Trigger Happy TV

S01E02: Alice Cooper, Tony Blackburn

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.

Overview

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.

Episodes

S01E01 Ian Botham, Terry Gilliam

January 14, 2000 23 min
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.

S01E02 Alice Cooper, Tony Blackburn

January 21, 2000 23 min
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...

S01E03 Episode 3

January 28, 2000 23 min
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.

S01E04 Ken Livingstone, Oz Clarke

February 4, 2000 23 min
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...

S01E05 Tamara Beckwith, Tim Rice

February 11, 2000 23 min
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.

S01E06 Jason Donovan

February 18, 2000 21 min
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.

S01E07 Greatest Hits

February 25, 2000 50 min
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.

Cast

Dom Joly
Dom Joly

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