Being Dom Joly

  • TV comedy
  • Channel 4
  • 2001
  • 1 episode

A spoof documentary purporting to go behind the scenes of Dom Joly's life. Stars Dom Joly, Ivana Basic, Adam Long and Jacques Grassett.

Being Dom Joly trivia

The production initially intended to include a siginificant segment featuring Damien Hirst in the episode. Unfortunately he arrived for filming severely inebriated and almost no broadcastable material could be salvaged.

The audition tapes in the special were based upon one of Joly`s school friend`s efforts to film a promo reel. Certain sections were filmed using an antiquated video camera in order to give them a dated look.

Dom`s wife was played by Ivana Basic. She commented that this was the first time that she had been asked to play any character other than a prostitute or an asylum seeker.

Many of the actors were not professionals and were cast due to being friends of the crew.

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