Lab Rats (2008)
Lab Rats (2008)
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Plot.
Lab Rats is a 2008 BBC 2 situation comedy set in a university science laboratory starring Chris Addison, who co-wrote the series with Carl Cooper. The series was produced by regular collaborator Simon Nicholls and directed by Adam Tandy. Its executive producer was Armando Iannucci with whom Addison worked in The Thick of It.
Iannucci stated that the programme would be a traditional-style sitcom recorded in front of a live audience. He hinted that it will be a "very cartoony" show featuring "lots of giant snails".
A pilot was announced as part of a series called "Behind Closed Doors" in Autumn 2006, but was never aired. A series of six episodes was broadcast in 2008, although the show was not recommissioned for further series.
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Cast & Crew.
Chris Addison
Dr. Alex Beenyman / Writer
Selina Cadell
Dean
Jo Enright
Cara McIlvenny
Geoffrey McGivern
Professor John Mycroft
Jo Enright
Cara McIlvenny
Dan Tetsell
Brian Lalumaca
Geoffrey McGivern
Professor John Mycroft
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Secretary
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Lab Rats is a 2008 BBC Two situation comedy set in a university science laboratory starring Chris Addison, who co-wrote the series with Carl Cooper. The series was produced by regular collaborator Simon Nicholls and directed by Adam Tandy. Its executive producer was Armando Iannucci with whom Addison worked in The Thick of It.
Iannucci stated that the programme would be a traditional-style sitcom recorded in front of a live audience. He hinted that it will be a "very cartoony" show featuring "lots of giant snails".
A pilot was announced as part of a series called "Behind Closed Doors" in autumn 2006, but was never broadcast. A series of six episodes was broadcast in 2008. The show was not recommissioned for further series.