
About this season
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.
Episodes (11)
1. The Services
Aired 11 November 1998
2. Turning Tricks
Aired 18 November 1998
3. Danny Does Tricks
Aired 18 November 1998
4. Trigger Happy TV
Aired 25 November 1998
5. Home & Away
Aired 25 November 1998
6. Tommy Tiernan is aLive!
Aired 2 December 1998
7. Alan Tyler's Big Night In
Aired 9 December 1998
8. Vinyl Tap
Aired 16 December 1998
9. Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead
Aired 23 December 1998
10. Twiggy No-Branch
Aired 13 January 1999
11. Lenny Beige
Aired 20 January 1999