Press clippings
The Last Leg star Adam Hills apologises multiple times for Brian Cox's furious Donald Trump rant
78-year-old Brian was a guest on the late-night Channel 4 talk show and unleashed about the current US president. It was down to 54-year-old Australian comedian Adam to clear the air after Brian blurted out the c-bomb three times.
Seamus Duff, The Mirror, 1st February 2025Channel 4's satirical news show The Last Leg managed to look as if it was whitewashing the spycops over Christmas, infuriating victims.
Compered by comedian Adam Hills, The Last Leg's Christmas edition guests included the Reverend Richard Coles, who told its panel his brother was "a spycop in the 1980s, it's a subject of an inquiry right now".
Andy Coles was one of the policemen who infiltrated left-wing and environmental activist 19-year-old woman into a sexual relationship while undercover in animal rights groups in 1992; Coles told the inquiry he slept in a hed with "Jessica" (a pseudonym) but denied a sexual relationship.
Coles was posing as a 24-year-old single activist when he was in fact a 31-year-old married policeman. He managed other spycops, writing a "tradecraft manual" that recommended officers consider "fleeting and disastrous" sexual affairs with activists as part of their cover. Since 2015, spycops have been the subject of a public inquiry.
While Richard Coles said his brother's "shaggy hair and piercings" ade him think he was having a "mid-life crisis" rather than infiltrating groups, others panellists made Bond jokes - and the spycops' gross sexual misbehaviour went unmentioned.
The campaign group representing spycops' victims, Police Spies Out of Our Lives, responded angrily to the programme, while Jessica contacted Channel 4 and Last Leg production company Open Mike via her lawyers, demanding a right of reply. Neither Channel 4 nor the show has so far responded.
Private Eye, 8th January 2025Adam Hills on the Paralympics and how The Last Leg broke down stigma
The comedian sits down with Radio Times magazine to discuss the Paralympics.
Kelly-Anne Taylor, Radio Times, 20th August 2024Adam Hills & Jason Byrne Front Charity Headliner At Fringe
Comedians and friends Adam Hills and Jason Byrne will reunite for a one-off comedy fundraiser for the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th August 2024Adam Hills to become the president of the Rugby Football League
The Last Leg host, 54, has revealed that he will soon become the president of the Rugby Football League, the governing body of rugby league in the UK.
Stephen Bisset, Daily Mail, 26th July 2024Edinburgh Fringe: 10 shows in the New Town
The Fringe's centre of gravity has long shifted to the Old Town - but there's still plenty worth making the trip to the 'wrong' side of the tracks. So here are ten shows in the New Town to tempt you to cross Princess Street...
Chortle, 17th July 2024Fringe Comedy Big Names 2024: Here are 13 famous faces appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year
Everybody from Steve Coogan to Richard Gadd had their big break at the Festival Fringe and many big names return years after initially finding fame.
David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 17th July 2024Adam Hills reaches final of Euro para-standing tennis championships
Adam Hills is celebrating finishing runner-up in the Para-Standing Tennis European Championships. The comic, who is making a Sky documentary about his bid to become world champion in the sport, lost in the final with his partner Alex Hunt.
British Comedy Guide, 21st June 2024Adam Hills makes a film about para-standing tennis
Adam Hills is making a new documentary about the sport of para-standing tennis - which could become a future Paralympic event.
Chortle, 13th June 2024The Last Leg's Adam Hills' backtracking over Kate was cringe-worthy
Like every feeble, left-of-centre comedy, The Last Leg has a fixed set of bad guys: The Tories, Brexit, Donald Trump and the Royal Family.
Ally Ross, The Sun, 28th March 2024