The spooky season is fast approaching, and Amazon Prime Video is kicking off the scariest time of the year with a hilarious treat.
Yes, to celebrate Halloween, the streaming service is releasing a Last One Laughing special that puts a fiendish twist on the usual formula.
Normally, the comedians taking part are bound by one simple rule: they can’t laugh, but this time hosts Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty will also be making sure the cast don’t scream.
Amazon has claimed that over the course of the Halloween Special, there’ll be plenty of tricks and treats.
Apparently we can expect ‘cursed props, ghostly interruptions and spine-tingling surprises’ all designed to send a shiver down the spine of even the bravest comedian.
So who will be trapped in Jimmy’s house of horrors this time around?
Professional grump and all-around grouch Jack Dee is one of the comedians who will be taking part.
The writer and stand-up is infamous for his deadpan delivery and generally gloomy outlook (although we swear we saw him crack a smile or two on Taskmaster), so he’ll probably be a tough nut for the other contestants to crack.
Daisy May Cooper may not have won the Last One Laughing series one, but she’s been allowed back on for another go.
The This Country writer and star was the fifth comedian to be knocked out on her last attempt, so we expect she’ll be determined to win the whole thing this time around.
Stand-up Phil Wang is best known for his appearances on Would I Lie To You? and Have I Got News For You?, but he doesn’t just appear on shows with ‘You’ in the title.
The funnyman also made quite an impression on viewers when he wore a skintight yellow jumpsuit on Taskmaster that left very little to the imagination.
Like Daisy May Cooper, Lou Sanders is a Last One Laughing veteran from series one. Lou had a much more respectable finish, though, ending up fourth in the contest.
Still, if her bullish Taskmaster performance is anything to go by, we can’t imagine the hilarious comic being satisfied with anything other than first place.
A member of the League of Gentlemen and one half of the team behind Inside No 9. Reece Shearsmith brings a certain spooky energy to this Halloween special that seems very appropriate.
