Comedy Lab(1998)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1998-11-01
Average Runtime: 25m
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 6
Seasons: 12
Episodes: 101
Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998. Several pilots first shown on Comedy Lab have gone on to spawn full series, most notably Trigger Happy TV, Fonejacker, That Peter Kay Thing, Meet the Magoons and FM. It also gave Jimmy Carr his first television appearance in Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos. The 2001 series features the episodes Knife and Wife, Orcadia, Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer and Jimmy Carr's World of…Corporate Videos featuring Jimmy Carr. The 2008 series features the episodes Headwreckers, Mr and Mrs Fandango, Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits, Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pappy's Fun Club, School of Comedy and Slaterwood. 2010's shows are iCandy, Happy Finish, Penelope Princess of Pets, Jack Whitehall Secret Census, Filth, Moviemash and Hung Out. The 2011 lineup includes: Anna & Katy, Totally Tom and Rick and Peter.
Keywords
failed tv pilotsketch comedy
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Channel 4Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 11E01
The Services
Air Date: 1998-11-11
No episode overview available.
E02
Turning Tricks
Air Date: 1998-11-18
No episode overview available.
E03
Danny Does Tricks
Air Date: 1998-11-18
No episode overview available.
E04
Trigger Happy TV
Air Date: 1998-11-25
No episode overview available.
E05
Home & Away
Air Date: 1998-11-25
No episode overview available.
E06
Tommy Tiernan is aLive!
Air Date: 1998-12-02
No episode overview available.
E07
Alan Tyler's Big Night In
Air Date: 1998-12-09
No episode overview available.
E08
Vinyl Tap
Air Date: 1998-12-16
No episode overview available.
E09
Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead
Air Date: 1998-12-23
No episode overview available.
E10
Twiggy No-Branch
Air Date: 1999-01-13
No episode overview available.
E11
Lenny Beige
Air Date: 1999-01-20
No episode overview available.
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