Talk:Trigger Happy TV

British English
I got a bit confused along the way while editing this. Are we sticking to British or American spellings/terminology (i.e. 'programme' or 'show') for the article? It's a British show, that's why I ask. CaptainSpam 16:08, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Dom's whereabouts
Does anyone know if Dom is doing anything new these days in terms of any new television shows or movies? Mkaycomputer 03:31, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I dont think so.. he writes a column for The Independent now and again, but thats all i know. -- jeffthejiff  ( talk ) 08:52, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * He has a blog here: domjoly.tv. He responds to comments on there, and there aren't too many comments, so I'll contact him through there and ask him if he can contribute any information about upcoming shows, etc.  I really hope he's doing another hidden camera show in the future.. Trigger Happy TV was the best.. --Josh1billion 07:50, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Consent to appear on TV
Added a comment that passers-by must have been told at some point in order for them to allow footage to be used; in Channel 4's "100 greatest funny moments" (where this show hit 3rd) Dom Joly mentions that, when filming a scene celebrating a sex shop's "1,000,000th customer", multiple takes had to be made because the customers kept running off before their consent could be gained.

Dada influences
The programme's surreal sketches have been described as being influenced by Dada

It's not that I question the statement, I'm just wondering about the source of the statement. A footnote would be suitable. Sarnath 12:44, 12 September 2006 (UTC)Sarnath

The Sandwich Man, a 1966 film includes a scenario of people dressed as furry animals fighting in a London street to the bemusement of passers by. Trigger Happy TV featured this several times. Maybe it was the inspiration for this scenario? SteveA 2 Nov 2018 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:4B20:600:4D71:FAF9:196B:A5EB (talk) 19:44, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Complete Trigger Happy TV?
Is there a complete box set, all I can seem to find is Best of DVDs.84.64.143.241 13:12, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * It's never been released complete in the UK on any format. Nick Cooper 13:33, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * However you can download the complete series from 4oD (www.channel4.com/4od/index.html) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.171.169 (talk) 23:30, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Theme tune
Surely there should be some mention of the fact that Trigger Happy TV's theme tune was built on Wire's "Three Girl Rumba"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.3.97.210 (talk) 13:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

It was actually the beginning of "Connection" by Elastica. I agree it should be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.167.155 (talk) 17:00, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
I've added an infobox but seemed to have mucked it up somewhat. Someone who knows how should tidy it - i can't get it to sit alongside the text Paul26uk (talk) 12:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

OK the infobox is sorted now, and I've added an image too. The list of sketches still needs a clean up though which I may or may not get round to. Paul26uk (talk) 16:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Merchandise NPOV?
At the moment the merchandise section seems to breach WP:NPOV: it's more a criticism for distributing the 90 minute "best of" DVDs and lamenting the lack of boxsets than it is an encyclopedic entry on THTV's merch. Pretty much an overly long, unsourced critique on the merchandising. I'm axing anything that isn't objective, feel free to source it if you want it back. --92.4.34.175 (talk) 20:35, 15 December 2009 (UTC)


 * This is me, forgot to login :S --PenguinCopter (talk) 20:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Trigger Happy
Shouldn't there be a new page for Trigger Happy?

Trigger Happy TV was broadcast on Channel 4 from 2000 to 2003.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/trigger-happy-tv

Trigger Happy however includes the 2016 Christmas Special on Channel 4 plus series 1 (comprising on 10 shorts), series 2 (comprising of 10 shorts) and a 2017 Christmas Special short which were released on All 4 which technically isn't a "channel" but just like the now online only BBC Three (online) if those shows can be classed as TV shows, then so should this.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/trigger-happy

It looks like someone on IMDB has confused Trigger Happy (2016 TV series) with Trigger Happy TV (2001 TV series) by mixing them together.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/news/2717/trigger_happy_series_2/

Some credits in the description here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphmbIfwNVM

Danstarr69 (talk) 00:35, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Danstarr69 Smiley.svg
 * This article speaks about both series, the new one being a continuation of the old one. If they are indeed a continuation then splitting into two separate articles may be unnecessary.  What do you think?  And is there a part in which they are labeled incorrectly?
 * --Gryllida (talk) 04:25, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

There's a few incorrect labels as all the new stuff is titled the same as the old stuff. They have different names. The original was called Trigger Happy TV. The new one is called Trigger Happy. Yes the names aren't as different as his other prank show like Fool Britannia but it is clearly a different name.

