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Adam Hills
Adam Hills

Adam Hills

  • 54 years old
  • Australian
  • Stand-up comedian and writer

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Before the Paralympic opening ceremony - oddly uncaptivating Brazilian music and dance, saved by the disabled pianist João Carlos Martins and (again) the stadium's digital floor - there was much delight to be had in The Last Leg: Live from Rio, in which Channel 4 trumped in two hours the BBC's recent 17 or whatever weeks of coverage by being in possession of 1) a tiny budget; 2) a refreshing lack of deference; and 3) a grown-up sense of humour.

Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdecombe had great gags, winning gags, about disability and even about the flight over to Rio: ribald laughter about leg-room, and hand-space in the overhead lockers, and the fact that it was the safest plane that had ever flown - "we had all the shooters". Clare Balding, who has had a deserved couple of weeks back in Britain to check her bank account - don't get me wrong, she's lovely and deserves every tin groat - looked, on The Last Leg sofa, both shocked and delighted. Almost as if she might be allowed, in the next 10 days, to talk not about heroes or legends, but just about humans.

Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 11th September 2016

Further Paralympics roundup fun from Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe. Day three sees wheelchair sprinter "Hurricane" Hannah Cockcroft start the defence of her two 2012 gold medals by competing in the T34 100m, as well as medal hopes in swimming, shooting and judo. Commenting on all that and other news from the Games are powerlifter Ali Jawad, sprinter Jonnie Peacock and comic actor Stephen Mangan.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 10th September 2016

Returning to its raison d'etre - the comedy chatshow was introduced for the Paralympics in 2012 - Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker assemble for the 2016 games ahead of the opening ceremony at the Maracanã stadium. As well as looking ahead to this year's event, they'll look back at some of the 2012 highlights with Clare Balding, Sophie Morgan and Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte.

Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 7th September 2016

The Last Leg to broadcast daily from 2016 Paralympics

Channel 4 has confirmed that topical comedy show The Last Leg will be heading to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, with the team set to broadcast live shows daily in a prime-time slot.

British Comedy Guide, 14th July 2016

Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker continue their eighth series. Last week they had their plates overflowing, after the EU referendum result, so this week's instalment will doubtless be dealing with the fallout/relief, depending on how our nation of economic experts has decided to determine our collective future. Additionally, viewers can get stuff off their chests using the #isitok hashtag too, always something of an added bonus.

Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 1st July 2016

It's probably not bet-hedging to suggest the last leggers lean more towards Team Remain, given the EU's anti-discrimination law for people with disabilities, and the sort of European social funding that last year saw 87,000 British disabled people helped towards employment. So now the EU referendum vote has been decisively cast, what will hosts Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe - and a special guest - make of it all?

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 24th June 2016

Corbyn drives party potty with TV comedy sketch

Jeremy Corbyn has angered colleagues by donning a dinner jacket and a fake fur coat for a television comedy programme in which the Labour leader said he was only "7 to 7½" out of 10 in favour of staying in the European Union.

James Lyons, The Sunday Times, 12th June 2016

5 talking points from Corbyn's appearance on Last Leg

Five talking points as Labour's Jeremy Corbyn appears on show.

Isabel Mohan, The Telegraph, 11th June 2016

Corbyn's Last Leg appearance impresses (most) viewers

Jeremy Corbyn's appearance on Channel 4's The Last Leg on Friday night sent Twitter into a meltdown.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 11th June 2016

Adam Hills: hail the superhumans at Rio Paralympics

With the Rio 2016 Paralympics upcoming, comedian Adam Hills says that disabled people are now saving the day.

The Big Issue, 14th April 2016

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