Ian Botham, Terry Gilliam
Episode 1 • 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.
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.
16 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
2000
Rating
7.3/10
25 votes • HD
People
Episodes
Episode 1 • 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.
Episode 2 • 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.
Episode 3 • 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.
Episode 4 • Feb 04, 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...
Episode 5 • 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.
Episode 6 • 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.
Episode 1 • 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.
Episode 2 • Feb 04, 2001
Peter Stringfellow and Frederick Forsyth get the Trigger Happy treatment.
Episode 3 • Feb 11, 2001
Ken Hom and Bob Holness get the Trigger Happy treatment.
Episode 4 • Feb 18, 2001
Ian McCaskill and Dickie Bird get the Trigger Happy treatment.
Episode 5 • Feb 25, 2001
Tony Robinson and John McCririck get the Trigger Happy treatment.
Episode 6 • Mar 04, 2001
Toyah Willcox and Leo Sayer get the Trigger Happy treatment.
Episode 1 • TBA
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.
Episode 2 • TBA
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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