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00:00Thank you for lettin' us be ourselves
00:02So don't mind me if I repeat myself
00:04These simple lines be good for your health
00:06Keep them trying rhymes on the shelf
00:08Live love life like you just don't care
00:10Five thousand leaders never scared
00:12Rain and noise is the moment they fear
00:16Get up, sit up here for my dear
00:18Get up, throw your hands in the head
00:20Get up, it's showin' you
00:22Get up, it's showin' you
00:24Get up, it's showin' you
00:26Get up, it's showin' you
00:28Get up, it's showin' you
00:30Finish wrapping the presents, sit back on the couch
00:36Then realise you forgot to buy batteries
00:38It's Christmas Eve and it's time for the last leg
00:42Tonight on the show
00:44We look at a prediction of Christmas future
00:46Look back on Christmas past
00:48And take a sneaky look at our Christmas present
00:52Plus we'll be joined by presenter Alison Hammond
00:54Comedian Harry Hill and music legend Rick Astley
00:56On the show that's always a Christmas diehard
01:08G'day, I'm Adam Hills
01:10Welcome to The Last Leg, the show that wonders
01:12If King Charles' speech is going to get one less viewer this year
01:14With fears always of the pride of Huddersfield, Alex Brooker
01:16And the man who turned on the Christmas lights in Exeter this year
01:20But only in his own house, Josh Whittacombe
01:22Happy Christmas Eve everybody
01:24Every year we dress up there's something ridiculous for Christmas
01:26I, of course, am Tom Hanks
01:28From the Polar Express
01:30There you go
01:32Yeah, it's not bad
01:42Yeah, you're such a fan of the film that you've called the character Tom Hanks
01:46You look like you're about to strip
01:48That is a different type of Polar Express
01:52I went with Polar Express because it's my favourite Tom Hanks film
01:54Actually, it's my second favourite but Philadelphia didn't feel appropriate
01:58Merry Christmas!
02:00Josh, would you like to explain who you're dressed as?
02:02Oh, I didn't get the memo, I didn't know it was fancy dress
02:04No, I've come as
02:06I'll stand up for this
02:08I've come as Francis Rossi from the Band Aid video
02:12Amazing!
02:28I'm not saying I've run out of ideas
02:30I look like Michael Portillo
02:32You look like someone who's been caught at Heathrow trying to smuggle in illegal reptiles
02:36You look like someone who's been caught at Heathrow trying to smuggle in illegal reptiles
02:44Well, I've certainly got a snake in these tight trousers
02:50Alex do you want to explain what's going on there? Yeah, I'm Tim Allen in the Santa Claus
02:54Santa's just fallen off my roof and I've just put the jacket on so yeah, and also tell you what it's comfy and I'll tell you what
03:01Your snake would be all right in these pyjama bottoms. This is the comfiest I've ever been
03:06I'm not going to say you've not gone too much effort, but compared to the two of us wearing
03:11Pyjamas and just you've put on a center. Yeah, no, I think these I think these are comfy slippers. I can only feel the one
03:20All right, the big story of course is Christmas
03:24It's the story Alex has been most excited about all year
03:27So let's start with this is it okay that Alex interrupted a last leg meeting this year to have his Christmas tree delivered
03:36Okay, is it okay? He did that in October
03:42Well, here's another is it okay for you is it okay that it's a 13-foot tree that is I know that's 12 more feet than Alex has
03:54Let's see here's a photo of it arriving
03:56Just so you know Alex took the tree out and then once that was done Alex's wife put all her belongings in there and there
04:06Here's the photo of the tree once it was up and running
04:10It's so it looks like you know those North Korean marches where they have the missiles
04:18It's so big that's an actual star
04:20Oh
04:22Is it a real tree? It's not a real tree. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, so even your Christmas trees prosthetic
04:34Knowing how much you love Christmas I would imagine
04:37The ads you get on your phone are different to the ads I get on my phone. Oh, mate
04:41I mean my the algorithm and Instagram I start getting like no did he's like Christmas like Larry Christmas suits and
04:48Outfits because I thought maybe because I was talking about Christmas jumpers. That's all my room. It's just Christmas suits
04:53Yeah, we've got some of the garish images Alex has been getting check these
04:58You to complain a lot, you know about your disabilities, but that guy in the suit. He hasn't got a head
05:04It looks like I said that's far away and the Paralympics you're in the toughest category
05:15Especially if it's a dead heat in there in the sprinting
05:22I love this it looks like the kind of suit Santa would wear to court
05:25You know what I mean? Like if Santa turned up in the Epstein files
05:30No, Santa's not obviously Santa's not in the Epstein files
05:34Obviously because we all know Santa makes the list and checks it twice. I
05:40Reckon pausing for an edit
05:50I think nothing says Christmas Eve more than Philadelphia in the Epstein
05:55I
05:58Reckon if you can encapsulate Alex's algorithm into one image it would be this Declan Rice dressed as Santa drinking a frosé with Big John
06:08I'm assuming that's your default setting when you blank out
06:13Is it true you want a dash cam for Christmas?
06:15Yeah, I do. Yeah, I genuinely do. I've got banged. So I've got bang into
06:19Dash cam footage. That's the other thing my algorithm is jumping up
06:22So like I've got really into like watching these videos of like just people having near misses
06:28But the one I've been getting into most is a geezer called a big jobber who basically
06:33His name's big job and basically what he does is
06:35I'm gonna say it Hilsie when Brooker searched big jobber. He wasn't looking for a dash cam footage
06:43He assesses like the insurance lie, but who's at fault for the crash based on the dash cam footage
06:49Are you okay? Well, I think I'm having like the most boring midlife crisis
06:57I really want I really want dash cam
06:59We've got we've got a very special treat for Alex tonight. So we've been following Santa on his radar tonight
07:03Okay, we're gonna check in to see where he is right now. Have a look at this on the map
07:07He now that seems to be Huddersfield, which is where you live Alex. Yeah, he seems to be stuck there
07:14Um, let's go to Santa's dash cam or as he calls it dasher cam
07:19To see what's happening
07:24What asshole put up a 12-foot tree?
