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Lab Rats. Image shows from L to R: Professor John Mycroft (Geoffrey McGivern), Cara McIlvenny (Jo Enright), Dr Alex Beenyman (Chris Addison), Dean Mieke Miedema (Selina Cadell). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Lab Rats
Lab Rats. Image shows from L to R: Dr Alex Beenyman (Chris Addison), Professor John Mycroft (Geoffrey McGivern), Dean Mieke Miedema (Selina Cadell), Minty Clapper (Helen Moon), Cara McIlvenny (Jo Enright), Brian Lalumaca (Daniel Tetsell). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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Lab Rats

BBC2 studio sitcom set in a university research laboratory. Starring Chris Addison and Geoffrey McGivern

Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
2008  (BBC Two)
Episodes:
6 (1 series)
Starring:
Chris Addison, Geoffrey McGivern, Jo Enright, Daniel Tetsell, Selina Cadell, Helen Moon, Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Writers:
Chris Addison, Carl Cooper
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Somewhere in St Dunstan's University sits the Arnolfini Research Laboratory - a lab for hire, meant for flashy projects which will bring the college kudos and money. Unfortunately, the Arnolfini is staffed by what are known in scientific circles as 'idiots'.

Our Review: A valiant effort at bringing silly humour back into the mainstream, but frankly everything was wrong. It was entirely un-suitable for the 9:30pm slot - it should be on Children's BBC at about 5:30pm! Awful, just awful.