Australian comedian and radio and television presenter
This article is about the Australian comedian. For the English politician, see Adam Hills (politician). For the New Zealand rugby footballer, see Adam Hill.
Adam Hills MBE
Hills in 2008 at the Paralympic Village
Birth name
Adam Christopher Hills[1]
Born
(1970-07-10) 10 July 1970 (age 53) Loftus, Sydney, Australia
Medium
Television, radio
Years active
1989–present
Genres
Social satire, observational comedy
Subject(s)
Everyday life, current events, disability
Spouse
Ali McGregor
(m. 2009)
Children
2
Notable works and roles
Spicks and Specks (2005–2011, 2021–present)
Adam Hills Tonight (2011–2013)
The Last Leg (2012–present)
Website
adamhills.com.au
Adam Christopher HillsMBE (born 10 July 1970) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. In Australia, he hosted the music quiz show Spicks and Specks from 2005 to 2011, and again in 2021 onwards,[2] and the talk show Adam Hills Tonight from 2011 to 2013. In the United Kingdom, he has hosted the talk show The Last Leg since 2012. He has been nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, the Gold Logie Award and numerous BAFTA TV Awards.
Born in Loftus, Sydney, he began performing as a stand-up comedian in 1989 at the age of 19 and, since 1997, has produced ten solo shows which have toured internationally. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs festival, earning three consecutive Edinburgh Award nominations for his Edinburgh shows in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
In 2002, he scored a minor hit in Australia with his single "Working Class Anthem", in which he sang the lyrics of the Australian National Anthem to the tune of "Working Class Man", a song by Scottish-born Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes.
Hills playing for the Warrington Wolves PDRL side in 2019
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later spun off as its own show after the games finished. It is hosted by AdamHills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe. Typical episodes are broadcast live...
operas by the German composer Johann AdamHiller (1728–1804). Sources Bauman, Thomas (1992), 'Hiller, Johann Adam' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera...
disrepute. The advert was discussed on an episode of The Last Leg, where AdamHills made an impassioned speech condemning it. Prior to the 2014 FIFA World...
such as celebrity interviews. The Channel 4 talk show The Last Leg with AdamHills was originally conceived as an aftershow for its coverage of the 2012...
from London. On 20 September 2013, a special one-off episode, hosted by AdamHills, aired on Channel 4 and was titled Celebrity Fifteen to One. Two previous...
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