Comedy Lab (1998)
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 1 - School of Comedy
Release Date: 2008-08-21Adolescent 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 range of characters. There's a filthy, profane receptionist, a cross-dressing Eastern European plumber, a sexually repressed couple from the 1930s, and an emotionally inadequate mo-fo policeman. Expect music, cross dressing and naughty words...
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Episode 2 - Slaterwood
Release Date: 2008-08-22 -
Episode 3 - Headwreckers
Release Date: 2008-08-25 -
Episode 4 - Mr and Mrs Fandango
Release Date: 2008-08-26 -
Episode 5 - Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
Release Date: 2008-08-28 -
Episode 6 - Pappy's Fun Club
Release Date: 2008-08-28