Lab Rats
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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Chris Addison
as Dr. Alex Beenyman
Dan Tetsell
as Brian Lalumaca
Selina Cadell
as Dean
Jo Enright
as Cara McIlvenny
Geoffrey Mcgivern
as Professor John Mycroft
Margaret Cabourn Smith
as Secretary
Helen Moon
as Minty Clapper
Michael Mcshane
as Dr. Vaabit
John Quayle
as Dr. Benjamin Beenyman
Sevan Stephan
as Dr. Andrei Kyrtistyges
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