07:28Look, they don't breathalyze me. I've had 83 million cherries. Here's your foes machine you prick
07:34Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
07:43Now, one AI generator reimagined Santa over the decades, showing how and this is a quote beloved figures can evolve alongside society's progress
07:49Here is its revealing timeline of Santas. Let's go through the one by one. He's 1960 Santa
07:55Textbook. Classic. Classic Santa. Coca-Cola Santa
07:59Yep, 1970 Santa
08:01Oh
08:03I've... I'm not letting my kids sit on his knee.
08:08Let's look at 1980s Santa.
08:10Wow.
08:12He's been lifting his sack at eight...
08:15It's no wonder Mummy was kissing Santa Claus.
08:17Look at that guy, I mean, that'll leave her Saint Nicholas.
08:24All right, let's look at that.
08:26Did somebody just go, oh, dear?
08:29LAUGHTER
08:33I... I got... I'm not enjoying it!
08:35Oh, dear.
08:37That, for me, do you know what, I'm not...
08:39It's going to... It's ruined Christmas.
08:41And that's a guy who was fine with the Epstein joke.
08:46Er, 2010 Santa?
08:48Couldn't give a shit, could I? No.
08:512030s?
08:53Well, I tell you what, J.K. Rowling's not going to be happy.
08:562030s?
08:59Oh, dear.
09:02LAUGHTER
09:03Oh, really?
09:04Look, there's one in the audience!
09:05We found him!
09:06LAUGHTER
09:07How did that happen?
09:08APPLAUSE
09:13Mate!
09:14It's the one fucking night you work!
09:16LAUGHTER
09:17I'm not so sure about 2050s Santa.
09:20I mean, no...
09:21I mean, he looks like he's going to shoot the Naughty Boys again.
09:25LAUGHTER
09:26And look, as Santa faces an AI future,
09:27so does the art of gift-giving,
09:28because surveys have found that a lot of people
09:30are using generative AI for present ideas.
09:33I love the idea that tomorrow there's going to be men everywhere
09:36blaming AI for misjudged gives for their other halves.
09:39LAUGHTER
09:40It's just going...
09:41Yeah, I mean...
09:42Jack GPT just said anal beads.
09:44I don't even know why.
09:46LAUGHTER
09:47Like, the technology's just not...
09:48It's just not right.
09:49By the way, love, do us a favour,
09:50can you quickly ring your mum and tell her not to open her?
09:53LAUGHTER
09:54So, we've decided to use AI tonight
09:59to choose our presents for each other.
10:01And to deliver them,
10:02would you please welcome,
10:03all the way from the future,
10:05Robot Santa!
10:07Santa, baby!
10:09Yes, little saviour under the tree
10:12Oh, me!
10:15Been in half a good day
10:18Santa, baby!
10:20I mean, the technology in the future's amazing, isn't it?
10:25I tell you what,
10:26the robot's improved more than the trolley, hasn't it?
10:29LAUGHTER
10:31It's not often I get to say this about other people,
10:34but you do walk a bit funny, don't you?
10:36LAUGHTER
10:38Can the robot do the Vs towards Alex?
10:44LAUGHTER
10:47All right, so we started by asking AI the question,
10:50what is a good Christmas present for Alex Brooker?
10:52Now, once we explained who Alex Brooker was...
10:54LAUGHTER
10:56It's...
10:57LAUGHTER
10:59It suggested a personalised Arsenal jersey.
11:01Yes, please.
11:02So, could you please bring the presents over...
11:04LAUGHTER
11:06LAUGHTER
11:08Do you know what?
11:09Yeah.
11:10Radha is fucking good, isn't it?
11:12LAUGHTER
11:14LAUGHTER
11:19LAUGHTER
11:20Poor years of debt for this.
11:22LAUGHTER
11:24LAUGHTER
11:25Thank you very much.
11:26It's good to have Daniel Day-Lewis back in the game, isn't it?
11:29LAUGHTER
11:30Oh, wow.
11:31Unbelievable!
11:32No, back a bit, there we go.
11:34Oh, there we go.
11:36Thank you, Robot Santa.
11:38LAUGHTER
11:40They said...
11:41Do you know what?
11:42When they said Greg Wallace would never be back on TV...
11:44LAUGHTER
11:46LAUGHTER
11:47APPLAUSE
11:48LAUGHTER
11:49LAUGHTER
11:50LAUGHTER
11:51LAUGHTER
11:53LAUGHTER
11:54LAUGHTER
11:55LAUGHTER
11:56So, I started out by asking AI what to get for Alex.
11:59Yes.
12:00And it said, a personalised Arsenal jersey.
12:02Am I allowed to open it?
12:03You are allowed to open it.
12:04Oh, wow.
12:05So, we've got you an Arsenal jersey, and on the back we've got the picture of you, er,
12:09with Declan Rice and Big John drinking the Frosé.
12:12Oh, yes, please.
12:13APPLAUSE
12:14Merry Christmas.
12:15APPLAUSE
12:18I love this robot.
12:19He did a little...
12:20He did a little happy dance when it was good.
12:22LAUGHTER
12:23So, when...
12:24When I asked...
