How to watch The Last Leg anywhere
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When he isn't helping you watch TV abroad, David enjoys watching comedy and documentaries. He's a big fan of The Detectorists and Blue Planet. He also loves watching English football, for his sins he supports Arsenal.
The 2010 Olympic summer gave the UK many things. A new West Ham football stadium, a handball arena, and also a TV show that skilfully combined satire and chat to create an almost entirely new genre of show all of its own.
The Last Leg was first broadcast during the 2012 Paralympic Games, but it has endured for a decade and counting since while many other Olympic legacies have crumbled into dust.
While it still ties to the Olympics, it also broadcasts roughly three series a year focusing not just on disabled sports but a whole range of sporting events and current affairs too.
For many people, it has become a staple of their TV viewing, so if you happen to be living or working overseas or travelling for one reason or another it can be a big disappointment to have to miss out.
The good news is that there is actually a way to watch The Last Leg from anywhere, and in this guide, we will spill the beans and tell you everything you need to know.
Where is The Last Leg being shown?
The Last Leg is broadcast live on Channel 4.
It is also available to watch, live or on-demand, on the Channel 4 streaming platform All 4.
That’s all well and good for UK-based viewers who can watch whenever they want to. However, if you are abroad, you will find that All 4 is blocked and unavailable to view.
That means in order to watch The Last Leg overseas you will need a bit of extra help.
How do I watch The Last Leg where I am?
To watch The Last Leg outside the UK on the All 4 streaming platform, you will need the help of a Virtual Private Network or VPN.
A VPN is best known as an online privacy and security tool. But a quirk of how VPNs work means they are also ideal for unblocking streaming services too.
When you connect to a VPN, your real location is hidden and replaced by the location of the server you are connecting to. This server can be located anywhere, and because of that, if you connect to a server in a different country, it is possible to watch streaming platforms from that country.
So, to watch The Last Leg on All 4 outside the UK, you just need to connect to a UK-based server and hey-presto, All 4 will be available for you.
Where to get a VPN?
This is the slightly trickier part because there are literally hundreds of VPNs on the market, and they all reckon they are the best at this.
Of course, some are far better than others, so you need to be really careful about which VPN you choose.
The best VPN to unblock All 4 is ExpressVPN.
Why? Well, there are a few reasons. It offers some of the fastest speeds of any VPN, which is ideal for streaming shows like The Last Leg.
It also has apps for just about any device you could possibly want to watch on and plenty of UK-based servers to choose from as well.
If that wasn’t enough, there is also a 30-day money-back guarantee available too.
NordVPN and Surfshark VPN are two other possibilities you might want to consider, but our expert opinion is that ExpressVPN is the best option around. However, the final decision is yours!
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How to stream The Last Leg outside the UK
As soon as you have decided which VPN to use, you are on easy street.
All you have to do is set things up, which is simple. Just follow our step-by-step guide below:
Step 1
Go to the ExpressVPN website and sign up. Their 12-month deal is the best option because it saves you 49% and gives you an extra three months for free.
Step 2
Download the ExpressVPN app. Make sure you do this from either your device’s official app store or the ExpressVPN website for security reasons.
Step 3
Open the ExpressVPN app and log in to your new account.
Step 4
Connect to a server located in the UK by clicking Selected Location, choosing the United Kingdom, and then pressing the Connect button.
Stream the show anywhere with ExpressVPN.
Step 5
Open the All 4 streaming service, seek out The Last Leg, and enjoy.
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What is The Last Leg all about?
The Last Leg is a show that combines satire and chat to brutal comic effect making a hugely impressive entertainment show that is pretty much unique.
Its three hosts are joined by, usually, two or three guests (occasionally there is just one special guest) to review either the Paralympic Games or a specific event, or otherwise simply the events of the week.
There are a number of recurring segments in the show, including rants or angry monologues against certain individuals or organisations.
‘The Last Seven Days’ in which the presenters look at more humorous news items from the week before, and the aptly named ‘Bullshit Button’, which is pressed over a video whenever a politician or some other official, is lying.
The show also awards an Annual ‘Dick of the Year’ prize with previous recipients including Jeremy Hunt, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump.
In an interview in 2021, the three presenters summed up the show neatly by saying, “Our studio is like a cauldron, so you’re surrounded by laughter. It’s intoxicating. Politicians let their guard down – and sometimes drop themselves in the shit. I remember Al Gore saying he didn’t want to be on set when the dancing Trumps and naked Putin’s came out.”
Who stars in The Last Leg?
The undeniable stars of The Last Leg are the three hosts.
Adam Hills is the main man. Adam Hills, a disabled Aussie comedian who has been taken to heart by British audiences. Alongside him is Alex Brooker, also disabled, who has become a staple of the small screen in recent years.
The third presenter is Josh Widdicombe, non-disabled and with a huge profile, including his own TV sitcom, Josh, and regular appearances on shows like Mock the Week, QI, and Live at the Apollo.
Alongside the trio is a regularly revolving panel of guest stars.
Just a few of the names that have appeared in recent years include Alistair Campbell, Frankie Boyle, Dara O’Briain, James Acaster, Richard Ayoade, Nish Kumar, Sandi Toksvig, Bill Bailey, Ed Miliband, Harry Shearer… the list goes on and on and on.
Summary
The Last Leg is one of the truly joyful TV shows that delivers pure unbridled entertainment.
If you are overseas for business or pleasure or living abroad as an ex-pat, you won’t want to miss an episode.
And with a VPN like ExpressVPN, you don’t have to. Just sign up, download the app, log in, connect to a UK-based server, and then log into All 4 as you would at home.
Everything will be working fine, and you can enjoy all of The Last Leg either live or on-demand as you see fit.
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