TV series
Comedy Lab
1998–2011 · 12 seasons
A scattershot parade of oddball comic ideas, hit and miss, watched with low stakes and mild curiosity about which experiment lands.
- Created by
- Dominic Brigstocke, Ian Barnes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Miranda Hart, Stephen Merchant, Kristen Schaal
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Absurd, satirical, whimsical and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Media, identity, celebrity, class
- Content
- Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Dominic Brigstocke, Ian Barnes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Miranda Hart, Stephen Merchant, Kristen Schaal