12:25LAUGHTER
12:26How is the robot funnier than all of us?
12:28LAUGHTER
12:29This is the future, Josh.
12:30LAUGHTER
12:31LAUGHTER
12:32So, when I asked AI what to get Josh, it said, er,
12:36something that balances his sober lifestyle, his love of home,
12:39his writing work and his comedic vibe.
12:42Oh, that's genuinely nice.
12:43It said, a premium tea gift set and notebook combo
12:48with a personal note.
12:50So, it's...
12:51And AI wrote the note.
12:52This is a personal note.
12:53Oh.
12:54For when you fancy putting the kettle on...
12:55I genuinely like this.
12:57For when you fancy putting the kettle on and jamming down
13:00those five-minute observations.
13:02LAUGHTER
13:03This is the great thing.
13:04It also added, er,
13:06Josh is an observational comedian who focuses on the minutiae
13:09of everyday life rather than big topical issues.
13:13LAUGHTER
13:15I think anyone who's seen me trying to walk around the news
13:18on this show would agree with that.
13:19LAUGHTER
13:21And so, what did AI suggest for me?
13:23Oh, well, AI, they got...
13:25So, basically, they said,
13:26something that was tied to your interest in disability awareness
13:29and sport, but more importantly,
13:31a high-quality item that acknowledges that part of his life,
13:34but not in a pitying way.
13:36They wanted us to give you something empowering.
13:38Not in a pitying way?
13:39No, so we didn't want to get you any sort of present
13:42that would kind of sound, um, pitying at all.
13:45OK.
13:46So, we've got you, er, a book.
13:47You have got me a book.
13:48Which is called, um,
13:50The Little Disabled Engine That Could.
13:52LAUGHTER
13:57Thank you so much, boys.
13:58I can add that to my collection, along with C-Spot Limp.
14:01LAUGHTER
14:03Oh, the places you'll park.
14:05LAUGHTER
14:06And can we also have a big thank you to Robot Santa!
14:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
14:15Uh, now, Christmas telly is also changing.
14:17There's a reality series on Hallmark this year
14:19called Finding Mr Christmas.
14:21Uh, the TV show focuses on ten aspiring actors
14:24who compete for the chance to be the next leading man
14:27in a Hallmark Christmas film.
14:29Here is the cheesy trailer for the wholesome reality series.
14:33Boy, do I have an early holiday gift for you.
14:36We are back for season two
14:37with an all-new group of hunks
14:39and festive face-offs.
14:41Check out this sneak peek.
14:42It's a huge house.
14:43I'm down to stay here for a while.
14:45What's up, guys?
14:46What's up, fellas?
14:47What's up, Angel?
14:48Dude, it's so epic.
14:50Dude, we got the trust circle going on already.
14:54LAUGHTER
14:55I don't trust that trust circle.
14:57LAUGHTER
14:58Have you seen Finding Mr Easter?
15:00It's a bit bleaker because the winner gets nailed to a cross.
15:03LAUGHTER
15:05LAUGHTER
15:10Now...
15:12LAUGHTER
15:13Throughout the show...
15:14LAUGHTER
15:16Sorry, it's saying it's quite too edgy for you.
15:18Please.
15:19Honestly, you're just...
15:21Everything you say with that ponytail.
15:23LAUGHTER
15:24Now, throughout the show, this Finding Mr Christmas...
15:27Did you just get a cut away of my fucking pony?
15:30LAUGHTER
15:31We've never used that camera angle in 15 years!
15:34Where's that coming from?
15:36That's not one of our angles!
15:38LAUGHTER
15:39Where's that?
15:40I don't even know where that camera is!
15:42LAUGHTER
15:43Throughout Finding Mr Christmas,
15:45the actors have to complete a series of challenges,
15:47including gift wrapping, untangling Christmas lights
15:49and acting in a scene, but...
15:51We think they missed a trick.
15:53Because we've got our own Mr Christmas here,
15:55Alex Brooker.
15:56I don't know why they didn't cast him, right?
15:58100%, mate.
15:59Yep.
16:00So, throughout the show tonight,
16:01we're going to set Alex a series of Christmassy tasks,
16:03and he's going to do the first one now.
16:05We need you to head over there, please, Alex.
16:07I didn't... Oh, all right.
16:08Are you ready? Are you ready?
16:13It's based on this festive challenge.
16:16Remember, guys, presentation is important,
16:20but your personality and star quality
16:23are always on Santa's radar.
16:26Ooh!
16:27So give us your best runway walks and slay!
16:30Yeah!
16:31Wait, you're up first.
16:34Ooh!
16:35Ooh!
16:36Ooh!
16:37Ooh!
16:38Ooh!
16:39Okay, hello!
16:40Melissa, I don't want you to get too close to this fire.
16:43Sugar melts.
16:44Oh!
16:47Wow!
16:52So, it's time for Alex to take on
16:54the Mr Christmas catwalk challenge.
16:57Alex, I want some strut with a Goodwill to All Men vibe.
17:06Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
17:10Probably...
17:11Woo!
17:16Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
17:18Uh, genuinely, by the way, don't get too close to me,
17:22cos I think this is flammable as fuck.
17:26Alex, you're through to the next round.
17:28Yeah!
17:34All right, let's welcome tonight's guests.
17:36They're Bake Off royalty, which means much like real royalty,
17:39they're both inbred.
17:40Please welcome Alison Hammond and comedian Harry Hill.
17:48CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
17:52Oh!
17:53Oh!
17:54Hello!
17:55Hello!
17:56Hello!
17:57Hello!
17:58Hello!
17:59Hello!
18:00Hello!
18:01Hello!
