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Comedy Lab

Premiered: Nov 01, 1998 | 12 seasons | 100 episodes

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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.
Full Credits

Name Character Episodes
Kristen Schaal Penelope 85
Kayvan Novak 85
Stephen Merchant James 85
Miranda Hart 85
David Mitchell Ray 85
David Mitchell Baron Amstrad 85
Mark Williams Mr. Anderson 1
Gary Lewis Gregor Munroe 1
Gary Lewis Alec 1
Sian Gibson Alison 1
Paddy McGuinness Pump Attendant Terry 1
Peter Kay Narrator / Pearl Harman / Paul le Roy / Alan McLarty / Matthew Kelly / Johnny Utah aka Craig 1
Katy Brand 1
Peter Slater Passenger on Bus 1
Peter Slater Various Characters 1
Alex Zane 1