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Adam Hills - review
The host of Channel 4's The Last Leg offers jolly but rudimentary standup that keeps the crowd in raptures.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd September 2013Adam Hills, Hammersmith Apollo review
Adam Hills has much to say and an unquenchable desire for full-on fun, mixing serious subtexts with seamless audience interaction. Life-affirming, laugh-affirming comedy at its best.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 23rd September 2013Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe interview each other
The comedian co-presenters of The Last Leg chat to one another about shifting from Paralympics highlights show to primetime weekly news round-up.
Time Out, 3rd September 2013Comedy stars line up for Channel 4's 80s Night
Channel 4 has scheduled a weekend of 1980s themed programming involving comedians including Jimmy Carr, Alan Carr and Adam Hills.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd September 2013Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast episode 14
Adam Hills takes the reins for the penultimate instalment of the Amnesty Edinburgh podcast series, and confides that he was quietly warned off making gay jokes about Putin by MI6. Guest John Lloyd speaks about the sequel to The Meaning of Liff: a book about words that ought to exist but don't. Meanwhile, comedian Ben Van der Velde returns to talk about his favourite Edinburgh one-liners, and there's standup from Terry Alderton, Caroline Rhea, Felicity Ward and Abandoman.
The Guardian, 29th August 2013Adam Hills to host revied 15-to-1 for 1980s weekend
The teatime quiz was hosted by William G Stewart but when it returns comedian Adam Hills will be in the hot seat.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 14th August 2013Don't Panic!
After years battling with anxiety and panic attacks, comedian Felicity Ward has never been better. She chats to Evan Beswick about her journey - and how Adam Hills and Toy Story 3 helped her along the way.
Evan Beswick, Fest Mag, 9th August 2013A new series of The Last Leg with genial hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker. As per the show's remit, they will be discussing and trading witticisms over the past seven days' news. There will also be the usual studio challenges, along with the latest details of Brooker's quest to get himself into the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. This is followed by My Perfect Body, in which Brooker aims to lose 2st and gain a six-pack, while looking at the thorny issue of body image among men.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 31st July 2013This news-comedy show was the unexpected star of the 2012 Paralympic Games: led by comedian Adam Hills, its irreverent round-up of the day's events won a following all of its own. So much so that it came back earlier this year, not to comment on sport but simply on the week's news. That's a crowded marketplace, in which The Last Leg has found a niche.
Along with the wry, sideways, irreverent looks at some of the quirkier stories you might have missed, there's a convivial and inclusive atmosphere that softens the sharpness of the gags - the first 2013 series was best known for a piece to camera in which Adam Hills eviscerated US comedian Joan Rivers, but he was doing it because Rivers had made fat gags about Adele. That's The Last Leg all over: right-on, usually spot-on and brightly funny.
Hills is flanked by co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker. Tonight's guest: Russell Brand.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 31st July 2013Adam Hills: It's time to embrace daggy selfies
Enough of the try-hard 'casual' pictures - it's time we reclaimed our own image. Show us your real self: on the sofa, in your tracksuit.
Adam Hills, The Guardian, 17th July 2013