Adam Hills

Acting

Adam Hills

Born

1970-06-10 (56)

Place of birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Adam Hills is an Australian comedian and television presenter, best known in Australia for hosting the Australian ABC music trivia show "Spicks and Specks", and in Britain for hosting "The Last Leg".

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 14 titles

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8.3

The Muppets Take the O2 is a live stage show starring the Muppets performed at the O2 Arena in London in July 2018. The show is a follow-up to 2017's performance at the Hollywood Bowl, reprising many of the same acts.

The Muppets Take The O2

2018

Godless poster
8.0

Trapped in their office by a baying crowd from all religious backgrounds, a group of filmmakers contemplate a fictional short film they have made disproving the existence of God. As the crowd outside intensifies they wonder if it is just a film or maybe something much more important.

Godless

2017

The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala poster
5.8

The Muppets take part in a "Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala" at Just For Laughs 2012 in Montreal from July 10 -29th.

The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala

2012

The Man You're Not poster
NR

Charlie is unlucky in love. After a string of failed relationships where he is told he is "too nice", his friends decide to take action. They sign him up to a number of dating websites as different people and he has to go on dates pretending to be someone else in order to learn how to 'Man up'. Charlie enters a whole new world of one night stands and begins to see what he has been missing. But will he lose who he really is, and fail to see what's right in front of him?

The Man You're Not

2017

Adam Hills: Happyism Live poster
6.3

A first class evening of comedy anecdotes and audience participation, all delivered in Adam Hills laid-back style.

Adam Hills: Happyism Live

2013

Adam Hills: Take His Legs poster
NR

Take His Legs is the remarkable story of the birth of Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) in the UK, and the rise of the Warrington Wolves PDRL team, from open trial, to World Champions in just six months. This one-off special follows comedian and host of the award-winning The Last Leg, Adam Hills as he embarks on a personal, physical and emotional journey to live out his boyhood dream to play competitive rugby league.

Adam Hills: Take His Legs

2019

Peacock Season poster
7.0

The Edinburgh Festival is a funny place to be... When you're not funny.

Peacock Season

2010

Adam Hills: Clown Heart Live poster
5.7

Take a trip with Adam Hills and his sell-out crowd at London’s Hammersmith Apollo to the Clown Heart of comedy. In this live recording Adam and his willing participant audience literally get to the meat and two veg of modern life. Along the way he embraces love, life and death with his inimitable positivity, laughing in the face of disaster and “Kicking cancer in the d**k”.

Adam Hills: Clown Heart Live

2017

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Hosted by Adam Hills, the 2015 Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow will also feature; Alex Edelman, Andrew Saunders, Cal Wilson, Chris Taylor & Andrew Hansen, Claire Hooper, Dane Baptiste, Greg Behrendt, Jen Kirkman, Jimeoin, Katherine Ryan, Luke McGregor, Mark Watson, Milton Jones, Nick Cody, Nina Conti, Sam Simmons, Sarah Kendall, Sara Pascoe, Steen Raskopoulos, Stephen K Amos, Tom Gleeson, Tripod, Wil Anderson and Wyatt Cenac.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Allstars Supershow 2015

2015

Spicks and Specks Reunion Special poster
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Australia's favourite music quiz returns for a one hour Reunion. Join Adam Hills, Myf Warhurst, and Alan Brough for some favourite games, surprises, and lots of laughs.

Spicks and Specks Reunion Special

2018

Adam Hills: Stands Up Live poster
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Coming off the critically acclaimed run as the host of The Last Leg, comedian Adam Hills signed an exclusive one year deal with Channel 4. Alongside a Christmas Special of The Last Leg, Channel 4 showed this special featuring Adam Hills' live stand-up recorded at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. Adam was joined on-stage throughout the recording by a British Sign Language signer, which provided some added fun in seeing what the signs for various rude words were.

Adam Hills: Stands Up Live

2012

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8.0

A host of great comic talents, on stage and in sketches, gather together at London's O2 Arena to play to an audience of 16,000 in aid of the charity Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013

2013

The Last Leg Goes Down Under poster
7.0

Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker head to the Australian wilderness for the ultimate outback road trip.

