Adam Hills
Birthday: Born in 1970-06-10 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Deathday: Alive
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".
TV Credits
Spicks and Specks
Character: Self - Host
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....
Get Krack!n
Character: Joe Bigot
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....
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Character: Self - Contestant
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz....
Bluey
Character: Cricket Commentator (voice)
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....
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Character: Self
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....
The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020
Character: Self / Host
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....
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Character: Self - Guest
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....
The Last Leg
Character: Self - Host
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days....
Thank God You're Here
Character:
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....
Adam Hills: Grow Another Foot
Character:
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?...
Thank God You're Here
Character: Self - Guest Judge
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....
QI
Character: Self
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'....
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Self
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....
Gadget Man
Character:
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....
Room 101
Character: Self
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....
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self
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....
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Character: Self
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....
Good News Week
Character: Self
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, ...
Kurt Fearnley's One Plus One
Character: Self
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....
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character: Self - Guest
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills....
Movie Credits
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Character: Self
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...
Adam Hills: Characterful
Character: Himself
Characterful delivers one of Adam's most acclaimed shows, recorded live with AUSLAN interpreter Leanne Beer at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre...
Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Character: Self
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...
Adam Hills - Inflatable
Character: Himself
"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 g...
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
Character: Self
The Muppets take part in a "Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala" at Just For Laughs 2012 in Montreal from July 10 -29th....
Peacock Season
Character: Himself
The Edinburgh Festival is a funny place to be... When you're not funny....
Adam Hills: Grow Another Foot
Character: Self
Adam was born with only one foot. He’s always dreamt of emulating his Rugby League heroes and, with the first ever Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup taking place in the UK in 2022, that dream became a tantalising reality. But before Sydney-born Adam could give his all out on the pitch, first he had a crucial decision to make. Should he pull on the green and gold of Australia…or join his regular rugby family who make up the England team? After an agonising choice, Adam faced a tournamen...
Amputating Alice
Character: Themselves
Documentary following Paralympic Champion swimmer Alice Tai as she voluntarily undergoes an amputation and then races to be ready for the Commonwealth Games. Featuring Adam Hills....
Spicks and Specks: Interactive Quiz
Character: Himself
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....
Adam Hills: Happyism Live
Character: himself
A first class evening of comedy anecdotes and audience participation, all delivered in Adam Hills laid-back style....
Godless
Character: Ads
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....
Adam Hills - Joymonger
Character:
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 Th...
Adam Hills: Stands Up Live
Character: Himself
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 - Live in the Suburbs
Character: Himself
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...
Adam Hills: Foot Fault
Character:
Join Adam Hills on his funny and personal campaign to support Para-Standing Tennis' growth as he uncovers the barriers facing aspiring players. Sky Original documentary....
Adam Hills: Clown Heart Live
Character: Himself
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”....
The Last Leg Goes Down Under
Character: Himself
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker head to the Australian wilderness for the ultimate outback road trip....
Spicks and Specks Reunion Special
Character: Self - Host
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....
Adam Hills: Take His Legs
Character: Self
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....