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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11 episodes • 1998
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Services | Nov 11, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Turning Tricks | Nov 18, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Danny Does Tricks | Nov 18, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Trigger Happy TV | Nov 25, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Home & Away | Nov 25, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tommy Tiernan is aLive! | Dec 2, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alan Tyler's Big Night In | Dec 9, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Vinyl Tap | Dec 16, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead | Dec 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Twiggy No-Branch | Jan 13, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Lenny Beige | Jan 20, 1999 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 1999
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Dos Bros | Aug 31, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 2 | All Aboard the Cat Bus | Sep 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Shadows of Reflections | Sep 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Beyond a Joke | Sep 2, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Vent | Sep 7, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Golden Years | Sep 8, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Entertainer | Sep 9, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Whatever | Sep 14, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Heart and Sole | Sep 15, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Pornorama | Sep 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Roy Dance Is Dead | Sep 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3anusPIE | Oct 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Popcultomania | Oct 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Earl | Oct 11, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shut Up and Dance | Oct 17, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | House of Rock Awards | Oct 17, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Scunthorpe Ball Run | Oct 24, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Cannonball Run | Oct 24, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Global Pillage | Oct 31, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Anderson | Nov 7, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Critical Mass | Nov 14, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Rolf's Animal Hairdressers | Nov 21, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Meat | Nov 21, 2000 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Richard Taylor Interviews | Nov 1, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Orcadia | Nov 8, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Shut Up and Dance | Nov 15, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Origen's Wake | Nov 15, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Jimmy Carr's World of ... Corporate Videos | Nov 22, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Model, Actress, Whatever | Nov 29, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Knife & Wife | Dec 6, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Turn the World Down | Dec 13, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer | Dec 20, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Pooters | TBA | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoreditch Tw*t | Oct 31, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship & Innocence | Nov 7, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Captain V | Nov 14, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Last Chancers | Nov 21, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Best of Britain | Nov 28, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Meet the Magoons | Dec 5, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pam Ann's Mile-High Club | Dec 12, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 8 | My Mouth Shall Speak the Praise of Thy Lord | Jan 13, 2003 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2004
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:21 | Feb 11, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Clitheroe | Feb 11, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Russell Brand | Feb 17, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Private Lives | Feb 17, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Puppet Access TV | Feb 17, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Chancers | Feb 24, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Tracy and I | Feb 24, 2004 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2005
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modern Toss | May 10, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Speeding | May 11, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Glenn Wool: What's the Story? | May 12, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Whatever | May 13, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Blackout | May 16, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 6 | I'm Spazticus | May 17, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pritch and Panch: The Cinderfella Experience | May 18, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Tatoo | May 19, 2005 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2006
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fonejacker | May 9, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bad Crowd | May 9, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Transmission Impossible | May 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FM | May 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Dynamo's Estate of Mind | May 11, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Dog Almighty | May 11, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alex Zane's House of Games | May 12, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Slap | May 12, 2006 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2007
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool | Oct 22, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Documental | Oct 23, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ain't It Funny Being Coloured | Oct 24, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Smallest Game in Town | Oct 25, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Doug Stanhope, Go Home | Oct 26, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Blowout | Oct 27, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Uncle Rubbish | Oct 28, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Swizzcall | Oct 29, 2007 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School of Comedy | Aug 21, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Slaterwood | Aug 22, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Headwreckers | Aug 25, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mr and Mrs Fandango | Aug 26, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits | Aug 28, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Pappy's Fun Club | Aug 28, 2008 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2010
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iCandy | Apr 19, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Happy Finish | Apr 19, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Penelope, Princess Of Pets | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Secret Census | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | Filth | Apr 22, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Moviemash | TBA | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hung Out | TBA | 0.0 |
5 episodes • 2011
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna & Katy | Sep 2, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Totally Tom | Sep 9, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Rick and Peter | Sep 16, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mr. & Mrs. Hotty Hott Hot Show | Nov 18, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kabadasses | Nov 13, 2011 | 0.0 |
