Dom Joly: Trigger Happy TV, Conspiracy Theories, and Surviving Bear Grylls

From Television Times with Steve Otis Gunn Jilted Maggot

Dom Joly invented a format, watched it become a global phenomenon, spent years explaining why the American version wasn't quite the same thing, and has since investigated the conspiracy theory that Finland might not exist.

Dom Joly is a British comedian, broadcaster, and author best known for Trigger Happy TV, and for a career that has expanded into travel writing and conspiracy theory investigation, most recently with The Conspiracy Tourist.

The creative risks behind Trigger Happy TV — and how something that simple became so influential
What happened when the format travelled internationally, and why translation is always more complicated than it looks
The misunderstood moments in his career — including This is Dom Joly and why he still wants to talk about it
His time on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls — what he expected and what happened
Why conspiracy theories are more interesting as a subject than their believers

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