18:02I don't believe you, Francis Rossi and Tim Allen...
18:06Aww!
18:07..and Bernard Cribbins from the Railroad Church.
18:09LAUGHTER
18:11I thought it.
18:12Now, Alison has already received the best gift of all a few weeks ago,
18:16when Prince Harry lip-synced to one of your exchanges from Bake Off.
18:21I thought I was dreaming when I saw that.
18:23So here's the perfectly timed clip with Stephen Colbert.
18:26If you was treated like a king for the day,
18:28what would you want me to do for you?
18:30Um...
18:31Bec for me, probably.
18:33You'd want me to do what?
18:34Bec!
18:35Bec!
18:36Bec!
18:37Bec!
18:38Bec!
18:39Bec!
18:40Bec!
18:41Bec!
18:42Oh, bake!
18:43LAUGHTER
18:50What a weird moment!
18:51Crazy!
18:52I mean, someone's like, oh, my God!
18:54Prince...
18:55Me and Prince Harry are connected now.
18:57You totally like that.
18:58You know what I mean? We're tied.
18:59Yeah.
19:00I mean, how can I be humble now?
19:01Do you know what I mean?
19:02LAUGHTER
19:03Does it make me kind of, like, royalty now?
19:05Like, am I a princess?
19:07Am I?
19:08Yeah, but it does appear that Prince Harry has got a lot of time on his hands now.
19:12LAUGHTER
19:13What do you reckon?
19:17APPLAUSE
19:22Harry, what are your Christmas traditions?
19:25Um...
19:26Well, we always...
19:27What we do with the TV, when we have the Christmas lunch...
19:31Yeah.
19:32And then we have...
19:33We've got one of those TVs that you can bring round...
19:35You know, it comes...
19:36You can angle it round.
19:37It's on the wall, but you can angle it round.
19:39Yeah.
19:40And so we bring it round so that it's across the other side of the table,
19:43and then we have the King's Speech on there.
19:45So it's like he's joining us.
19:47LAUGHTER
19:48For dinner!
19:51What's that?
19:52Yeah.
19:53It has been a tough year for a lot of people.
19:55LAUGHTER
19:56And, look, we talked about Alex's 13-foot tree in his garden.
20:00Anything special in your garden this Christmas?
20:02Oh, well, we've got robins, actually.
20:05Ooh!
20:06Aw!
20:07Yeah, I know.
20:08We put up a nesting box last year.
20:11Yeah.
20:12And we've got some...
20:13Actually, some baby robins in there.
20:15Aw!
20:16Yeah, and I've actually got a camera.
20:17You know, one of those little tiny cameras?
20:18Oh, yeah, yeah.
20:19Yeah.
20:20It's got a bird watch.
20:21Yeah, with, like, a live feed.
20:22Yeah.
20:23Erm, could we see that, or...?
20:25We have got it.
20:26Yes, yes, we can.
20:27Yes, we can.
20:28Let's see the live feed of your...
20:29There's a little robin in there this morning.
20:30Oh, that's so lovely!
20:31But, erm...
20:32LAUGHTER
20:33LAUGHTER
20:37APPLAUSE
20:39Aw!
20:42LAUGHTER
20:43Aw, that's really upsetting.
20:45LAUGHTER
20:46Talk about a live feed.
20:48All right, we'll have more, lastly, for you after the break
20:53as we chat to Rick Astley
20:55and find out which one of our guests
20:56had a crush on him as a teenager.
20:58See you in a little bit!
20:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
21:01APPLAUSE
21:18Welcome back to Last Leg.
21:19We're joined by Alison Hammond and Harry Gill.
21:22Uh, Alex is starting to change like Tim Allen in, er...
21:27LAUGHTER
21:28I'm not.
21:29Are you not?
21:30Are you not?
21:31No, I'm not, mate.
21:32I don't think that's how you looked in the last part.
21:33That's absolutely the same, mate.
21:34OK.
21:35Changing at all.
21:36All right, Josh, do you want to explain what's going on with you?
21:38I'm going through the band-aid video.
21:41LAUGHTER
21:42I, er...
21:43I didn't know Hanson were in band-aid.
21:45LAUGHTER
21:46Handsome?
21:47LAUGHTER
21:48I can't hear much, by the way.
21:50LAUGHTER
21:51I'm Sting from Band-Aid.
21:53Look at that.
21:54LAUGHTER
21:55Amazing. Bang on.
21:56I can't hear anything.
21:58LAUGHTER
21:59I'm getting Gail Tilsley off...
22:01LAUGHTER
22:02LAUGHTER
22:03Anyone else doing that?
22:05APPLAUSE
22:06I'm getting...
22:07I'm getting Gail Tilsley and Paul Hollywood.
22:10LAUGHTER
22:11And, obviously, I'm now Tom Hanks as Woody from Toy Story.
22:15Oh, yes.
22:16Oh, yeah.
22:17Because the final scene of Toy Story is when they all become friends
22:19at Christmas.
22:20Yes.
22:21Aw.
22:22Time now to welcome another guest to the last late Christmas
22:24celebration.
22:25He's a soul singer whose songs may be the one thing your family
22:27doesn't fight over this Christmas.
22:29Please welcome...
22:30Rick Astley!
22:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
22:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
22:40APPLAUSE
22:42Hello.
22:43Welcome to the party, Rick.
22:45What are your Christmas traditions?
22:46Um, eating and drinking, I think, pretty much.
22:48Yes.
22:49My wife is Danish and we have quite a lot of fun stuff.
22:54Ah, welcome to the party, Rick.
22:56What are your Christmas traditions?
22:57Um, eating and drinking, I think, pretty much.
