The new king of TV practical jokes who made a mobile phone ring a legend is finding fertile ground for his wicked wit in York and North Yorkshire.
The new series of Channel Four's Trigger Happy TV has shown its star Dom Joly in Heartbeat village Goathland and most recently at Castle Howard, near Malton, and in York.
Last Friday's show started with Dom roaring into a ridiculously large mobile phone outside Castle Howard. He told the "caller" that he was looking for a stately home to buy, but that this one was "too small". Later, he carried out the mobile phone trick again, but this time with two huge mobile phones, by the River Ouse outside the King's Arms, in King's Staith, York.
He also targeted Channel Four Racing star John McCririck at York Races by feigning to pass out by collapsing to the ground while interviewing him.
Mr McCririck, after a few seconds of stunned silence, apparently picked up on what was going on, saying in a rather peeved tone of voice: "I don't know what kind of programme this is."
Updated: 10:55 Monday, May 21, 2001
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