken Livingstone, Oz Clarke

Feb 4, 2000

23m

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...

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Ep 5

Tamara Beckwith, Tim Rice

Feb 11, 2000

23m

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.

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Ep 6