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Comedy Lab (1998)Season 4

★ 7.5 · 6 votes12 seasons · 101 episodesComedy1998

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.

Writers: Demetri Martin, Alice Lowe, Peter Kay
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
First aired: November 1, 1998
Status: Ended

Cast

Miranda Hart
Stephen MerchantJames
Kristen SchaalPenelope
David MitchellRay
Kayvan Novak
Gary LewisAlec
Peter SlaterVarious Characters
Arthur Sturridge
Alex Zane
Katy Brand
Sian GibsonAlison
Peter KayNarrator / Pearl Harman / Paul le Roy / Alan McLarty / Matthew Kelly / Johnny Utah aka Craig
Mark WilliamsMr. Anderson
Daniel Scott-CroxfordDuncan Anderson
Paddy McGuinnessPump Attendant Terry
Adam G. GoodwinMark Devlin
Molly Seymour
David ReedVarious
Michael RedmondRescue Man
Nadia KamilVarious Characters