Comedy Lab Season 1

Nov 11, 1998 25m GB

7.6

5 votes

Comedy

Seasons and episodes

1 - 6 : Tommy Tiernan is aLive!

Dec 02, 1998

1 - 7 : Alan Tyler's Big Night In

Dec 09, 1998

1 - 9 : Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead

Dec 23, 1998

Synopsis

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.

Title	Comedy Lab
First Air Date	Nov 01, 1998
Last Air Date	Nov 13, 2011
Episodes	100
Seasons	12
Companies
Keywords	failed tv pilot, sketch comedy