The Last Leg

The Last Leg
Genre
Presented by
Opening theme"Harder Than You Think" by Public Enemy
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series30
No. of episodes323 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAndrew Beint and Danny Carr
Production locations
Running time
  • 40 minutes (series 1)
  • 30–50 minutes (series 2–5)
  • 60–120 minutes (from series 6)
Production companyOpen Mike Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) –
present
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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 late-night television humorous talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Paralympics every night following the main coverage on Channel 4. Anchored by Australian comedian Adam Hills and co-hosted by Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker,[3] it gives a review of the week's events.[4]

Featuring a mix of comedy, guests and Paralympics highlights, the show received strong reviews and regularly pulled in more than a million viewers each night of the Paralympic Games.[5] It has since become a weekly show giving a humorous alternative look back at the week's events. Outside of the UK, the show is broadcast in Hills' native Australia by the ABC, albeit delayed until the Tuesday of the next week and with a different theme tune.[6][7]

  1. ^ "The Last Leg". BBC Studioworks. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ @ElstreeStudio (5 March 2021). "Last episode of this series of @TheLastLeg tonight from Elstree Studios! @Channel4 at 10pm" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Boulting, Ned (2 September 2012). "Ned Boulting: Alex Brooker deserves a medal for his Paralympic performance". Metro. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ^ "The Last Leg with Adam Hills and The Kindness of Strangers: TV picks". Metro. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ Deans, Jason (3 September 2012). "Channel 4's Paralympics coverage boosted by Pistorius controversy". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  6. ^ Brain, Anna (14 November 2015). "Aussie comedian Adam Hills says he never set out to 'go on a rant'". news.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ^ Davidson, Helen (28 November 2013). "Adam Hills quits as ABC TV host, saying he's 'running out of funny'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.