Dom Joly: How to Make Comedy That Lasts 25 Years (Trigger Happy TV)

This episode is about the making of one of the most iconic hidden-camera comedy shows ever produced: Trigger Happy TV, created by Dom Jolly.Dom didn’t just star in the show. He built it from scratch. No writing room. No committee. No grand career plan. Just a £1,000 camera, a friend behind the bar who became his cameraman, and an instinct for what made him laugh.I wanted to have this conversation because Trigger Happy TV felt raw, anarchic, and completely of its time and yet 25 years later, it still works. This episode explores how it was actually made, where the ideas came from, how it was sold to 80+ countries, and what it cost Dom creatively and personally.If you’re interested in how comedy is built, not in theory, but in practice, this conversation pulls the curtain back.This is about making comedy without a script.About trusting instinct over consensus.About luck, timing, hunger, burnout and the price of creativity.Trigger Happy TV 25th Anniversary Tour tickets https://www.domjoly.tv/live/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.