23:00Yes!
23:01My wife is Danish and we have quite a lot of Scandinavian tradition
23:04in our Christmas. Bacon?
23:06Yeah, a lot of bacon, actually.
23:08Yeah, yeah.
23:09But also, they celebrate on the eve, on the 24th.
23:13Yes. So we've got into that habit over the years of doing that.
23:16Well, I'm very sorry that you're here tonight on Christmas Eve.
23:18I know. Well, exactly.
23:20I'm...exactly.
23:22I'm straight back there after this, and if there's anything left,
23:25I'll be, you know, lovely.
23:27No, so, to be honest, tomorrow is a bit like our Boxing Day,
23:31to be honest. Right.
23:32It's a bit more chill and, you know, so... Yeah.
23:35Now, we asked AI to suggest a present for you.
23:38I can't wait. OK.
23:41It said maybe a rare vinyl copy of something like The Smiths,
23:45because you did a show of Smith songs at Glastonbury.
23:47Indeed, I did. I saw it.
23:48Which, yeah, you saw it, and one of our team was there
23:51and captured the joy Josh felt as he watched you perform.
23:54This is genuine footage.
23:57Back on the streets of Birmingham
24:00I wonder to myself
24:04Will I fail to be saved again
24:08With each side straight as you sit down
24:11I wonder to myself
24:15What a nice...
24:16One of the best hours of my life.
24:20And watching that video, this is going to blow your mind.
24:23That was after I stopped drinking.
24:28Harry, you share Rick's love of Morrissey's music.
24:31Uh...
24:32His music? Yeah, not so much his music.
24:34LAUGHTER
24:39Don't talk about that, do we?
24:40You performed as Morrissey?
24:42I was...
24:43I did Morrissey in Stars in there.
24:44I remember it.
24:45We have a dazzling clip of the enthusiastic performance from the turn of the millennium.
24:49Morrissey!
24:50APPLAUSE
24:52I'm a punctured bicycle
25:05I'll dance all around
25:09Oh, let you make a man of me, yeah
25:15When in this charming car
25:19In this charming car
25:24APPLAUSE
25:26Have you ever met Morrissey?
25:29I haven't met Morrissey, but part of it was you had to get permission.
25:33So I had to get permission from Morrissey to impersonate him.
25:36There was a... Or to do that song.
25:38And I got a fax through, in the old days of faxes,
25:41and it was signed by Morrissey saying,
25:44Good luck, Morrissey.
25:46So I thought, oh, so Morrissey's on the other end of this number,
25:49because the number is there.
25:50I thought, well, I'll...
25:51And I had this idea, so I sent him a fax back saying,
25:55how about you and me do a novelty single for Christmas,
25:59our version of Little Donkey.
26:01Wow.
26:02But I never...
26:03Never heard back.
26:05I mean, you've got your own quiff.
26:08I have.
26:09I have to wear an artificial one.
26:10But if you liked, I could...
26:11Would you like me to reprise the...
26:13Would you like...
26:14Yes.
26:15Yes.
26:16Have you got the...
26:17I'm not feeling it.
26:18Come on!
26:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
26:25What a showman!
26:26He knows how to get the crowd going.
26:28LAUGHTER
26:29Here we go.
26:30Here we go.
26:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
26:33Yeah.
26:34Lovely.
26:35It's uncanny.
26:37LAUGHTER
26:38Little donkey.
26:40Little donkey.
26:42On a dusty road.
26:45Going to keep on
26:48plodding onwards
26:50with your head.
26:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
26:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:00Oh, mercy, everyone.
27:02Merry Christmas.
27:04Merry Christmas.
27:05So good.
27:06Alison, is it true you had a teenage crush on Rick?
27:09Well, it's not the sort of place I would, like,
27:12probably admit it, with Rick literally sitting there,
27:15but he already knows.
27:16We've met quite a few times, and now I'm quite cool with it.
27:19Are you?
27:20Like, I'm all right.
27:21I'm totally cool with, like, being in the...
27:23As long as Harry's sat between us.
27:24Oh, yeah, exactly.
27:25LAUGHTER
27:26So, Alison, just to clarify your story,
27:28you used to fancy Rick Astley.
27:30Then you met him, and now it's going to work.
27:33LAUGHTER
27:34Not at all, Josh.
27:36Obviously, I've still got feelings, but there is, like,
27:38you know...
27:39Do you want to expand on that?
27:41LAUGHTER
27:42Listen, I'm not saying there's a...
27:44There's a wife. There's a wife.
27:46I feel like I'm the...
27:48Come on, Harry.
27:50Come on, Harry.
27:51Come on, Harry.
27:52Come on, Harry.
27:53Come on, Harry.
27:54Come on, Harry.
27:55Come on, Harry.
27:56Come on, Harry.
27:57Oh, no!
27:58I don't know what I've got wrong to.
27:59LAUGHTER
28:00Listen...
28:05Obviously, I was a lot younger than I am now,
28:08and, obviously, I still get the same feelings.
28:11LAUGHTER
28:12I'm going to say it.
28:13There's a chance you're going to be Rickrolled.
28:15LAUGHTER
28:16Come back, Harry!
28:18Come back, Harry!
28:19Come back, Harry!
28:21Harry!
28:22Alison, on the very night that his wife is celebrating Christmas.
28:26LAUGHTER
28:28Well, she's not here, is she?
28:29Missed!
28:34Just out of interest, Rick, where can Alison see you perform next year?
28:37Yeah!
28:39Um, here, there and everywhere.
28:41We're on tour in April, which...
28:43Are we?
28:44Yes, we're all on tour.
28:45Yeah.
28:46Um...
