The Last Leg
| The Last Leg | |
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| Genre |
Late-night chat show News/political satire/sport (during Paralympics) |
| Presented by |
Adam Hills Josh Widdicombe Alex Brooker |
| Opening theme | "Harder Than You Think" by Public Enemy |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 110 (as of 17 February 2017) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 40 minutes (series 1) 30–50 minutes (series 2–5) 60 minutes (series 6–) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 30 August 2012 – present |
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| Website | |
The Last Leg (known during its first series as The Last Leg with Adam Hills) is an award-winning British comedy and television talk show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Paralympics every night following the main coverage on Channel 4. Hosted by Australian comedian Adam Hills and co-hosted by Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker, it gave an alternative review of the day's events.The Last Leg is also broadcast in Australia on ABC Television unless it's a Paralympic series because of rights issues.
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. It has since become a weekly show giving an alternative look at the week's events. Micky Flanagan co-hosted the first show of 2014 as a temporary replacement for Brooker, who was in Austria as co-host of The Jump.
The Last Leg is summed up by main presenter Adam Hills as: "Three guys with four legs talking about the week." This is based upon the fact that 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 thus looks at the events in the news that week, as well as covering Paralympic matters. The show features guest interviews with Paralympians and celebrities. Celebrity guests usually also have something to promote, such as a TV series, a film or (in the case of comedians) a tour.
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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