Press clippings
Alex Brooker: 'I had a 9-day contract with Channel 4 - it's a privilege to host The Last Leg for 12 years'
"I had a nine-day contract with Channel 4 to do the Paralympic Games and that was it. And I thought I'd go back up to Press Association and be a journalist, and to still be here doing this show 12 years on, to be at the Paralympics again, and to have done as many shows as we've done, I think it's a real privilege."
Katelyn Mensah, Radio Times, 2nd September 2024Alex Brooker is Bigfoot on The Masked Singer - social media was right
The Last Leg presenter Alex Brooker has been revealed as Bigfoot on The Masked Singer. As predicted by many.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th February 2024Alex Brooker supports UNICEF
The Last Leg star Alex Brooker has been made a UNICEF UK High Profile Supporter to recognise "his unwavering support to the charity and commitment to protecting the rights of children around the world".
British Comedy Guide, 19th December 2023'The Unofficial Science Of...' returns with Die Hard and Indiana Jones
Sky Max has ordered two more episodes of The Unofficial Science Of..., the format in which comedians investigate the stunts in famous films. Chris Ramsey and Paul Chowdhry look at Die Hard and Greg James and Maisie Adam take on Indiana Jones.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd October 2023Mo Gilligan joins A League Of Their Own
Series 18 of A League Of Their Own, coming to Sky Max in October, will feature Mo Gilligan as a regular panellist on the red team. Challenges in the new series will include a Old Trafford penalty shootout, a Peloton task and a cricket test.
British Comedy Guide, 5th September 2023Just Stop Oil invade The Last Leg
A trio of Just Stop Oil protestors interrupted The Last Leg as it went on air this evening.
British Comedy Guide, 14th July 2023John Bishop joins next series of DNA Journeys
John Bishop is joining the cast of series four of DNA Journeys. Hugh Bonneville, Adrian Dunbar, Neil Morrisey, Alex Brooker, Johnny Vegas and Oti and Motsi Mabuse will also take part in the new series airing later this year.
Liverpool Echo, 3rd February 2023The Unofficial Science Of Home Alone review - what, no charred skeletons?
This testing of the Christmas classic's violent scenes - from head-smashing paint pots to high-voltage shocks - would have been better if James Acaster and Guz Khan did less wisecracking and more suffering.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 19th December 2022First images from new series of Big Zuu's Big Eats
The series features guests Mel B, Johnny Vegas, Big Narstie, Katherine Ryan, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Lucy Beaumont, Alex Brooker and Fresh Prince Of Bel Air legend Joseph Marcell.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2022Brooker, Gamble & Mangan among Pointless guest hosts
Alex Brooker, Ed Gamble and Stephen Mangan will form part of the stellar line-up will step in, and help present daytime episodes of the hit BBC One show alongside Alexander Armstrong, following Richard Osman's recent announcement he is to step down from hosting the daytime series of the hit show.
BBC, 27th May 2022