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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.

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Episodes

Season 1

11 episodes

S1 E1 · The Services

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S1 E2 · Turning Tricks

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S1 E3 · Danny Does Tricks

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S1 E4 · Trigger Happy TV

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S1 E5 · Home & Away

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S1 E6 · Tommy Tiernan is aLive!

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S1 E7 · Alan Tyler's Big Night In

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S1 E8 · Vinyl Tap

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S1 E9 · Things to Do in Hoxton When You're Dead

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S1 E10 · Twiggy No-Branch

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S1 E11 · Lenny Beige

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Season 2

11 episodes

S2 E1 · Los Dos Bros

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S2 E2 · All Aboard the Cat Bus

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S2 E3 · Shadows of Reflections

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S2 E4 · Beyond a Joke

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S2 E5 · Vent

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S2 E6 · Golden Years

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S2 E7 · The Entertainer

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S2 E8 · Whatever

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S2 E9 · Heart and Sole

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S2 E10 · Pornorama

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S2 E11 · Roy Dance Is Dead

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Season 3

12 episodes

S3 E1 · 3anusPIE

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S3 E2 · Popcultomania

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S3 E3 · The Earl

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S3 E4 · Shut Up and Dance

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S3 E5 · House of Rock Awards

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S3 E6 · The Scunthorpe Ball Run

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S3 E7 · The Cannonball Run

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S3 E8 · Global Pillage

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S3 E9 · Anderson

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S3 E10 · Critical Mass

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S3 E11 · Rolf's Animal Hairdressers

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S3 E12 · Meat

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Season 4

10 episodes

S4 E1 · The Richard Taylor Interviews

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S4 E2 · Orcadia

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S4 E3 · Shut Up and Dance

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S4 E4 · Origen's Wake

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S4 E5 · Jimmy Carr's World of ... Corporate Videos

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S4 E6 · Model, Actress, Whatever

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S4 E7 · Knife & Wife

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S4 E8 · Turn the World Down

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S4 E9 · Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer

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S4 E10 · The Pooters

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Season 5

8 episodes

S5 E1 · Shoreditch Tw*t

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S5 E2 · Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship & Innocence

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S5 E3 · Captain V

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S5 E4 · The Last Chancers

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S5 E5 · The Best of Britain

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S5 E6 · Meet the Magoons

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S5 E7 · Pam Ann's Mile-High Club

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S5 E8 · My Mouth Shall Speak the Praise of Thy Lord

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Season 6

7 episodes

S6 E1 · 12:21

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S6 E2 · Clitheroe

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S6 E3 · The Russell Brand

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S6 E4 · Private Lives

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S6 E5 · Puppet Access TV

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S6 E6 · Chancers

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S6 E7 · Tracy and I

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Season 7

8 episodes

S7 E1 · Modern Toss

John Link and Mick Bunnage's cult comic Modern Toss is brought to life in a mix of live action and animation.

S7 E2 · Speeding

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S7 E3 · Glenn Wool: What's the Story?

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S7 E4 · Whatever

A Series of bizarre sketches by teenagers.

S7 E5 · Blackout

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S7 E6 · I'm Spazticus

Hidden camera comedy featuring a cast of disabled performers playing pranks on an unsuspecting public.

S7 E7 · Pritch and Panch: The Cinderfella Experience

Dirty Sanchez pranksters Pritch and Pratch are sent to Amsterdam to get a taste of the transsexual experience.

S7 E8 · Tatoo

Comedy set in a tatoo studio in Leeds telling the story of two body artists.

Season 8

8 episodes

S8 E1 · Fonejacker

One man with a phone prank calls members of the public. The calls are accompanied by a visual which amplifies the comedic effect.

S8 E2 · Bad Crowd

Like any comedy prison, HMP Brickway's population is a mixed bag! Aiden McCabe is struggling to adjust to prison life and his newly-discovered sexual orientation

S8 E3 · Transmission Impossible

Spoof clip show featuring selections of programmes which, given an ill wind of broadcasting desperation, might actually exist in a parallel world.

