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The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker
The Last Leg

The Last Leg

  • TV chat show
  • Channel 4
  • 2012 - 2024
  • 343 episodes (31 series)

Weekly live topical comedy chat with Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker - three guys with four legs between them.

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The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 1 (2013)

Following the success of the series looking at the Olympic Games, this new weekly series takes an off-beat take on the week just gone, celebrating all that is best about Britain.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Alex Brooker, Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills

Series 2 (2013)

Eight more episodes, broadcast on Wednesday nights in August and September 2013.

The Last Leg. Adam Hills

Series 3 (2014)

A third weekly series was broadcast early in 2014, spanning the Winter Olympics in Russia.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Alex Brooker, Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills

Series 4 (2014)

The boys returned for another 6 weeks of fun during Summer 2014.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 6 (2015)

Now a firmly established hit, Channel 4 gave the team an 11 episode series in the second half of 2015.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

The Last Leg: Live From Rio (2016)

The show returned to the Paralympic Games, the event at which the show was invented four years previously. This time the team were broadcasting nightly from Brazil, and attracting as many as 2 million viewers an episode - huge ratings.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Series 9 (2016)

Fresh from their hugely successful run at the Paralympics in Rio, the award-winning show returned live to Friday with its unique brand of irreverent satire for its ninth series.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Series 11 (2017)

The team reunited at this crucial time to cover the General Election campaign.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 14 (2018)

Adam, Josh and Alex reunite with their honest, upbeat and award-winning brand of satirical comedy.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 16 (2019)

The 2017 and 2018 Bafta-nominated entertainment series returned for its 16th series, to count down towards Brexit.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 18 (2019)

The 18th series aired between October and December 2019. There were plenty of candidates for the 2019 Dick of the Year...

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 19 (2020)

The 19th series of the show ran from mid-January... and stopped as the coronavirus crisis took hold of the country.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

The Last Leg: Locked Down Under (2020)

This short special series attempted a TV first: a live comedy show with three hosts in three different locations at the same time, taking viewers on a global tour from Melbourne to London and finally Huddersfield, as Adam Josh and Alex present from their respective homes.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 20 (2020)

The Last Leg returned in the autumn with a Stand Up To Cancer special, before covering the US Presidential Election.

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

Series 21 (2021)

This series takes Adam, Josh and Alex venture far beyond Brexit.

Series 23 (2021)

The 23rd series sees the return of the studio audience for the first time since lockdown.

Series 31 (2024)

The last series of 2024, which will see who win this year's Dick of the Year Award.

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