The hidden camera show originally ran from 2000 until 2003 (Picture: Channel 4)
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 comedian shout ‘Hello!’ into a giant mobile phone in the most inappropriate places.
While it has been a number of years since the show’s last outing, a Chrismas special in 2017, the 55-year-old has been working on a new version that he’s hoping will pique the interest of telly execs.
He explained: ‘I spent a lot of time on Trigger Happy honing my skills annoying members of the public so now I’m going to take those skills and maybe take on something else.
‘I did a small reboot for Channel 4 before but there were two things I really wanted to do: one was a movie and the other was to try and get a completely new spin on Trigger Happy.’
The Fool Britannia star explained the reboot in the work as the ‘same sort of comedy’ but is being made for a ‘completely different purpose.’
There have been various specials of Trigger Happy TV since it ended (Picture: Channel 4)
Trigger Happy TV featured lots of pranks (Picture: Channel 4)
He continued to The Sun: ‘So it’s the same sort of comedy, same sense of humour and the same people behind it but doing it for a completely different purpose and I think we’ve come up with a completely new format so it’s really exciting.
‘I’m just waiting for the green light but it’s going to be a really, really cool thing.’
Trigger Happy TV originally ran for three seasons on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2003.
Dom Joly’s most famous prank on Trigger Happy TV involved a large mobile phone (Picture: WireImage)
The prank show returned as a series of shorts on All 4 and for a Christmas special 13 years after it had ended.
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A second series of shorts on All 4 followed and a one-off special on E4 in 2017.
Dom also used his Trigger Happy TV tricks and teamed up with the NHS for a helpline ad to highlight the importance of calling 111 for non-emergencies.
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