Adam Hills to host Northern Ireland TV comedy

Adam Hills is set to front a new Northern Ireland comedy show based around disability.

The Australian stand-up, who was born without a right foot, is shooting a pilot next week about people of restricted growth.

He will talk to fellow comedian TanyaLee Davis, who is 3ft 6in tall, as well as spending a couple of days with someone from Northern Ireland with a similar condition, finding out about their life and whether they feel that there is humour to be found in their experience.

The half-hour series, which has not yet got a title, will also feature stand-up from the Abnormally Funny People troupe of disabled comedians, which includes Davis.

It is being made by Dublin-based Mind The Gap Films for BBC Northern Ireland.

Published: 20 Jul 2010