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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 - 2025
  • 350 episodes (32 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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Ofcom won't censure Last Leg over Margolyes comments

Almost 500 complained after Miriam Margolyes said she wished Boris Johnson dead.

Chortle, 8th June 2020

BAFTA TV Awards 2020 nominations

Catastrophe, Derry Girls, Fleabag and Stath Lets Flats are amongst the nominees in the BAFTA TV Awards 2020.

British Comedy Guide, 4th June 2020

Miriam Margolyes' PM comment sparks 241 complaints

Miriam Margolyes's admission that she "had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die" while he was battling coronavirus has sparked a wave of complaints to Ofcom.

Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 11th May 2020

Miriam Margolyes shocks Last Leg with Boris comments

Miriam Margolyes shocks fans after admitting she 'had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die' during coronavirus battle.

The Independent, 9th May 2020

The lighthearted TV responses to lockdown have been abundant so far, from video-linked episodes of Have I Got News For You to Matt Lucas's sketches and Grayson Perry's Art Club. Yet, none have quite managed to capture the mix of anxiety, uncertainty and unexpected humour many of us have been experiencing - which is where The Last Leg comics come in. Live from Melbourne, London and Huddersfield, the trio will present their typically incisive take on the week's events.

Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 8th May 2020

Adam Hills meets Prince Harry

Adam Hills has met Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace and received praise for his beard.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th January 2020

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 shortlist

60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2020

The Last Leg gets Ofcom complaints over Thunberg joke

The Last Leg viewers were divided over the controversial gag by Rosie Jones about the 16-year-old climate activist on the New Year's special of the Channel 4 comedy show.

Kyle O'Sullivan, The Mirror, 2nd January 2020

Adam Hills presents a special two-hour edition of the show, in which to bury this frankly rancid year in concentrated earth and try to move on. While Johnny Vegas pours the pints, Alex Brooker aims to become the first disabled man in history to complete a high-speed lap in a F4 racer at Donington Park.

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 31st December 2019

Graham Linehan up for Last Leg's Dick of the Year

The Last Leg has been presenting a mock prize to the 'Dick of the Year' since 2014 - and this year's hot contender is none other than the darling of "gender-critical feminism", Graham Linehan himself.

Vic Parsons, Pink News, 11th December 2019

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