What have you enjoyed most whilst filming Lab Rats?

Mike: There were a lot of magic moments when filming Lab Rat, but I guess the most enjoyable part was working with Zeron. He's a magic bloke and a lot of fun to be with. If you're talking about actual moments then it may give programme one's plot away, but obviously playing in the USAF F-16 fighter plane was an unbeatable experience. I only wish I had enough money to buy one.

Zeron: Two moments stand out for me most in the filming of Lab Rats the first is being cured of my snake phobia. The second is Mike and me driving and bonding along route 66 in a Black Thunderbird. Another magical moment was when I took on and defeated the crew at bar football. I would have liked to include flying in the F-16 but Mike got that privilege. Mind you I did get a G-loc badge (and he didn't).

What would you have liked to have known before starting the series?

Mike: Because I had been (and still am) living out of a suitcase I didn't have access to any of my books, so there was no way that I could revise before the series. Even though I knew about the subjects it had been a long time since I had studied them in any great detail. I guess I wish I had known how to show self-control in the presence of drink. That way I wouldn't have started the programme about sleep deprivation with a hangover. And it would have saved me from a very tough shoot. Perhaps knowing how to cure a hangover after I had caused it would be worthwhile as well.

Zeron: There is not much I would like to have known but if probably forced to pick something then it would be not to laugh and drink water while strapped into a centrifuge machine before blasting off into a g-force challenge.

If the BBC commissions a second series, what would you like Lab Rats to look at?

Mike: Hangover cures? Seriously, I would like to investigate how we cope with extremes, like altitude, heat and cold, and maybe look at endurance with a view to improving our ability to cope. Other interesting subjects might include truth tests, a look at possible 'sixth senses', how we can become fitter or live longer, what physical differences there really are between black and white blokes like Zeron and me, and anything that would involve flying an assault helicopter or racing cars and bikes. I would like to see what happens in zero gravity. And test the ability to resist torture. I'd also like to investigate if under hypnosis the mind can be taught to absorb and retain information. So I can train up to drive an Abraham tank. Yes!!

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