It's like having Christmas lights, City Lights and Northern Lights...or Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death... and In Sickness and in Health as the same shows, when they're all separate parts of the same franchise.

There's 10 titled normal episodes in Trigger Happy Series 1, not 8. There's 10 titled normal episodes in Trigger Happy Series 2, which isn't even mentioned in the article. Plus there's 2 Christmas Specials of Trigger Happy, (which takes the total for each series up to 11 episodes) but only 1 of them is mentioned.

Then there's the dates in the box at the side which still say 2000-2003.

Update: I can't believe I forgot to mention this. If they really are the same series, then why are they in separate sections on the website, and why are the new ones named 'series 1' and 'series 2' instead of 'series 4' and 'series 5'?

Danstarr69 (talk) 05:50, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * If you find enough substantial coverage in reliable secondary sources, then be bold and go for it. If not, or if you do and someone reverts, then return to this talk page and discuss. You could try creating separate sections for the two series on this one page - I'd do that as a test to see if the subject is notable enough for a standalone article. Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 17:32, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

17 episodes?
The 17 episodes number should probably have a citation - I can't find anything conclusive unfortunately, but a lot of unofficial lists I find seem to alternate between 6 and 7 episodes in season 2, with the final episode in the ones that list 7 having a very vague description and release date compared to the rest, and the official youtube uploads of this show have only 6 episodes numbered as season 2, leading me to believe there's technically only 16 episodes (unless there's another episode being counted, but without a list on here I'm not really sure). Unfortunately the only official(?) sources I've seen seem to list 8-12 minute long groups of sketches instead of the full 22 minute episodes, so I have no idea what the truth is. Edit: I just noticed "including Pilot (Comedy Lab) and 'Greatest Hits' Specials" - are these counted in the 17 number list? Again, I'm not sure without a real list, sorry. --Jessietail (talk) 05:17, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Jessietail (talk See my list below, which I've also posted to the article. It'll most likely get deleted but at least I tried. Danstarr69 (talk) 20:40, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
 * On your first citation, it looks like S2E7 is the same as S2E1; Edit: Or is it the "Greatest Hits" special mentioned in the infobox? Going by its 49 minute listed runtime that might be likely. It says they're "unavailable" to me so I can't confirm. Regardless, that's still only 16 episodes. --Jessietail (talk) 01:30, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Jessietail (talk

Practically all of Dom Joly's shows are "Greatest Hits" collections as they're always random. You might see part of one sketch in 1 episode, then a continuation or a repeat of it in another episode.

I'm guessing they've included the Comedy Lab pilot as an episode, but there's no info I can see about the pilot, which I would've thought is really just the original name for series 1 episode 1.

The original 2000-2003 UK Version of Trigger Happy TV contains 7 episodes in series 1, 7 episodes in series 2, then 2 episodes in series 3 which are just 2 Christmas Specials. So is a total of 16 episodes. Then the 13 episodes of the 2003 US Version of Trigger Happy (which was also broadcast on Channel 4 like the UK original after being broadcast on Comedy Central USA) brings the total up to 29 episodes. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/trigger-happy-tv/episode-guide/

The 10 mini All 4 'Shorts' from the new 2016 Trigger Happy series 1 make up bits of the Channel 4 2016 Christmas Special which is the 11th episode. Then there's the 10 mini All 4 'shorts' from the new 2017 Trigger Happy series 2, plus a short All 4 Christmas Special which is the 11th epiosde. So if we include them like they're listed on the official website then that brings the total up to 51. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/trigger-happy/episode-guide

On YouTube 8 of the 10 All 4 shorts from series 1 are listed as episodes 1-8 with slightly different titles, and bits of the 2016 Christmas Special split into 2 separate 9 minute videos. Then 10 out of 10 All 4 shorts from series 2 are also up there, but they're not numbered, and just have one of the pranks named as the title. There's also a "Full Series 1" compilation video, yet it's 5 minutes shorter than it should be (23 minutes shorter if you include the two 9 minute long 2016 Christmas videos as part of series 1). And some of the other episodes are also shorter or slightly longer than they are on All 4 which make people even more confused. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnU9iq6kGBHGfWKcEADRZfLgsf0Sbx6V

Danstarr69 (talk) 07:11, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

All 51 Episodes
Here's my 1st ever table creation on Wikipedia, so if it gets deleted in future, which it probably will, here's the table I made ready to be copied and pasted again, once more detailed references have been found.