The Last Leg

A sign of a strong television programme is that the supplementary programmes are strong too. Taken as a whole, the Channel 4 coverage of the Paralympics was very good, but almost the best part of it was The Last Leg, the discussion show at the end of each day.

The show was conducted by a droll Australian called Adam Hills and it solved the problem of how to talk about disabilities in a straightforward manner without being crass. Which is not to say that Hills was incapable of being crude, but he knew how to time it. On the day that Oscar Pistorius, so renowned for his sportsmanship, beefed embarrassingly about blade-lengths after losing in the 200 metres, Hills played the tape of the interview and then said, "Holy s---balls." It seemed exactly the right expression.

Channel 4 bosses want to sign up Adam Hills

C4 bosses want to sign up Paralympics host Adam Hills after his late-night Last Leg show became one of the hits of the Games.

Adam Hills Last Leg doll fetches £1,700 for charity

A knitted doll of an Olympic Games volunteer with one foot - inspired by a Last Leg presenter Adam Hills - has raised £1,700 for charity.

Adam Hills: I'm absolutely loving the Paralympics

Comedian Adam Hills, currently hosting the Paralympics show The Last Leg on Channel 4, talks to Metro about his current TV favourites.

Language, laughter and Paralympics

Self-deprecation has been a theme throughout London 2012 - and though the BBC has tried hard, Channel 4 has the sense of humour to get this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity right.

Adam Hills interview. 'Frankie Boyle's jokes are tame'

Making jokes about the disabled is usually an invitation to a huge kicking - just ask our columnist Frankie Boyle. But that's not the case for Aussie comic Adam Hills. He's been getting rave reviews and more than a million viewers for his Paralympics comedy and review show, The Last Leg.

The Last Leg: often tasteless & awkward, alway funny

Adam Hills' irreverent nightly Paralympics roundup on Channel 4 has found exactly the right brand of edgy humour to break down barriers over disability.

Unfunny and uncomfortable: The Last Leg reviewed

Channel 4's new late-night Paralympic show is an attempt by the broadcaster to promote acceptance of disability, but is the nature of it's delivery having the opposite affect the producers envisaged?

C4 criticised as show asks if it is OK to hit disabled

The Last Leg, a comedy show covering the London Paralympic Games, includes a segment called 'Is it OK', in which viewers tweet in questions about disability that may be deemed socially unacceptable. One tweet that appeared on screen said: "Is it OK to hit a disabled person if he's being a nob."