Last One Laughing: Maisie Adam reveals her nightmare opponent

It's the comedy show with a simple format - try to make everyone else laugh while keeping a straight face yourself. But that's not as easy as it seems when you're locked in a room with nine other top comedians. For Maisie Adam, taking part - and crucially trying not to crack - in Last One Laughing was "absolute torture". The comic, who's currently appearing in season two of the Prime Video show, told BBC Newsbeat about her "nightmare" opponent and how the British comedy scene appears to be having a moment thanks to TV. On Last One Laughing, the comics are given six hours to make their opponents giggle. Laugh or smile once, and you get a yellow card from host Jimmy Carr. If you break twice, it's a red card and you're out. Maisie says the atmosphere is a bit like being at school at the back of the classroom. "You're not meant to be laughing, but you can see all your mates trying to make you laugh, and they've got that twinkle in their eye," she says. "You see them trying to stifle a laugh. It's that, for hours on end." Maisie's rivals this series include comedians Diane Morgan, Mel Giedroyc and Romesh Ranganathan. But she was most nervous about facing returning champion Bob Mortimer,

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