A LEG UP
Controversial Channel 4 show renewed for record-breaking 28th series – and return is just weeks away
CHANNEL 4's The Last Leg has been renewed for a record-breaking 28th series.
Hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker will be back on our screens in just a matter of weeks.
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The quadruple BAFTA-nominated and multi award-winning returns to its regular slot on June 30.
The series will air for nine weeks through to August 25.
The boys will be joined by weekly guests from the comedy, entertainment and politics universes to help dissect the biggest news stories of the week.
Many fans will be delighted with the news - but not all fans will be pleased.
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The late-night series divided viewers last series after airing a controversial episode.
Many blasted the show as "tasteless and horrific" for its World Cup Parody in November.
Viewers were left gobsmacked by the show's "sick and tone deaf" parody song - and demanded Channel 4 should be "ashamed."
Aussie presenter Adam led the way for the sketch show's take on Baddiel and Skinner classic Three Lions, as England began their World Cup campaign in Qatar.
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Yet they left fans fuming as they switched up the songs lyrics to reflect the political climate in Qatar - where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by up to three years in jail.
In addition, the area's human rights record has been called into question, including the 6,500 workers who died while constructing the World Cup stadiums.
The Last Leg team referenced Qatar's controversy in their lyrics, switching one up to say: "Its coming home, it's coming home-aphobic."
Another lyric was tweaked to: "Cheer them all you like, but they say gay is sinning."
One suggested if Ru Paul, Alan Carr and Boy George went on holiday together they would end up as "three heads on a spike" - as they are all gay.
Fans were quick to comment on the show's World Cup Anthem for Qatar - with many left raging.
Another put: "The worst thing about that #TheLastLeg video (which I won’t be sharing) is that there will be LGBTQ+ youths who would have seen it on TV, maybe even with their parents, who will now be fearful of what the world will do to them when they open up."
A third then continued: "Is it OK to cross the line into extremely bad taste @adamhillscomedy? Yes comedy and satire can and should be used to make very serious points. But the comedy needs to be funny and not give sick people a jaunty new song to taunt a whole community with."
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Another simply put: "This is absolutely vile.
"Channel 4 and ‘The Last Leg’ should be ashamed," someone else commented.
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