Comedy Lab 1998
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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.
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Episode guide
Season 1 · 11 episodes
- E1 The Services Nov 11, 1998
- E2 Turning Tricks Nov 18, 1998
- E3 Danny Does Tricks Nov 18, 1998
- E4 Trigger Happy TV Nov 25, 1998
- E5 Home & Away Nov 25, 1998
- E6 Tommy Tiernan is aLive! Dec 2, 1998
- E7 Alan Tyler's Big Night In Dec 9, 1998
- E8 Vinyl Tap Dec 16, 1998
- E9 Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead Dec 23, 1998
- E10 Twiggy No-Branch Jan 13, 1999
- E11 Lenny Beige Jan 20, 1999
Season 2 · 11 episodes
- E1 Los Dos Bros Aug 31, 1999
- E2 All Aboard the Cat Bus Sep 1, 1999
- E3 Shadows of Reflections Sep 1, 1999
- E4 Beyond a Joke Sep 2, 1999
- E5 Vent Sep 7, 1999
- E6 Golden Years Sep 8, 1999
- E7 The Entertainer Sep 9, 1999
- E8 Whatever Sep 14, 1999
- E9 Heart and Sole Sep 15, 1999
- E10 Pornorama Sep 16, 1999
- E11 Roy Dance Is Dead Sep 16, 1999
Season 3 · 12 episodes
- E1 3anusPIE Oct 10, 2000
- E2 Popcultomania Oct 10, 2000
- E3 The Earl Oct 11, 2000
- E4 Shut Up and Dance Oct 17, 2000
- E5 House of Rock Awards Oct 17, 2000
- E6 The Scunthorpe Ball Run Oct 24, 2000
- E7 The Cannonball Run Oct 24, 2000
- E8 Global Pillage Oct 31, 2000
- E9 Anderson Nov 7, 2000
- E10 Critical Mass Nov 14, 2000
- E11 Rolf's Animal Hairdressers Nov 21, 2000
- E12 Meat Nov 21, 2000
Season 4 · 10 episodes
- E1 The Richard Taylor Interviews Nov 1, 2001
- E2 Orcadia Nov 8, 2001
- E3 Shut Up and Dance Nov 15, 2001
- E4 Origen's Wake Nov 15, 2001
- E5 Jimmy Carr's World of ... Corporate Videos Nov 22, 2001
- E6 Model, Actress, Whatever Nov 29, 2001
- E7 Knife & Wife Dec 6, 2001
- E8 Turn the World Down Dec 13, 2001
- E9 Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer Dec 20, 2001
- E10 The Pooters
Season 5 · 8 episodes
- E1 Shoreditch Tw*t Oct 31, 2002
- E2 Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship & Innocence Nov 7, 2002
- E3 Captain V Nov 14, 2002
- E4 The Last Chancers Nov 21, 2002
- E5 The Best of Britain Nov 28, 2002
- E6 Meet the Magoons Dec 5, 2002
- E7 Pam Ann's Mile-High Club Dec 12, 2002
- E8 My Mouth Shall Speak the Praise of Thy Lord Jan 13, 2003