Adam Hills is an Australian comedian and radio and TV presenter based in England, best known in the UK for hosting the comedy talk show The Last Leg (2012-) on Channel 4. He ha also appeared on British comedy shows such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week, QI, and Ask Rhod Gilbert.
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- Born
- Friday 10th July 1970 (54 years-old)
- Title
- Adam Hills MBE
- Nationality
- Australian
Born in Sydney, Australia, Adam Hills' first taste of stand-up comedy came in 1989, at the age of 19, and since 1997 he has performed ten solo shows across the globe. In 2001, 2002 and 2003, he earned three consecutive Edinburgh Award nominations.
In 2002 he went viral in Australia with a hit musical single "Working Class Anthem". This saw him sing the words of the Australian National Anthem to the tune of "Working Class Man", a song by Scottish-born Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes.
Hills began hosting the music trivia show Spicks And Specks from 2005, and alongside several appearances on Australian comedy shows, he started to feature on the British staples Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI, and Mock The Week. He also presented his own weekly talk show, Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight, on the ABC from early 2001. It was renamed Adam Hills Tonight in 2012, but was brought to an end in 2013.
Hills became a household name in the UK with the triumphant success of The Last Leg, a Channel 4 show that began life as a daily comedy and late-night review of each day of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Hills has an artificial right foot, a fact which initially made him a perfect fit to host, alongside regular co-presenters Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker, the latter of whom was also born with hand and arm deformities, and had his right leg amputated when he was a baby.
The show, known during its first series as The last Leg With Adam Hills, has morphed since then into a weekly comedy and news review show looking back on the last days in politics and current affairs, featuring guests (memorably former Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg, but often comedians, sportspeople, or other public figures).
Hills once described the show as 'Three guys with four legs talking about the week', and is broadcast live, encouraging interaction with viewers using several polls and the hashtag #isitok (a feature whereby the public asks awkward, funny questions that are later read out in real time during the show).
Moreover, the show coined the 'Bullshit Button', used by Alex Brooker[/] during his aforementioned interview with Nick Clegg, which is pressed whenever the interviewer thinks that the interviewee is telling lies. Since 2017, after an appearance on the show, Armando Iannucci now provides the voice of this button, and more buttons have since been added, including 'A shite in shining armour' and 'Thomas the Wank Engine'.
Following the news of MP Jo Cox' murder by a far-right terrorist on 16 June 2016, a two-hour special was broadcast one year later, on 16 June 2017, entitled 'Re-United Kingdom'. Dozens of comedians and politicians took part, aiming to heal a divided nation and find common ground, even with people you dislike or even loathe with a passion. Politicians appeared together in pre-recorded skits with another MP with views often entirely opposite to their own; however, some harmony and 'agreeing to disagree' was possible.
Known for his energetic and politically committed style, it is often said that Hills is the nicest man in comedy.
- National Comedy Awards, The 2023
- Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance (Longlisted)
- BAFTA Television Awards 2021
- Best Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- National Television Awards, The 2021
- TV Presenter (Longlisted)
- National Comedy Awards, The 2021
- Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance (Longlisted)
- I Talk Telly Awards 2021
- Best TV Presenting Partnership (Nominee)
- Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020
- Best TV Presenter (Nominee)
- BAFTA Television Awards 2018
- Best Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- RTS Awards 2018
- Entertainment Performance (Winner)
- BAFTA Television Awards 2017
- Best Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- RTS Awards 2017
- Entertainment Performance (Winner)
- RTS Awards 2016
- Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- British Comedy Awards 2014
- Best Comedy Entertainment Personality (Nominee)
- British Comedy Awards 2013
- Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist (Winner)
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality (Nominee) - Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2013
- BPG Breakthrough Award (Winner)
- Loaded LAFTAs 2013
- Funniest TV Personality (Nominee)
- Dave Funniest Joke Of The Fringe Award 2009
- Main Award (Nominee)
- Chortle Awards 2005
- Best Compere (Nominee)
- Chortle Awards 2004
- Best Compere (Winner)
Best Headliner (Nominee) - Chortle Awards 2003
- Best Compere (Nominee)
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2003
- Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2002
- Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2001
- Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
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