Adam Buxton 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 Channel 4 television series '' The Adam and Joe Show'' (19 ...

and

Joe Cornish Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968) is an English comedian and filmmaker. With his long-time comedy partner, Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut ''Attack the Block''. He ...

are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe. They are best known for presenting ''

Adam and Joe Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe. They are best known for presenting ''Adam and Joe (radio show), Adam and Joe'' on BBC Radio 6 Music (2007–2009, 2011) and ''The Adam and Joe Show'' on C ...

'' on

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(2007–2009, 2011) and ''

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'' on

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(1996–2001).

History

Adam and Joe began working on comedy material during their time at

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together, where they created numerous amateur films along with their friend

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. Some of these films were submitted to Channel 4's home video showcase Takeover TV in 1994 and led to Adam hosting that show in 1995. Together, they hosted ''

'' on

from 1996 to 2001. They won the Royal Television Society Best Newcomers Award in 1998, published ''The Adam and Joe Book'' in 1999, and presented

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's coverage of the Glastonbury Festival in 2000 and 2002. Other spin-off projects included ''Adam & Joe's Fourmative Years'' in 1998 and ''Adam and Joe's American Animation Adventure'' in 2001. In 2002, Adam and Joe (who is an amateur magician) went on to present ''

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'' for

They directed pop promos for

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and

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, as well as appearing in two Surf washing powder commercials, in which they comically set upon

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and Keith Harris and Orville. In 2003, Buxton and Cornish presented ''

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'', a Tokyo-based magazine show covering Japanese pop culture for BBC Three and

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. The same year, they began hosting a show on British radio station Xfm, filling in for Ricky Gervais on Saturday afternoons. When Gervais left the station they took over permanently, and continued to present the Saturday morning show, until Summer 2006. The best parts of these shows were condensed into a series of twenty podcasts, including their 2001 E4 series ''

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'', in which the duo provide an often totally irrelevant comic commentary on soft-core porn clips from around the world. From August 2006 until October 2007, they hosted the monthly "Coca-Cola New Music Podcast", which showcased unsigned bands from around Europe, presented in a similar style to their Xfm shows. Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish

Adam and Joe began presenting the BBC Radio 6 Music Saturday morning show in October 2007. Features on the show included "Song Wars", where they both composed original compositions based on a common theme. Listeners then voted for which song they think is the best. "Text the Nation" was another regular feature where listeners provided anecdotes based on a theme or question set by Adam and Joe. Themes have included "Childhood Misconceptions" and "Horror Film Ideas". The "Text the Nation" feature was also instrumental in the uncovering and subsequent popularisation of the Stephen! call and response. Their show won a

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Award in 2008 for best radio programme of the year. The duo sometimes write a column for '' The Idler'', a yearly literary magazine.

References

External links

Adam and Joe fansiteAdam and Joe BlogAdam and Joe on BBC 6 MusicAdam and Joe BBC 6 Music on FacebookRubapedia: online encyclopedia of Adam and JoeThe Adam and Joe appreciation society on FacebookGuardian Online live chat transcript
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