28:47Short notice.
28:48Yeah.
28:49So, um...
28:50Yes.
28:51We can't wait.
28:52We can't wait.
28:53We're looking forward to it.
28:54And now, Harry, you and Alison both host different versions of Bake Off,
28:57but you have brought your own showstopper to the show tonight.
29:00Yeah, I've got to go back there again.
29:02Go on.
29:04Well, I just think, you know, people forget what Christmas is really about.
29:09Yeah.
29:10And what they concentrate on is the food.
29:12You know, it's all about the food.
29:14So, what I've done is I've done a, um, my own savoury nativity, um...
29:21Frazzles!
29:22Which I've made.
29:24Which I've made myself.
29:26And what...
29:27Just trying to get the message of Christmas through.
29:29LAUGHTER
29:30Through...
29:31Through...
29:32Through food.
29:33Smells lovely.
29:35And...
29:36Do you want me to...
29:37Do you want me to talk you through it?
29:38Yeah.
29:39Exactly.
29:40So, these are Frazzles on the roof of the, uh...
29:42LAUGHTER
29:43That's the...
29:44It's a pom-bear.
29:45LAUGHTER
29:46As...
29:47As the angel Gabriel.
29:48LAUGHTER
29:49And then we have the three kings here, which I...
29:53I made from...
29:54Pepparamis, cos they're spicy, a bit more exotic.
29:57LAUGHTER
29:58You've got the two sausages here, Joseph and Mary.
30:02Obviously, Joseph is a bit taller than Mary.
30:04LAUGHTER
30:05Yeah.
30:06And then you've got the star of the show, the baby Jesus,
30:10which is a pig in blanket, and there's the...
30:13LAUGHTER
30:15I don't mean that in a sort of negative...
30:17LAUGHTER
30:19I don't want any trouble.
30:21LAUGHTER
30:22You've got the manger made out of chip sticks.
30:24They're nice.
30:25And then you've got the...
30:26You've got the halo there.
30:27LAUGHTER
30:28So that's just something that perhaps people could, you know,
30:31make their own tradition now.
30:33LAUGHTER
30:34The savoury nativity.
30:35Would you like to...?
30:36Have you got it in kit form?
30:37Right.
30:38Do you, like, sell it in a kit?
30:39Could you...?
30:40It's about 12 quid.
30:41LAUGHTER
30:42I mean, the slight problem with it is, to secure the sausages,
30:45you do have to use, um, screws.
30:48LAUGHTER
30:49And we're going to have more last link for you after the break,
30:53as Alex performs a Hallmark Christmas scene
30:55we've written just for tonight.
30:57But right now, Rick Astley is going to perform
30:59his first Christmas hit of the night.
31:01Before he does, though,
31:03we've talked a lot about Alex's love of Christmas,
31:05but Lib Dem leader Ed Davey revealed in an interview this year
31:08that he listens to Christmas tunes all year round.
31:11Wow.
31:12How do we feel about that? Is that all right?
31:13Oh, I wouldn't...
31:14But isn't his birthday on Christmas Day?
31:16That's the reason, isn't it?
31:17I think he's birthday's on Christmas Day,
31:19so that's probably one of the reasons why it means a lot to him.
31:22Yeah, cos otherwise it'd just be fucking weird.
31:24LAUGHTER
31:26APPLAUSE
31:28Well, he's going to make the next bit awkward.
31:39Rick is going to play us into the break,
31:41but who better to introduce him than the leader of the Lib Dems...
31:46LAUGHTER
31:47So, Ed Davey!
31:49LAUGHTER
31:50Hi, guys, it's Ed Davey here.
31:52Merry Christmas to you all.
31:54It's true, I like listening to Christmas music all year round.
31:58The reason is, my daughter and I love winding up her mum,
32:02and it's on my iPhone and we play it in the car all the time.
32:07I'm never going to give up Christmas,
32:09so here's Rick Astley.
32:11APPLAUSE
32:12Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
32:24In a lane, snow is glisting.
32:28A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight.
32:32We're walking in a winter wonderland.
32:35Later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire.
32:44To face, I'm afraid, the plans that remain.
32:48Walking in a winter wonderland.
32:50Oh!
32:51Let's go!
32:54We're talking, let's go!
32:56MUSIC PLAYS
33:13MUSIC PLAYS
33:19MUSIC PLAYS
33:21Welcome back to Last Leg.
33:31We're joined by Alison Hammond and Harry Hill.
33:34Alex, you're definitely changing.
33:36I feel a little bit more Christmassy at the moment.
33:38Do you?
33:39I'm feeling a little bit different at the moment, but...
33:42You're definitely progressing.
33:43No, I haven't.
33:45OK.
33:46Josh, would you like to explain who you are now?
33:49No, I'm from the Band-Aid video.
33:51Yeah.
33:52So I'm Sarah Dallin from Bananarama, of course.
33:54LAUGHTER
33:59Look at these jeans, they're fucking brilliant.
34:01Yeah.
34:05It ain't what I do, it's the way that I do it.
34:06We've always said it.
34:08And obviously, I'm Tom Hanks in the movie Forrest Gump,
34:11because he famously said,
34:12life is like a box of chocolates,
34:14and the main time you get chocolates is at Christmas.
34:17LAUGHTER
34:18You still look a bit like you're going to strip.
34:21LAUGHTER
34:22Yeah, Forrest Hump.
34:24LAUGHTER
34:25And now, throughout the show,
34:26we've been putting Alex through his paces
34:28to see how he'd fare on the US reality series
34:30Finding Mr Christmas.
