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The Last Leg
The Last Leg (known during its first series as The Last Leg with Adam Hills and in Australia as Adam Hills: The Last Leg) is a British comedy chat show broadcast by Channel 4.
Presented by Australian comedian Adam Hills, the series primarily features commentaries and comedy sketches satirising news, politics, and other current events from the past week, as well as interviews with celebrities and other public figures; some of the programme's humour is derived from discussions relating to disability and parasports, as Hills was born without a right foot and uses a prosthesis. Hills is joined by comedian Josh Widdicombe and journalist Alex Brooker as regular co-hosts.
The Last Leg originally premiered in 2012 as a nightly aftershow for Channel 4's coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where it primarily served as a recap of the day's events. After premiering to strong viewership and reviews, Channel 4 renewed The Last Leg as a regular weekly series outside of the Games, returning with its inaugural New Year special The Last Leg of The Year on 30 December, followed by new episodes beginning in January 2013. The series has continued to air special runs of nightly episodes during subsequent Summer Paralympics, usually broadcasting on-location from the host city.
Outside of the UK, the show has been broadcast in Hills' native Australia by the ABC, and since late 2025 by SBS, albeit delayed until the next week, and featuring a different theme tune.
The Last Leg is described by main presenter Adam Hills as "Three guys with four legs talking about the week", because Hills was born without a right foot and Brooker had his right leg amputated when he was a baby.
The original series, broadcast during the 2012 Paralympics, was a look back at each day's events during the competition, as well as a look at the news that week. Following on from the Paralympics, the series became weekly, and looks at political and other events in the news that week, as well as covering Paralympic matters. The show features guest interviews with Paralympians and celebrities.
Originally it was intended to be broadcast on More4 at midnight and was intended to feature Hills alone, hence the original title. However, after a run-through, Channel 4 saw more potential and put the show on at 10 pm every day. During the pilot, which saw Hills alone as presenter and Widdicombe and Brooker merely as guests, producers decided to keep Brooker and Widdicombe as recurring co-presenters.
The series is broadcast live and encourages interaction with the viewers at home, holding polls via Twitter using hashtags. A recurring theme in the show is the use of the hashtag #isitok to highlight questions from Twitter users to be asked in the show. Initially it was for asking questions about disability that people felt awkward asking: the broadening of the show's remit is reflected in the questions asked in this stream.
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The Last Leg
The Last Leg (known during its first series as The Last Leg with Adam Hills and in Australia as Adam Hills: The Last Leg) is a British comedy chat show broadcast by Channel 4.
Presented by Australian comedian Adam Hills, the series primarily features commentaries and comedy sketches satirising news, politics, and other current events from the past week, as well as interviews with celebrities and other public figures; some of the programme's humour is derived from discussions relating to disability and parasports, as Hills was born without a right foot and uses a prosthesis. Hills is joined by comedian Josh Widdicombe and journalist Alex Brooker as regular co-hosts.
The Last Leg originally premiered in 2012 as a nightly aftershow for Channel 4's coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where it primarily served as a recap of the day's events. After premiering to strong viewership and reviews, Channel 4 renewed The Last Leg as a regular weekly series outside of the Games, returning with its inaugural New Year special The Last Leg of The Year on 30 December, followed by new episodes beginning in January 2013. The series has continued to air special runs of nightly episodes during subsequent Summer Paralympics, usually broadcasting on-location from the host city.
Outside of the UK, the show has been broadcast in Hills' native Australia by the ABC, and since late 2025 by SBS, albeit delayed until the next week, and featuring a different theme tune.
The Last Leg is described by main presenter Adam Hills as "Three guys with four legs talking about the week", because Hills was born without a right foot and Brooker had his right leg amputated when he was a baby.
The original series, broadcast during the 2012 Paralympics, was a look back at each day's events during the competition, as well as a look at the news that week. Following on from the Paralympics, the series became weekly, and looks at political and other events in the news that week, as well as covering Paralympic matters. The show features guest interviews with Paralympians and celebrities.
Originally it was intended to be broadcast on More4 at midnight and was intended to feature Hills alone, hence the original title. However, after a run-through, Channel 4 saw more potential and put the show on at 10 pm every day. During the pilot, which saw Hills alone as presenter and Widdicombe and Brooker merely as guests, producers decided to keep Brooker and Widdicombe as recurring co-presenters.
The series is broadcast live and encourages interaction with the viewers at home, holding polls via Twitter using hashtags. A recurring theme in the show is the use of the hashtag #isitok to highlight questions from Twitter users to be asked in the show. Initially it was for asking questions about disability that people felt awkward asking: the broadening of the show's remit is reflected in the questions asked in this stream.