Coming soon... Channel 4's Comedy Labs

Do you recognise the young man in the photo? It's Peter Kay, before he became a millionaire and appeared on Parkinson every other week (mind you, as Parky's warm-up guy he was on Parkinson every week), starring in The Services, his contribution to Channel 4's Comedy Labs. The series has, over the years, garnered a reputation for giving hot comedy talent a leg-up (Mitchell & Webb, Jimmy Carr and Russell Brand have all benefited in the past), and this year's batch of one-offs is almost upon us. Go after the jump and you'll find out what's in store in the autumn. Headwreckers Five comics from Dublin - David McSavage, James Goldsbury, John Colleary, Eleanor Tiernan and Declan Rooney - write and perform their show set in their writing room. It is here that the frenzied, manic and sometimes upsetting arguments and disputes form the... [read full story]