34:32The winner of the first series, by the way,
34:34earned a leading role in a holiday movie
34:36about the owner of a Seattle dog shelter
34:38who falls for a meticulous web page editor.
34:41The movie was called Happy Howlidays.
34:45Love it.
34:46See what you did there.
34:47And see what they did there.
34:48Love it.
34:49All right, I'm going to send everyone,
34:50if you could all go over and get ready
34:51for the next challenge for Alex, please.
34:52Right.
34:53Over in that corner of the studio.
34:55So, Alex's final challenge tonight
34:57is to test out his acting chops
34:59in a scene we've written as the ultimate hallmark Christmas movie.
35:04Lights.
35:05Camera.
35:06Christmas.
35:14Help!
35:15Help, I need an emergency appointment.
35:17Oh, my God, it's Alison Hammond,
35:19the big city TV presenter.
35:21That's right.
35:22I've become so career focused,
35:24I've lost touch with what's important in life.
35:26I'm single and I'm home for the holidays.
35:30And?
35:31And I've hit a dog.
35:36Oh, my God, what happened?
35:38I'll tell you what happened.
35:53It's quite difficult to talk,
35:55because it's really tight on the jaw.
35:57At least do a dog voice.
36:05I'll tell you what happened.
36:07That's better.
36:08Yeah, is that better?
36:09That's better.
36:10I was just sitting there by the side of the road
36:12licking my own balls.
36:14And she came round the corner like a lunatic and hit me.
36:17Yeah, but he's such a cutie.
36:19I've really fallen for him.
36:21Is there anyone here who can treat him?
36:23I can't let him die.
36:25I'm the presenter of For the Love of Dogs.
36:28Of course, Miss Hammond.
36:30Do you know what?
36:31The hot vet will see you now.
36:32Oh.
36:33But I'm next.
36:34I'm sorry, Mr Hill,
36:35your cat's going to have to wait.
36:36It's not the cat I'm worried about.
36:38It's the Robins.
36:39LAUGHTER
36:48I'm afraid Miss Hammond is next.
36:50But I'm on the telly.
36:51I know, but not as much as Alison.
36:53No one's on the telly as much as Alison.
36:54No one's on the telly as much as Alison.
36:55No one.
36:56LAUGHTER
36:57The hot vet will see you now.
37:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
37:02Oh!
37:03Somebody order a dream boat.
37:06LAUGHTER
37:07Are you the hot vet?
37:08Yes.
37:09I'm sweating buckets.
37:10Do you know how hard it is to operate with these little hands?
37:12LAUGHTER
37:13You look like a man who could really heal my heart.
37:16I mean dog.
37:17What kind of dog is it?
37:18I don't know.
37:19One of those really little whiny ones by the looks of it.
37:22LAUGHTER
37:23I'll tell you what.
37:24Why don't you come back to my charming little cottage
37:26and have Christmas with me and my children?
37:28They've been missing a mother figure in their life
37:30ever since my wife died in a tragic Christmas kite accident.
37:33Oh.
37:34I don't know.
37:35Yeah, and then we could go back to the big city
37:36and maybe you could become the resident vet on This Morning.
37:40Bosh!
37:41LAUGHTER
37:42There you go, little fella.
37:43Oh, what?
37:44Get that on there, boy.
37:45Is that it?
37:46Stop whinging or I'll cut your bollocks off.
37:48Come on, princess, let's go.
37:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
37:52Oi, what about my robins?
38:07LAUGHTER
38:09This Christmas, Alex Brooker is The Hot Vet
38:14in Hallmark's new movie, Vet the Hall.
38:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
38:27Alright, it's time to bring out a Christmassy mystery guest.
38:31Harry and Alison have to try to work out
38:33why they were in the news this year.
38:35Can we please have this week's mystery guest?
38:38Mystery guest, mystery guest, Christmas mystery guest.
38:42Oh, what fun it is to have a Christmas mystery guest.
38:47Guest!
38:48Welcome, Josh, Alex, who is the mystery guest?
38:50This is Rob.
38:51He was in the news this year for a Christmassy reason.
38:54Mm-hm.
38:55But what was it?
38:56Can we have the dramatic lighting change, please?
39:01So, did Rob get suspended from Broadland Radio
39:04for playing All I Want For Christmas Is You on October the 3rd?
39:09Did he get suspended as a school exam invigilator
39:12after playing Merry Christmas Everyone by Slade
39:15to signal the end of the final exam?
39:17LAUGHTER
39:18Or did Rob get suspended by an undertaker
39:20after mistakenly playing Last Christmas
39:23rather than the last post at a funeral?
39:25LAUGHTER
39:27What do you think?
39:31Well, I don't think you'd make a mistake at a funeral.
39:34You'd be well prepared.
39:35Does he look like an undertaker?
39:39LAUGHTER
39:40That's a grave digger.
39:42That's a grave digger, yeah.
39:43LAUGHTER
39:45Well, tell you what, we'll reveal the mystery guest
39:47after the break.
39:48Rick Astley is going to sing us into Christmas.
39:50We'll see you in a little bit.
39:51APPLAUSE
39:53Welcome back to Last Leg.
40:09We're joined by Alison Hammond and Harry Hill.
40:12Alex has now become full Father Christmas.
40:15Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!
40:19There you go.
40:21APPLAUSE
40:23You know what?
40:25In another reality where the cards had fallen different,
40:28he'd currently be doing that in a grotto in a garden centre.
40:31LAUGHTER
40:32You're not entirely sure what's going on with your costume.
40:34Well, I didn't think we had very long,
40:36so I was the dog already,
40:38so I just shoved mine on top of the dog.
40:40LAUGHTER
40:41OK.
40:42So, I'm Boy George.