The Last Leg Goes Down Under

2016

Adam Hills - Inflatable poster
6.5

"Inflatable" is a raucous, poignant and ultimately uplifting show that received five star reviews from Melbourne to Edinburgh, and played to sold out audiences across the UK. Adam discusses the intricacies of sign language, the politeness of the Dutch, prostate awareness, what it feels like to have an "old man rant" and the joy of seeing the Paralympics live. Of course, no Adam Hills show is complete without including members of the audience, so you'll also see an impromptu boyband, a sex toy goody bag and much more. Let Adam Hills inflate you with this riotous live show. Joyous. Uplifting. Inflatable.

Adam Hills - Inflatable

2011

2000s · 6 titles

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV poster
9.5

Produced exclusively for DVD, with nearly of 3 hours of the hottest standup comedians performing in the funniest program on TV. Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV contains all the best laugh out load moments that couldn't be shown on TV or anywhere else, for reasons of taste, decency and sheer outrageousness. For the first time see unbroadcastable material from Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and a host of the funniest stand-up comedians on the circuit

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV

2007

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 poster
9.5

Produced exclusively for DVD, three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. MOCK THE WEEK TOO HOT FOR TV 2 is the sharpest, rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far, delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons and a host of Britain s finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2

2009

Spicks and Specks: Interactive Quiz poster
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The Spicks and Specks Interactive Quiz brings your favourite show to life in your lounge room with over 30 different games and over 1500 brand new questions. Let acclaimed stand-up comedian Adam Hills host your very own game of the top-rating ABC TV quiz show.

Spicks and Specks: Interactive Quiz

2007

Adam Hills: Characterful poster
10.0

Characterful delivers one of Adam's most acclaimed shows, recorded live with AUSLAN interpreter Leanne Beer at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre

Adam Hills: Characterful

2008

Adam Hills - Live in the Suburbs poster
8.0

When Adam Hills isn't hosting ABC TV's "Spicks & Specks" he travels the world as one of its most popular and respected stand up comics. A regular at the Melbourne, Montreal and Kilkenny Comedy Festivals and a triple Perrier Award nominee at the Edinburgh Festival, Adam Hills is truly a world class comedian. Live In The Suburbs” is Adam’s first ever stand up comedy DVD, recorded live at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, in the outer Melbourne suburb of Pakenham. “Live In The Suburbs” delivers an hour and a bit of Adam’s best stand up material as well as a trip to the farmer's market and a catch up with the locals at Pakenham Upper.

Adam Hills - Live in the Suburbs

2006

Adam Hills - Joymonger poster
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Adam's positive energetic comedy and rampant spontaneity have seen him collect rave reviews, and a legion of fans across Australia, Great Britain, Ireland and Europe. He has not surprisingly bagged a swag of awards in recent years including a Helpmann Award in 2007, and been nominated three times for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. "Joymonger" delivers one of Adam's most acclaimed shows, recorded live with AUSLAN interpreter Leanne Beer at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre. "Hills delivers stand up so effortlessly brilliant you wonder why some comedians even get out of bed" The Guardian, London "If you cannot enjoy Adam Hills you cannot have a pulse. Four Stars" The Scotsman "Hills's wit is incisively dry and sharp and his observations are bitingly precise" Sunday Herald Sun

Adam Hills - Joymonger

2008

Series credits

The One Show poster
4.3

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

The One Show

2006

QI poster
7.9

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

QI

2003

Bluey poster
8.6

Bluey is an inexhaustible six year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures, developing her imagination as well as her mental, physical and emotional resilience.

Bluey

2018

The Last Leg poster
5.7

Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.

The Last Leg

2013

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster
7.1

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster
7.4

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2013

Mock the Week poster
7.1

Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.

Mock the Week

2005

Spicks and Specks poster
7.5

Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.

Spicks and Specks

2005

Spicks and Specks poster
7.5

Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.

Spicks and Specks

2005

Room 101 poster
6.6

Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.

Room 101

1994

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster
7.0

Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster
5.6

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020

Travel Man: 48 Hours in... poster
6.4

British comedian Richard Ayoade (later taken over by Joe Lycett), accompanied by a celebrity guest, takes a ruthlessly efficient approach to travel, covering everything top tourist destinations have to offer in just 48 hours.

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice poster
5.2

The show that gives fans another bite of Bake Off when one helping just isn't enough. Jo Brand chats to a panel of celebrities about all the action, and meets the latest baker to leave the tent.

