Adam Buxton
Adam Buxton

Adam Buxton

  • 54 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, director, animator, comedian, presenter and podcaster

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Radio Times review

When Would I Lie to You? takes off, there's nothing like it. You get to a point where everyone in the studio is having such a high old time ribbing each other, they've almost forgotten they're on a panel show - and there are a few of those in this cracker of a show.

Bruno Tonioli is trying to convince us (and David Mitchell) that he once caused a fire while making pasta for Bananarama, whereupon Rob Brydon runs with it and does an impression of Bruno choreographing Bananarama that stops the show for a while. Then when Bruno tries to mock Mitchell's long-winded style, the comeback is pure joy.

Elsewhere, Adam Buxton maintains he has arguments with his partner via Skype and Kirsty Wark recalls a tiff with Jeremy Paxman over his Snoopy mug.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 19th September 2014

Best of the rest: Cambridge Comedy Festival

Previews of the Pajama Men, Aruthr Smith, Seann Walsh, Jo Caulfield and Adam Buxton.

Ella Walker, Cambridge News, 16th July 2014

Adam Buxton presents BUG - XL Recordings special

The music video enthusiast combines nerdy enthusiasm with impish wit and glee.

Jay Richardson, The List, 8th July 2014

Adam Buxton brings Bug to Glasgow and Manchester

Five facts ahead of pop culture commentator's music video 'analysis' nights.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 17th June 2014

Sue Perkins confirmed for Sheffield Doc/Fest

Nathan Penlington and Adam Buxton also confirmed to appear.

Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 26th May 2014

Talking dirty in front of Mum and Dad

A new series of columns in which comedians discuss their comedy and the relationship with their parents. Includes articles form Adam Buxton, Nina Conti, Meera Syal and Jack Whitehall.

Simon Hattenstone and Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 14th December 2013

Agreeable standup and Fresh Meat star Jack Whitehall moves the Edinburgh fringe chat show he did with his dad (a former theatrical agent) to BBC Three. It's Adam Buxton and Bad Dad for the under-30s. And their first two guests are quite the mixed bag. Disdainful Newsnight prober Jeremy Paxman lines up next to right-barrel-o-monkeys paranormal investigator and actor Danny Dyer. No previews available, sadly, but Paxman with his tie off is always good fun.

Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 20th November 2013

Dave Gorman has turned the 'Powerpoint Presentation as Sketch Show' into something of an art form, getting comic mileage out of some pretty flimsy premises. Modern Life is Goodish is no exception, encouraging us to look a little closer and pay a little more attention: to terms and conditions, to pernicious marketing campaigns and, above all, to the internet.

Adam Buxton may do it darker and Alex Zane dumber, but they leave Gorman to plough the reasonably fertile middle ground of mocking idiots online, in this case as they debate Leap Years and non-news stories. Gorman's mounting incredulity becomes a little exhausting over the course of the hour and his climactic 'Found Poem' is overlong, but there are still plenty of laughs - and any time spent scrutinising Alan Sugar's doomed E-Mailer phone is never wasted. Goodish is about right.

Gabriel Tate, Time Out, 17th September 2013

Adam Buxton - review

Adam Buxton's latest show shines a light on internet comment threads, but his own material never quite hits the same bizarre heights

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th September 2013

Adam Buxton: Kernel Panic review

Even the interaction with his laptop is well done, 'accidentally' revealing the embarrassing contents of his hard drive to the audience, or having bogus alerts pop up.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th September 2013

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