40:44LAUGHTER
40:54Do you know what I'm calling this outfit?
40:55What?
40:56Hair Boy George.
40:57Oh, lovely.
40:59Lovely.
41:04Clearly, I'm Tom Hanks from Castaway,
41:06because when he first experiences pain due to an infected tooth
41:09that goes on to become an ongoing issue whilst he's on the island,
41:11he's had a Christmas dinner.
41:14LAUGHTER
41:15Oh, and I've got the volleyball as well.
41:17Um...
41:18Hooray!
41:19LAUGHTER
41:20LAUGHTER
41:21APPLAUSE
41:22We recognise that handprint.
41:23LAUGHTER
41:26Before the break, we challenged our guest to work out
41:28how this person was connected to the news.
41:30Can we have the options again, please?
41:32Yes, this is Rob,
41:34and he was connected to the news this year for a Christmassy reason.
41:38But what was it?
41:39Was it because Rob got suspended from Broadland Radio
41:42for playing All I Want For Christmas Is You on October 3rd?
41:45Was it because he got suspended as a school exam invigilator
41:49after playing Merry Christmas Everyone by Slade
41:51to signal the end of the final exam?
41:53Or did he get suspended by an undertaker
41:56after mistakenly playing last Christmas
41:58rather than the last post at a funeral?
42:02Ho-ho!
42:03Yeah.
42:04Harry, Ellison?
42:05Oh!
42:06Could we...
42:07Could you say something sort of local radio-ish?
42:10That we could see whether...
42:11Coming up on the show!
42:12Well, hi, folks.
42:14Hope you're having a good Sunday.
42:16Er...
42:17Yeah.
42:18Is that it?
42:19You've got a good voice for radio.
42:20What do you think?
42:21Could you say?
42:22You could have said no, Rob.
42:23Er...
42:27Shall we go with the radio?
42:29Yes, it's very...
42:30Would they suspend someone just for playing...
42:32It's a bit mean, isn't it?
42:34If they've done that, that is mean.
42:36It's a cutthroat world-local radio.
42:37I won't be listening to that radio station anyway,
42:39if the banding...
42:40No, exactly.
42:41Well, that's the last time you listen to Broadland Radio, isn't it?
42:43LAUGHTER
42:44Well, I thought you said Broadmoor.
42:46LAUGHTER
42:52All right, Rob.
42:53Rob, can you reveal your identity, please?
42:58I am indeed Rob Chandler,
43:00breakfast presenter at Broadland Radio,
43:02and I was suspended for playing a Mariah Carey Christmas song
43:06early in October.
43:08Amazing.
43:09Ooh, gee!
43:11So why did you play it, and then why did they suspend you?
43:14Well, it started with a text from a listener called Becky,
43:18who said she was putting out her Christmas stock in her shop,
43:22and could I play a Christmas song?
43:24So I thought, tell you what, if I get at least five listener texts
43:28saying, ho, ho, ho...
43:30Ho, ho, ho!
43:31Exactly.
43:32I'll consider it.
43:33I'll consider it.
43:34And we did.
43:35We got a load of texts saying, ho, ho, ho.
43:38One or two saying, no, no, no.
43:40But then Billy the Taxi Driver...
43:42You must know Billy the Taxi Driver.
43:44No.
43:49Another keen listener text and said,
43:51there's a tub of chocolates in it for you if you play Mariah Carey.
43:57All I want for Christmas is you.
43:59So, came back after the news and I read that text out and I said,
44:04quite frankly, I'm disappointed, Billy,
44:06that you could think I could be so shallow to fall for such a blatant bribe.
44:12Yeah.
44:14Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
44:15Oh!
44:16You played a song.
44:18Yeah.
44:19How long was you suspended for?
44:21How long was you suspended?
44:22One day.
44:23Oh, is that all?
44:24Yeah.
44:25Did you go shopping?
44:26What did you do?
44:27Well, just stayed in bed all day.
44:28Chill day.
44:29Can we please have a round of applause for Rob?
44:37All right, we are about to end the show with the Christmas sing-along
44:41from Rick Astley, but before we do,
44:43would you please thank our guests,
44:44Alison Hammond,
44:48Harry Hill,
44:51and my co-host, Josh Riddicombe,
44:54and Alex Brooker.
44:56We'll be back next week for our New Year's Eve special
44:58with an incredible lineup.
44:59Musician Peter Doherty,
45:00comedians Maisie, Adam and Phil Wang,
45:02national treasure Sir Lenny Henry,
45:04TV personality Danny Dyer,
45:06rugby star Hannah Botterman,
45:08lioness Lucy Bronze,
45:09as well as a celebrity barman
45:10who is 100% faithful.
45:14Right now though, Rick Astley is gonna sing us
45:16into Christmas.
45:17Thanks for watching a last link.
45:18My name's Adam Hills.
45:19Merry Christmas to all,
45:20and to all, a good night.
45:30You better watch out.
45:32You better not cry.
45:34You better not pout.
45:35I'm telling you why.
45:37Santa Claus is coming.
45:40To town.
45:41Christmas to town.
45:42It's snowing, Rome.
45:43Let's go.
45:44Music.
46:06Yeah.
46:06He sees you when you're sleeping
46:13He knows when you're awake
46:16He knows if you've been bad or good
46:20So be good for goodness sake
46:23You better watch out, you better not cry
46:27You better not pout, I'm telling you why
46:30Santa Claus is coming to town
46:35He's got eight billion toys on his sleigh
46:40He's packed, he's coming your way
46:44Santa, it's coming to town
46:51Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
46:54Bang! Merry Christmas!
46:55Yeah!
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