{"id":4288,"date":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/10\/18\/comedian-adam-hills-enters-exclusive-talent-deal-with-channel-4\/"},"modified":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","slug":"comedian-adam-hills-enters-exclusive-talent-deal-with-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/10\/18\/comedian-adam-hills-enters-exclusive-talent-deal-with-channel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Adam Hills Enters Exclusive Talent Deal with Channel 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Channel 4 has signed comedian Adam Hills, who hosted the late night show <em>The Last Leg<\/em> for the network during the Paralympics, to an exclusive one-year talent deal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The contract will see Hills return with <em>A Last Leg Christmas Special <\/em>and a series in 2013. Channel 4 will be showcasing a stand-up special of Hills live in concert recorded in December, tentatively titled <em>Adam Hills Love from The West End<\/em>, produced by Open Mike Productions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Syeda Irtizaali, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">the entertainment commissioning editor at Channel 4, <\/span><\/span> said, &quot;We knew <em>The Last Leg<\/em> was something special and we were in no doubt we wanted to keep the show&#8217;s spirit of open and frank debate alive. We are working on a number of great ideas that will help push the show forward from its Paralympic origins into a broad, intelligent and entertaining series. I&#8217;m hugely looking forward to working again with Adam, Alex and Josh.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Hills added: &quot;The Paralympics is one of my favorite events in the world. When Channel 4 offered me the chance to cover it with <em>The Last Leg<\/em>, I jumped at it. It&#8217;s not often you get the chance to do something you absolutely love, that people seem to connect with. I thought <em>The Last Leg <\/em>was going to be an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I&#8217;m over the moon to think that we can do it all again. &quot;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Channel 4 has signed comedian Adam Hills, who hosted the late night show The Last Leg for the network during the Paralympics, to an exclusive one-year talent deal. The contract will see Hills return with A Last Leg Christmas Special and a series in 2013. 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