Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the

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television series '' The Adam and Joe Show'' (1996–2001) and the

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series '' Adam and Joe'' (2007–2009, 2011). Buxton has produced music videos, including several collaborations with the band Radiohead. In 2015, he launched ''

The Adam Buxton Podcast ''The Adam Buxton Podcast'' is a podcast in which the English comedian Adam Buxton interviews friends and celebrities. The first episode was released on 15 September 2015. Recurring guests include Buxton's comedy partner Joe Cornish of Adam a ...

'', in which he interviews comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities. He has appeared on panel shows including '' Would I Lie To You?'', ''

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,'' and '' 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''.

Early life and education

Buxton was born on 7 June 1969 in

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, London, and spent some of his childhood in Wales. His father was the travel writer and wine critic Nigel Buxton, who later appeared on '' The Adam and Joe Show'' as "Baaad Dad". Adam's mother, Valerie (née Birrell), was Chilean. Buxton was educated at Windlesham House School in

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, West Sussex, then

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, London. At Westminster, he befriended his future comedy partner Joe Cornish and the future documentarian

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. He attended the

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for two terms before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art.

Career

With Joe Cornish

Buxton's first television appearance was in an episode of

's '' Takeover TV''. In 1995, he hosted the show itself. Buxton and Joe Cornish formed the comedy duo Adam and Joe, and with the production company World of Wonder created '' The Adam and Joe Show'' for Channel 4. It ran for four series from 1996 to 2001. In 1999, ''The Adam and Joe Book'', a spin-off book written by Buxton and Cornish, was published. Buxton and Cornish presented radio shows on

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and later

, which won a Silver Sony Award for Best Entertainment Programme in 2012.

Solo work

Buxton co-wrote and acted in the Channel 4 mini-series ''The Last Chancers'', broadcast in December 2004. In 2005, he performed character-driven comedy at the 2005

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, with a show entitled ''I, Pavel'', for which he grew a large beard. Buxton appeared as a future version of himself in the

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comedy series '' Time Trumpet'', which began a six-part series in August 2006. In 2007, he portrayed journalist Tim Messenger in

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's film '' Hot Fuzz''. He has also appeared in the film ''

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'', covering for

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, who was ill at the time of production. Buxton appeared in the

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comedy sketch show '' Rush Hour'', which premièred on 19 March 2007. Buxton has collaborated on several occasions with the band Radiohead. He assisted with a 2007 webcast from their studio, co-directed the videos for their 2008 singles " Jigsaw Falling into Place" and "

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", and created a video vignette for their 2016 album '' A Moon Shaped Pool.'' In January 2010, he appeared in the BBC comedy '' The Persuasionists''. He also featured in the 2007 film '' Son of Rambow'' as a teacher. Buxton released a number of videos on

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, and was commissioned to produce a pilot programme for the BBC based around work of this kind. This was broadcast as ''MeeBOX'' on BBC Three in June 2008, but a full series was not commissioned. He guest-starred in the 2011 film ''The External World'' by David O'Reilly. In July 2012, Buxton appeared in a TV version of his tour ''Bug'' on Sky Atlantic, ''Adam Buxton's BUG''. He started performing the show in 2007, and has continued to tour the ''Bug'' show as well as hosting it regularly at the BFI in London. He is the narrator of some books available on the ''Ladybird Classic Me Books'' iPad app, including "

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" and " Three Little Pigs". He has since narrated several other titles on the ''Me Books'' app such as ''The Great Explorer'', ''The Brave Beast'' and ''The Lonely Beast'' by children's illustrator and author Chris Judge. He also appeared in the '' Doctor Who'' audio drama '' The One Doctor'' by

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. Buxton has made appearances on '' Have I Got News for You'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''Don't Watch That, Watch This'' and '' Look Around You'' among others. He was also a panellist with

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for the '' Big Fat Quiz of the '80s''. Buxton has guest starred in several episodes of the comedy gameshow mash-up '' 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' featuring in ''Dictionary Corner''. In 2015 Buxton became the voice of Messy for children's TV animation ''

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'', which aired on 7 September 2015 on CBeebies. In 2017 Buxton made regular cameo appearances as "Jarhead" in the revamped version of '' The Crystal Maze''. He appeared in the video game '' Lego City Undercover'' for Nintendo's

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and the Illumination film '' Sing 2''. Buxton released the audiobook version of his autobiography, ''Ramble Book'', in April 2020, published by

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. He provided voice acting roles for the Cartoon Network pilot ''Beetle + Bean''.

''The Adam Buxton Podcast''

Since September 2015, Buxton has produced ''The Adam Buxton Podcast'', in which he interviews cultural figures including comedians, writers and musicians. The first series went out weekly in 2015 before a Christmas episode with Joe Cornish, in the style of their BBC Radio 6 show. Guests have included

, Joe Cornish and

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, as well as other public figures such as

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, Caitlin Moran,

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and

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. It won Best Online Comedy Talk Show at the Online Radio Awards, Podcast Champion at the British Podcast Awards and the Internet Award from

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Personal life

Buxton married Sarah Evans-Lombe in 2001. They live near

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with their three children.

References

External links

Official site and blogAdam Buxton
on YouTube * *

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