Trigger Happy TV

Trigger Happy TV
Image from the show's title sequence
GenreComedy
Directed byDom Joly
Sam Cadman
StarringDom Joly
Opening theme"Connection" by Elastica
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2 plus Christmas specials including 'Greatest Hits' Specials
No. of episodes40
Production
ProducersDom Joly
Sam Cadman
Tony Lundon
Running time23 minutes
Production companyAbsolutely Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release14 January 2000 (2000-01-14) –
28 July 2003 (2003-07-28)
Release26 September 2016 (2016-09-26) –
14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
Related
World Shut Your Mouth
Fool Britannia
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Trigger Happy TV is 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[1] of shorts on All 4 followed and a one-off special on E4 in 2017.

  1. ^ "Channel 4 orders another series of Trigger Happy for All 4". British Comedy Guide. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2020.