Last One Laughing had fans all over the country in stitches when it aired earlier this year, and now Jimmy Carr has spoken out about the hit Prime Video Show’s future
Prime Video’s Last One Laughing was a hit when it came out earlier this year. It saw 8 Out of 10 Cats star Jimmy Carr assembled ten of the UK’s top comedians in one room with one impossible challenge: Don’t laugh.
However, in a twist, the host set them a challenge of making each other laugh, although they couldn’t chuckle themselves. Although the comedian’s couldn’t laugh – the audiences were left in stitches.
The first series saw comedians Richard Ayoade and Bob Mortimer in the final, and it looks like fans can look forward to yet another hilarious final as the show has been recommissioned for a second series.
Speaking about the future of the show, Jimmy said: “I’m absolutely delighted that Last One Laughing is coming back for a second series. I think what’s happened is someone high up at Amazon has clicked ‘subscribe & save’ on Prime Video and, hey presto, we’re back in business.
“I’m so pleased people had as much fun watching the first season as we had making it. Can’t wait to bask in the reflected glory of the next 10 comedy legends taking on the challenge.”
The second series will see Jimmy returning to the hosting seat alongside a new line-up of comedians which will be announced in due course. Filming is due to take place later this year with the series launching in 2026 on Prime Video worldwide.
Last One Laughing UK is the latest adaptation of the successful Amazon Original series from Japan entitled Documental, created by and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto and owned by Yoshimoto Kogyo and has been a hit around the globe.
So much so that the format became the most watched title of all time on Prime Video in France, Germany and Italy, and had hugely successful local versions in over 20 territories.
Last year’s final saw Richard and Bob climb onto Merry-go-round ponies while Bob read from his joke book. However, Richard soon realised that he had made a grave error by allowing Bob to perform jokes.
“What I now realise I’d done was essentially sign up to be in goal and just have someone take penalty after penalty after penalty,” he said. “I had nothing and he was on a horse opposite me with a pocket full of material,” the IT Crowd star said.
It was Bob who eventually took the win, with fans claiming the show was the “best piece of comedy they’d ever seen.” They’re sure to gain a whole load of new laughs with series 2!
Until then, fans can catch up with series 1 over on Prime Video.
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