Season 12 • Episode 4
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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.
Writing
Raw, unfiltered ideas before network notes ruined them.
Production
Low-budget proving ground that launched iconic careers.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Comedy Lab essentially functioned as the UK's comedy farm system, giving Channel 4 first dibs on the next generation of British humor long before Netflix poaching became the norm.
Trigger Happy TV's silent phone prank — later its signature — debuted here, proving that the best ideas often need no dialogue and a giant mobile phone.
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