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Dom Joly feared his kids would be bullied after he dressed up as a kebab for 'Fool Britannia'. The 45-year-old comedian underwent six hours of make-up to look like one of the calorific treats for the second series of his hidden camera sketch series, but was concerned his two children - daughter Parker and son Jackson - would be mocked by fellow pupils at their new school over his wacky disguise. He said: ''My big worry recently was last week I was dressed as a kebab - it was six hours in make-up - but my kids have just moved...

Dom Joly feared his kids would be bullied after he dressed up as a kebab for 'Fool Britannia'. The 45-year-old comedian underwent six hours of make-up to look like one of the calorific treats for the second series of his hidden camera sketch series, but was concerned his two children - daughter Parker and son Jackson - would be mocked by fellow pupils at their new school over his wacky disguise. He said: ''My big worry recently was last week I was dressed as a kebab - it was six hours in make-up - but my kids have just moved...

Dom Joly attempted to prank David Cameron on 'Fool Britannia'. The funnyman was delighted to spot the Prime Minister at the Cornbury Festival in Oxfordshire earlier this summer and tried to approach him in his Asbo vicar disguise, but his plans were thwarted when the politician's security team recognised the character from the last series of the show. Dom told The Sun newspaper: ''I was going around the Cornbury Festival as the vicar - pushing Portaloos over and grumbling about young people - when I saw the Pm. ''Apparently it's in his constituency, so he goes with his kids every year and pretends...

Dom Joly will play a woman and a child in the new series of 'Fool Britannia'. The comedian - who recently competed on celebrity diving show, 'Splash!' - says the new series of the ITV hidden camera sketch show will be more ''ambitious'' as he will get into drag costume as a woman and play a six-year-old boy, but he's unsure if he can pull the latter off. He told The Sun newspaper: ''This series will have six characters from different generations - and so a lot more artificial limbs. ''It is very ambitious. I have no idea how I will do a...

Dom Joly's hidden camera series Fool Britannia has been commissioned for a second series by ITV.

The comedy show, which features pranks on members of the public with characters such as The Asbo Vicar and Britain's Unluckiest Man, will return later this year.

"We are thrilled to be working with Dom on a second series of Fool Britannia," said ITV Studios director of entertainment Siobhan Greene.

"Dom and the team are full of new characters and ideas, and we are so looking forward to building on what was done on the first series."

John Kaye Cooper, controller of entertainment at ITV, added: "We're delighted that Dom returns with Fool Britannia and his own blend of pranks and set-ups."

The first series ended in October 2012 with 2.08 million viewers.

Watch a clip from the first series below:...

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