S8 E4 · FM

Pilot of show which went on to become a hit ITV2 sitcom set in a radio station. The Actors were all changed for the full series tho.

S8 E5 · Dynamo's Estate of Mind

Street magician Dynamo is emerging as one of the most exciting talents around with his stylish and energetic approach to magic influenced by underground poker clubs and incorporating hip-hop movement. This Comedy Lab sees Dynamo and Marcus (his best mate and cameraman) embarking on a 48-hour journey from their home town of Bradford to the bright lights of London, as Dynamo performs tricks in the infamous Delph Hill Estate where he grew up, his old school, and the youth clubs, bars and kebab shops where he first started performing his magic. Dynamo sets himself the challenge of blagging food, transport and access to night clubs and exclusive parties for the entire 48 hours with no money, using only his magic skills.

S8 E6 · Dog Almighty

Dog-based animated sketch show which uses recorded conversations and replaces humans with animated dogs. Following on from the success of internet phenomenon Dog Judo (which has had over 10 million hits to date), Dog Almighty uses several styles of animation to bring to life dogs who discuss supermarket etiquette, their desire to father baby boys and who'd win a fight with Jimmy Saville

S8 E7 · Alex Zane's House of Games

Alex Zane presents a peculiar game show in which four contestants are subjected to a series of bizarre challenges, each hoping to win a paid month off work. Along the way, they'll be expected to battle against good and evil, take on the host's relations and complete physical tests

S8 E8 · Slap

Sketch show in which Katy Brand puts celebrity fakery under the spotlight by parodying stars including Kate Winslet and Kate Moss, and provides her own take on a bad nun and a woman-hating TA captain.

Season 9

8 episodes

S9 E1 · Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool

Pilkington left school with only one GCSE and a deadpan voice. The exam he passed was an E in history. That doesn't sound out of the ordinary, but when you look at the fact that Pilkington thought he had two GCSEs (one in English and one in Art), it turns out that he doesn't even recall taking the exam that he passed. Herein lies the brilliance of Karl Pilkington. He then went on to talk to some very clever people indeed.

S9 E2 · Documental

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S9 E3 · Ain't It Funny Being Coloured

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S9 E4 · The Smallest Game in Town

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S9 E5 · Doug Stanhope, Go Home

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S9 E6 · Blowout

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S9 E7 · Uncle Rubbish

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S9 E8 · Swizzcall

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Season 10

6 episodes

S10 E1 · School of Comedy

Adolescent 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...

S10 E2 · Slaterwood

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S10 E3 · Headwreckers

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S10 E4 · Mr and Mrs Fandango

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S10 E5 · Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits

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S10 E6 · Pappy's Fun Club

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Season 11

7 episodes

S11 E1 · iCandy

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S11 E2 · Happy Finish

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S11 E3 · Penelope, Princess Of Pets

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S11 E4 · The Secret Census

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S11 E5 · Filth

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S11 E6 · Moviemash

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S11 E7 · Hung Out

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Season 12

5 episodes

S12 E1 · Anna & Katy

New series. A series showcasing up-and-coming comic talent, beginning with a sketch show by double act Anna Crilly and Katy Wix. Featuring the most popular soap opera in Germany and Eamonn Holmes's latest game show Pointer, plus a guest appearance by Lee Mack

S12 E2 · Totally Tom

Sketch show written and performed by Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton set in an unusual and often macabre metropolis, which is inhabited by an array of characters including a pair of cocaine-fuelled `posh girls'. There is also a police officer with an over-enthusiastic sense of drama and Scottish brothers locked in a cycle of poverty

S12 E3 · Rick and Peter

Rick Edwards and Peter Mitchell deliver a satirical exploration of TV presenting by playing caricatures of themselves. After Rick makes a regrettable gag while working, he and Peter have to undertake a crash-course in political correctness

S12 E4 · Mr. & Mrs. Hotty Hott Hot Show

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S12 E6 · Kabadasses

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