“TFI Friday for the Brexit era” chimes in his co-star Alex Brooker.

“I think we’re a version of [Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah’s] The Daily Show for a country that has a pub culture” suggests Adam Hills, the host of the Channel 4 show.

The Last Leg launched during the 2012 Paralympic Games as a comedy breakdown of the day’s sporting highlights.

“I remember when I was told about the show in the lead up to the Paralympics,” Brooker recalls. “‘We’re going to do the highlights show. It’s going to show some of the sport and we’re also going to take the piss out of it.’ I was just like: literally, that sounds like the most offensive thing I’ve ever heard.”

The possible titles for the show weren’t much better, he says. “Dwarfs Aren’t Magic? Imagine!”

“How would we [have] turned that into a topical show?” Hills asks.

Widdicombe laughs, adding “That’s a much better hashtag though.”

The three comedians have been nominated for the RTS Programme Award in the Entertainment Performance category alongside Romesh Ranganathan and Ant and Dec.

“This is the first time that [the RTS judges] have considered that all three of us together might create one personality,” says proud Adam Hills.

Although they have one win under the belts for Entertainment show in 2014, this is the trio’s first nomination for Entertainment Performance.

“It’s good,” says Widdicombe, “because it means that we’re getting better, but the show is getting worse. We’re good, and we’re not the one’s letting the show down.”

“I don’t think we ever set out to create this show,” he reflects. “I think it created itself naturally.”

The success of the show, they believe, comes from the low-stakes launch it received back in 2012.

“It’s been quite natural,” claims Hills. “It just grew out of the Paralympics and it grew of it’s own accord.”

Problems arise for entertainment shows, Josh Widdicombe maintains, when too much pressure is applied. “There are shows that are launched under a lot of pressure and with high stakes, and people are watching the ratings from Day One. That makes it a lot more difficult for them. We never had that.”

Brooker agrees, “I’m definitely glad they didn’t bump the news for us…”