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Sep 4, 2024 · Dom Joly, the king of the pranksters and mastermind behind Trigger Happy TV, is back in the spotlight, but this time, he's swapping giant mobile phones for tinfoil hats.
Feb 3, 2024 · The 56-year-old first shot to fame with Channel 4 show Trigger Happy TV, which began in 2000 and featured hidden camera pranks. It was so popular it went onto be shown in 60 countries around the...
Jul 28, 2022 · Dom Joly’s Trigger Happy TV aired initially on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2003 and was revived in a new series between 2016 and 2017. The reason for Happy Trigger TV’s unique brilliance was that cruelty – the supposed main ingredient in any prank worth its salt – was not at the show’s forefront.
Feb 1, 2023 · Dom Joly has revealed he’s prepared a revival of Trigger Happy TV with a major shake-up to the format. The hidden camera show was a hit in the early noughties and its most famous sketch saw the...
Jun 1, 2015 · Dom Joly’s cult Channel 4 comedy Trigger Happy TV looks like it is making a comeback after 12 years. The broadcaster says that it is in talks about resurrecting the prank-fest that last aired...
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Oct 19, 2024 · Writer and comedian Dom Joly might fill venues with his live show and his Trigger Happy TV, but he says he’s never told a joke in his life and that travel writing is his first love.
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Sep 30, 2023 · Dom Joly, 55, comedian and writer, on a childhood in Lebanon, pranking Fergie and his love of animals. Born in Beirut in 1967, Dom Joly attended Lebanon’s Brummana High School before completing his education in the UK at Oxford’s Dragon School, then Haileybury College near Hertford, before reading Politics at the university of London.