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

2017

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Who Do You Think You Are? poster
4.4

Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Along the way there will be scandal, adultery, pioneers, bushrangers, artists and royalty. Join the trail of discovery to uncover where these celebrities came from as they find out just who they think they are.

Who Do You Think You Are?

2008

Bluey Book Reads poster
10.0

Bluey Book Reads offers fans a new way to experience their favourite Bluey storybooks, combining off-screen narration from global talent with visuals from Bluey storybooks and live action shots.

Bluey Book Reads

2024

Gadget Man poster
7.0

Gadget Man shows the world's collection of handy gadgets throughout the ages, from today's smart devices to decades old electronics to even older mechanical devices.

Gadget Man

2012

The Harry Hill Show poster
NR

Hello there! It's me, Harry Hill! I've got a new show, and this time, it's visualised, A VODSCARF. Join me, my son Gary and Sarah the A.I Bot as we talk to a motley crew of comedians, celebrities and cultural icons, and if that wasn't enough we all learn together as we speak to an expert on stuff like the big bang, day of the dead, and even FLIES as part of our theme of the week! PLUS introducing the game everyone is talking about, Name The Seed

The Harry Hill Show

2026

Ask Rhod Gilbert poster
6.8

Ask Rhod Gilbert is a British comedy panel show produced by Green Inc for the BBC. It began on 27 September 2010 and ended on 9 November 2011 on BBC One, it is presented by Rhod Gilbert with Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford as regular panelists.

Ask Rhod Gilbert

2010

The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 poster
8.5

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are officially here and who better to cover it than the cast of The Last Leg? Returning to their disability positive routes, the comedy trio will be providing us with laughs and Paralympic insight throughout the Game.

The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020

2021

Get Krack!n poster
6.4

Having conquered the cutthroat world of satirical online cooking shows with The Katering Show, the two Kates are ready to take a Sassy Swipe at morning lifestyle television in Get Krack!n.

Get Krack!n

2017

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Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight has all the usual talk show trimmings – celebrity guests, great comedy and live music - with all the excitement and spontaneity you’d expect from one of the country’s best live comedians.

Adam Hills Tonight

2011

Kurt Fearnley's One Plus One poster
NR

Paralympian Kurt Fearnley interviews a range of well-known Australians, from sporting legends to leading figures in their fields, about the events that have challenged them and the people who have motivated and inspired them.

Kurt Fearnley's One Plus One

2020

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live

2010

Adam Hills: Grow Another Foot poster
NR

Comedian and rugby fanatic Adam Hills fulfils a lifelong dream by participating in the first ever Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup. But should he play for Australia or England?

Adam Hills: Grow Another Foot

2023

Behind the camera

Adam Hills: Happyism Live poster
6.3

A first class evening of comedy anecdotes and audience participation, all delivered in Adam Hills laid-back style.

Adam Hills: Happyism Live

2013

Adam Hills: Clown Heart Live poster
5.7

Take a trip with Adam Hills and his sell-out crowd at London’s Hammersmith Apollo to the Clown Heart of comedy. In this live recording Adam and his willing participant audience literally get to the meat and two veg of modern life. Along the way he embraces love, life and death with his inimitable positivity, laughing in the face of disaster and “Kicking cancer in the d**k”.

Adam Hills: Clown Heart Live

2017

Adam Hills: Stands Up Live poster
NR

Coming off the critically acclaimed run as the host of The Last Leg, comedian Adam Hills signed an exclusive one year deal with Channel 4. Alongside a Christmas Special of The Last Leg, Channel 4 showed this special featuring Adam Hills' live stand-up recorded at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. Adam was joined on-stage throughout the recording by a British Sign Language signer, which provided some added fun in seeing what the signs for various rude words were.

Adam Hills: Stands Up Live

2012

Adam Hills - Inflatable poster
6.5

"Inflatable" is a raucous, poignant and ultimately uplifting show that received five star reviews from Melbourne to Edinburgh, and played to sold out audiences across the UK. Adam discusses the intricacies of sign language, the politeness of the Dutch, prostate awareness, what it feels like to have an "old man rant" and the joy of seeing the Paralympics live. Of course, no Adam Hills show is complete without including members of the audience, so you'll also see an impromptu boyband, a sex toy goody bag and much more. Let Adam Hills inflate you with this riotous live show. Joyous. Uplifting. Inflatable.

Adam Hills - Inflatable

2011