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10 July 2008 (UK)
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Lab Rats is a sit-com about the life of staff working in a science lab at a UK university.
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Cast
(Series Cast [7]) | Chris Addison | ... | Dr. Alex Beenyman (6 episodes, 2008) |
 | Selina Cadell | ... | Dean (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Jo Enright | ... | Cara McIlvenny (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Professor John Mycroft (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Daniel Tetsell | ... | Brian Lalumaca (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Margaret Cabourn-Smith | ... | Secretary (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Helen Moon | ... | Minty Clapper (4 episodes, 2008) |
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29 min | UK:30 min (6 parts) | UK:30 min
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| Is there ANYONE out there who liked it? | littlebrownphish |
| How did this get commissioned? | andicsm |
| Lost count the amount of times I saw the boom in shot... | theknightbus |
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Lab Rats is a new British Sit-com written by stand-up comedian Chris Addison. It revolves around the life of staff who work in the science lab of a University. It is a broad, and silly comedy, similar in style to recent shows such as 'The IT Crowd'.
Two episodes have aired in the UK so far and unfortunately they have failed to hit the mark. The premise of the show is fine and I can understand how the series was commissioned, but unfortunately it is let down by problems with the writing. Some of the jokes work (and there are some good moments), but overall many of the jokes fail. I can see how some of the writing looks good on paper, but fails to work when the cast deliver on-set. Plus for me there were a few occasions where things just didn't make sense. There were jokes that wouldn't make sense in a stand-up comedy routine and don't make sense in a sit-com. The characters are not brilliant but OK. I think some fine tuning or (maybe just time) would works things out. My favourite character ,'Jo Enright as 'Cara' is a suitable "Kramer" to "Jerry" aka Chris Addison's 'Alex'.
The idea was good but the implementation was unfortunately not so great..