Prime Video Confirms ‘Last One Laughing UK’ With Jimmy Carr Presenting — Edinburgh
deadline.comPrime Video has confirmed it is making a UK version of international format Last One Laughing. Last year, we told you the Amazon streamer was exploring a British version of the show, which has versions on Prime Video in numerous territories, and it’s now going ahead following a tender process.
Comedian and presenter Jimmy Carr will host the show, which will run exclusive on Prime Video around the world in 2025. In the series, a group of 10 British comedians will spend the day in a living room-style studio together trying to make the others laugh.
At the first laugh, the competitor is cautioned (yellow carded), while a second eliminates the player from the game (red carded), and the only way to communicate with the outside is a telephone controlled by the host.
The rules are simple: laugh and you’re out. “It has the holy grail of format development: an incredible simple concept, really universal,” said Cat Lynch, UK Unscripted Executive at Amazon MGM Studios announcing the show today at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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