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.
Episode 9. Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead
1998-12-23
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Episode 10. Twiggy No-Branch
1999-01-13
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Episode 11. Lenny Beige
1999-01-20
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Season 2
11 episodes · 1999
Episode 1. Los Dos Bros
1999-08-31
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Episode 2. All Aboard the Cat Bus
1999-09-01
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Episode 3. Shadows of Reflections
1999-09-01
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Episode 4. Beyond a Joke
1999-09-02
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Episode 5. Vent
1999-09-07
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Episode 6. Golden Years
1999-09-08
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Episode 7. The Entertainer
1999-09-09
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Episode 8. Whatever
1999-09-14
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Episode 9. Heart and Sole
1999-09-15
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Episode 10. Pornorama
1999-09-16
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Episode 11. Roy Dance Is Dead
1999-09-16
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Season 3
12 episodes · 2000
Episode 1. 3anusPIE
2000-10-10
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Episode 2. Popcultomania
2000-10-10
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Episode 3. The Earl
2000-10-11
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Episode 4. Shut Up and Dance
2000-10-17
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Episode 5. House of Rock Awards
2000-10-17
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Episode 6. The Scunthorpe Ball Run
2000-10-24
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Episode 7. The Cannonball Run
2000-10-24
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Episode 8. Global Pillage
2000-10-31
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Episode 9. Anderson
2000-11-07
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Episode 10. Critical Mass
2000-11-14
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Episode 11. Rolf's Animal Hairdressers
2000-11-21
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Episode 12. Meat
2000-11-21
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Season 4
10 episodes · 2001
Episode 1. The Richard Taylor Interviews
2001-11-01
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Episode 2. Orcadia
2001-11-08
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Episode 3. Shut Up and Dance
2001-11-15
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Episode 4. Origen's Wake
2001-11-15
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Episode 5. Jimmy Carr's World of ... Corporate Videos
2001-11-22
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Episode 6. Model, Actress, Whatever
2001-11-29
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Episode 7. Knife & Wife
2001-12-06
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Episode 8. Turn the World Down
2001-12-13
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Episode 9. Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer
2001-12-20
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Episode 10. The Pooters
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Season 5
8 episodes · 2002
Episode 1. Shoreditch Tw*t
2002-10-31
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Episode 2. Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship & Innocence
2002-11-07
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Episode 3. Captain V
2002-11-14
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Episode 4. The Last Chancers
2002-11-21
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Episode 5. The Best of Britain
2002-11-28
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Episode 6. Meet the Magoons
2002-12-05
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Episode 7. Pam Ann's Mile-High Club
2002-12-12
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Episode 8. My Mouth Shall Speak the Praise of Thy Lord
2003-01-13
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Season 6
7 episodes · 2004
Episode 1. 12:21
2004-02-11
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Episode 2. Clitheroe
2004-02-11
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Episode 3. The Russell Brand
2004-02-17
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Episode 4. Private Lives
2004-02-17
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Episode 5. Puppet Access TV
2004-02-17
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Episode 6. Chancers
2004-02-24
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Episode 7. Tracy and I
2004-02-24
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Season 7
8 episodes · 2005
Episode 1. Modern Toss
2005-05-10
John Link and Mick Bunnage's cult comic Modern Toss is brought to life in a mix of live action and animation.
Episode 2. Speeding
2005-05-11
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Episode 3. Glenn Wool: What's the Story?
2005-05-12
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Episode 4. Whatever
2005-05-13
A Series of bizarre sketches by teenagers.
Episode 5. Blackout
2005-05-16
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Episode 6. I'm Spazticus
2005-05-17
Hidden camera comedy featuring a cast of disabled performers playing pranks on an unsuspecting public.
Episode 7. Pritch and Panch: The Cinderfella Experience
2005-05-18
Dirty Sanchez pranksters Pritch and Pratch are sent to Amsterdam to get a taste of the transsexual experience.
Episode 8. Tatoo
2005-05-19
Comedy set in a tatoo studio in Leeds telling the story of two body artists.
