Dom Joly
Paul Chowdhry Don't Ask Me That!
Paul Chowdhry along with Spotify
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This episode sees Paul joined by comedian and author, Dom Joly. They talk about everything from Dom going to school with Osama Bin Laden, to his arranged marriage, as well as how he became one of Britain’s most recognisable public nuisances.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guest is one of the most influential men, whatever pronoun he goes as in British entertainment history. |
| 0:13.5 | He's described as a snail by some people who watched Trigger Happy TV. |
| 0:18.9 | He's a journalist, broadcaster, entrepreneur, |
| 0:22.6 | and all-round entertainer. |
| 0:24.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.9 | Mr. Dom Jolly. |
| 0:27.9 | All right. |
| 0:28.9 | What an honor, Mr. Dom Jolly, to have you. |
| 0:31.9 | And I've been wanting to interview you for a long time, |
| 0:34.6 | and I just thought the opportunity came around. |
| 0:36.6 | Obviously, you know, the show's called Don't Ask Me That podcast. I do know that. Which is questions people don't want to be asked because I go. That's a relief for me. Exactly. This goes to areas where people. Yeah. Like something a bit different. Yeah, different. I always get asked the same stuff. You get asked the same things. Is there anything? Yes. Other things other things that I don't want you to ask me about. Yes. Shall I just list them? Just list them and I want to ask them. Right. Big mobile phone, ringtone, snail, going to school with bin Laden, diplomat, hitting David Meller in the face. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm a celebrity. |
| 1:14.4 | Reality shows. |
| 1:18.0 | I think that's about it, really. |
| 1:22.1 | I wouldn't mind if you mentioned Trigabby TV 25th anniversary talk, because that's what I'm here to plug. |
| 1:23.0 | But apart from that, honestly, I'm not talking about any of that other stuff. |
| 1:26.8 | Okay, I won't ask you about |
| 1:27.7 | any of those subjects. That's why I did this because it's nice. Yeah, but you, you went to school |
| 1:34.7 | in Beirut, a high school called Brumana, which was the same, as a, you're a Quaker, right? Yeah. |
| 1:43.5 | And you went from the ages of six to ten to that school, which was the same as you're a you're a Quaker right yeah and you went from the ages of six to |
| 1:45.5 | ten to that school which is was the same school that Osama bin Laden went to no but you |
| 1:50.3 | honestly I just thought we were we no just can we all I asked him was fuck off you said |
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