Lab Rats

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section contains information about a scheduled upcoming television series.
It may contain non-definitive information based on advertisements, a website or interviews. The information may change as the date of the series premiere approaches.

For the CSI episode, see Lab Rats (CSI episode)

For other possibilities, see Labrat

Lab Rats
Genre	situation comedy
Written by	Chris Addison Carl Cooper
Directed by	Adam Tandy
Starring	Chris Addison Selena Cadell Jo Enright Geoffrey McGivern Dan Tetsell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer(s)	Simon Nicholls
Running time	29'
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC 2
Picture format	PAL (576i)
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original airing	tbc

Lab Rats is a 2008 BBC 2 situation comedy currently in production set in a university science laboratory. It will star Chris Addison, who has co-written the series with Carl Cooper. The series is produced by regular collaborator Simon Nicholls, directed by Adam Tandy and exec produced by Armando Iannucci with whom Addison worked in The Thick of It.

Iannucci has stated that the programme will be a traditional-style sitcom recorded in front of a live audience. He has hinted that it will be a "very cartoony" show featuring "lots of giant snails". ^[1]

A pilot was announced as part of a series called "Behind Closed Doors" in Autumn 2006, but was never aired.^[2]

[edit] Setting

Lab Rats is set in the Arnolfini, a research lab (and staff) for hire in St. Dunstan's college, designed to make some money for the college by carrying out research on behalf of other people.

[edit] Characters

The main characters are:

Professor John Mycroft (Geoffrey McGivern): Officially in charge, Prof. Mycroft once won a Nobel Prize and has been living off it ever since. Spends a lot of his time drinking.
Doctor Alex Beenyman (Chris Addison): The unofficial head of the lab, Dr. Beenyman does his best to keep the others in control. He is the only sane member of the team but often ends up responsible for their actions.
Cara McIlvenny (Jo Enright): A Lab assistant who's not always altogether 'there'. She is probably Alex's best friend within the lab.
Brian Lalumaca (Dan Tetsell): A rather unpleasant lab Assistant, who enjoys weapons traps and anything else violent.
Minty Clapper: Secretary to Prof. Mycroft and Dr. Beenyman.
Dean Mieke Miedema (Selena Cadell):The Dean of St Dunstan's Collage. Dutch.