The Last Leg

Adam Hills (Host)

Born: July 10, 1970 in Sydney

Best Known For: Hosting The Last Leg.

Early-life: Adam was born in Sydney on July 10, 1970. He was born without a right foot and wears a prosthesis. He went on to study a degree in communications at Macquarie University in Sydney. His first taste of stand-up comedy came in 1989 at the Sydney Comedy Store.

Career: In Australia, Hills is best known for hosting the music-themed quiz show Spicks and Specks. In Britain, he has hosted The Last Leg on Channel 4 since 2012. Since 1997, he has toured internationally with his stand-up shows. He earned consecutive Perrier Award nominations for his Edinburgh shows in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He regularly uses his artificial right foot as a source of humour in his act. He has also hosted the comedy panel show Monumental and quiz show Celebrity Fifteen to One. Hills voiced Buddy Pendergast in an epsiode of the TV series Thunderbirds Are Go.

Quote: "Even when people talk about my disability, for a number of reasons I feel weird. There's nothing I can't do, so technically I don't think I am disabled."

Trivia: In 2002, Hills released a single in Australia called Working Class Anthem.

Josh Widdicombe (Co host)

Born: April 08, 1983 in Dartmoor

Best Known For: Being a comedian and a regular on The Last Leg.

Early-life: Joshua Widdicombe was born in Dartmoor on April 8, 1983. He has a brother, Henry. Josh went on to study linguistics at the University of Manchester. He began performing stand-up in 2008 and made it to the final of So You Think You're Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the same year.

Career: In 2011, Widdicombe performed his debut solo show in Edinburgh and was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award in the best newcomer category. Since 2012, he has been a regular on Channel 4's The Last Leg, alongside Adam Hills and Alex Brooker. He has also appeared on Mock the Week, QI and Have I Got News for You.

Quote: "The thing about stand-up is that you end up meeting your idols."

Trivia: In December 2013, Widdicombe won his edition of Celebrity Mastermind - his specialist subject was Blur.

Alex Brooker (Co host)

Best Known For: Co-hosting The Last Leg.

Early-life: Alex was born in Kent in 1986 with hand and arm deformities and a twisted right leg which had to be amputated when he was a baby. He now wears a prosthetic leg. He studied journalism at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and during his time there he spent a day working at the Liverpool Echo, wrote a column for a student magazine and was presenter on a student radio station.

Career: Brooker was the Disabled Rights Officer for LJMU before he went to work for the Press Association on a trainee editorial scheme. His big break came in 2012 when he beat thousands of people to become the face of Channel 4's 2012 Paralympics coverage. He was a co-host on The Last Leg with Adam Hills, a nightly alternative look at the Games. In 2013, he returned as a regular on The Last Leg. In January 2014, he began co-hosting Channel 4's celebrity reality series The Big Jump alongside Davina McCall but did not return for the second series in 2015. He started presented The Superhumans Show for Channel 4 in 2016.

Quote: "While we are advanced in this country in terms of our attitudes towards disability, there is still a level of unease about what you can and can't say."

Trivia: He supports Arsenal FC.

Fatiha El-Ghorri (Guest)

Roisin Conaty (Guest)

Born: March 26, 1979 in London

Best Known For: Being a comedian and starring in Man Down.

Early-life: Roisin was born in London on March 26, 1979. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In the same year, she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three and performed alongside other female comedians for charity on Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues on Sky One.

Career: Conaty stars in the BBC's hidden camera series Impractical Jokers and she has appeared as a guest on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2013, she began playing Jo in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.

Quote: "I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to look mad."

Trivia: Conaty also performs as one half of female double act The Cakes with Caroline Ginty.

Tom Messer (Series producer)

Danny Carr (Executive producer)

Andrew Beint (Executive producer)

10:00 pm - 11:05 pm, Friday, December 19 on Channel 4 (4)

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