Season 8
8 episodes · 2006
Episode 1. Fonejacker
2006-05-09
One man with a phone prank calls members of the public. The calls are accompanied by a visual which amplifies the comedic effect.
Episode 2. Bad Crowd
2006-05-09
Like any comedy prison, HMP Brickway's population is a mixed bag! Aiden McCabe is struggling to adjust to prison life and his newly-discovered sexual orientation
Episode 3. Transmission Impossible
2006-05-10
Spoof clip show featuring selections of programmes which, given an ill wind of broadcasting desperation, might actually exist in a parallel world.
Episode 4. FM
2006-05-10
Pilot of show which went on to become a hit ITV2 sitcom set in a radio station. The Actors were all changed for the full series tho.
Episode 5. Dynamo's Estate of Mind
2006-05-11
Street magician Dynamo is emerging as one of the most exciting talents around with his stylish and energetic approach to magic influenced by underground poker clubs and incorporating hip-hop movement. This Comedy Lab sees Dynamo and…
Episode 6. Dog Almighty
2006-05-11
Dog-based animated sketch show which uses recorded conversations and replaces humans with animated dogs. Following on from the success of internet phenomenon Dog Judo (which has had over 10 million hits to date), Dog Almighty uses several…
Episode 7. Alex Zane's House of Games
2006-05-12
Alex Zane presents a peculiar game show in which four contestants are subjected to a series of bizarre challenges, each hoping to win a paid month off work. Along the way, they'll be expected to battle against good and evil, take on the…
Episode 8. Slap
2006-05-12
Sketch show in which Katy Brand puts celebrity fakery under the spotlight by parodying stars including Kate Winslet and Kate Moss, and provides her own take on a bad nun and a woman-hating TA captain.
Season 9
8 episodes · 2007
Episode 1. Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
2007-10-22
Pilkington left school with only one GCSE and a deadpan voice. The exam he passed was an E in history. That doesn't sound out of the ordinary, but when you look at the fact that Pilkington thought he had two GCSEs (one in English and one…
Episode 2. Documental
2007-10-23
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Episode 3. Ain't It Funny Being Coloured
2007-10-24
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Episode 4. The Smallest Game in Town
2007-10-25
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Episode 5. Doug Stanhope, Go Home
2007-10-26
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Episode 6. Blowout
2007-10-27
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Episode 7. Uncle Rubbish
2007-10-28
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Episode 8. Swizzcall
2007-10-29
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Season 10
6 episodes · 2008
Episode 1. School of Comedy
2008-08-21
Adolescent comedic actors take on the world of adults in a unique comedy sketch show starring Will Poulter (Son of Rambow) and Jack Harries, plus a host of rising stars.
On TV: C4 - Thurs 21 August at 10.45pm
School of Comedy features a…
Episode 2. Slaterwood
2008-08-22
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Episode 3. Headwreckers
2008-08-25
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Episode 4. Mr and Mrs Fandango
2008-08-26
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Episode 5. Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
2008-08-28
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Episode 6. Pappy's Fun Club
2008-08-28
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Season 11
7 episodes · 2010
Episode 1. iCandy
2010-04-19
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Episode 2. Happy Finish
2010-04-19
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Episode 3. Penelope, Princess Of Pets
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Episode 4. The Secret Census
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Episode 5. Filth
2010-04-22
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Episode 6. Moviemash
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Episode 7. Hung Out
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Season 12
5 episodes · 2011
Episode 1. Anna & Katy
2011-09-02
New series. A series showcasing up-and-coming comic talent, beginning with a sketch show by double act Anna Crilly and Katy Wix. Featuring the most popular soap opera in Germany and Eamonn Holmes's latest game show Pointer, plus a guest…
Episode 2. Totally Tom
2011-09-09
Sketch show written and performed by Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton set in an unusual and often macabre metropolis, which is inhabited by an array of characters including a pair of cocaine-fuelled `posh girls'. There is also a police officer…
Episode 3. Rick and Peter
2011-09-16
Rick Edwards and Peter Mitchell deliver a satirical exploration of TV presenting by playing caricatures of themselves. After Rick makes a regrettable gag while working, he and Peter have to undertake a crash-course in political correctness
