THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam waffles with British actor Himesh Patel about misunderstood films and albums, whether he's as worried as he looks, the weirdness of making a TV show about humanity struggling to begin again after an apocalyptic pandemic (Station 11) just as a real pandemic was taking hold, filming the Odyssey with Christopher Nolan, what Himesh believes happens when you die and how it relates to Star Trek. And cocktails.Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 6 July, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenVisit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS Guest pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITESUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)RELATED LINKSMEGADOC (TRAILER) Directed by Mike Figgis about the troubled production of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis - 2025 (YouTube)GIRL WAKES UP FROM COMA, BELIEVES 7 YEARS HAVE PASSED - 2026 (Reddit)AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE by Ambrose Bierce - 1890 (Americanliterature.com)The short story that inspired Jacob's Ladder.JACOB'S LADDER (TRAILER) Directed by Adrian Lyne - 1990 (YouTube)STAR TREK'S FINEST HOUR: THE INNER LIGHT by Isaac Yuen - 2012 (Ekostories by Isaac Yuen)Blogger Isaac Yuen writes about the episode of Star Trek TNG Adam talks with Himesh about.

Adam talks with English actor and writer Maxine Peake about being filmed by The South Banks Show when she was only 21, why method actors make her sad, why Diane Morgan impressed her so much at drama school, growing up in household of harsh bants, comfort eating and body image anxiety and whether every artist should feel a responsibility to speak out on political issues.DONATE TO MSFADAM AND JOE 30th ANNIVERSARY LIVE WARM UP - 8 November 2026 @ Hackney Round Chapel, London.Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 September, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenVisit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS Guest pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITESUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)RELATED LINKSMAXINE PEAKE SOUTH BANK SHOW CLIPS (YouTube)TRANSMISSIONS: THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF JOY DIVISION AND NEW ORDER - SEASON 1 - (Neworder.com)TRANSMISSIONS: THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF JOY DIVISION AND NEW ORDER - SEASON 2 - (Neworder.com)FUNNY COW Directed by Adrian Shergold and written by Tony Pitts - 2017 (YouTube)THE PRIEST by Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake - 2017 (YouTube)JOHN DAVIDSON: 'HOW I DEAL WITH FAME AFTER TOURETTE'S FILM AND BAFTA ROW - June 2026 (BBC)

Adam talks with Welsh screenwriter and television producer, Russell T Davies about writing techniques, the genius of Charlie Brown, Why Don't You, Dr Who, facing criticism, why conversations online have become dangerously unhinged and what gives him hope.Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 8 September, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenVisit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONSSee pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITESUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)RELATED LINKSTHE QUEEREST OF FOLK by Russell T Davies - 2026 (Bookshop.org)RUSSELL T DAVIES CALLS X A 'HATE SITE' - 2026 (Variety)WHY DON'T YOU Series 10, Show 4 - 1979 - (YouTube)WHY DON'T YOU Two episodes from the Russell T Davies years - 1990 (YouTube)DARK SEASON FULL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS - (YouTube)RODD HULL AND EMU DR WHO SPOOF - 1975 (YouTube)YOFFY - FINGERBOBS CHARACTER INTROS - 1972 (YouTube)MARK GATISS ON WHY HE BELIEVES DR WHO SHOULD JUST STOP - (YouTube)STAR TREK CONVENTION SKETCH - Saturday Night Live - 1986 (YouTube)OUR MAN - RICHARD HOLBROOK AND THE END OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY by George Packer - 2019 (Abe Books)I SHOOT ROCK STARS by Tim Pope - 2026 (Stick site)

Adam talks with American actor, writer and comedian Kristen Schaal about Joan Proctor the Dragon doctor, why Kristen believes eating after 5pm is disgusting and why the subject of meal times is tearing the Buxton family apart, ideas for films, screen kiss etiquette, what Kristen's work colleagues might be criticising her for behind her back, the crisis in TV production on both sides of the Atlantic and a few of the products in Kristen's life that never let her down.Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 5 August, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenAN EVENING WITH ADAM BUXTON AT MALDON BOOKS - Thursday 15th October, 7pm @ Maldon United Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon CM9 4PZVisit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS See pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITESUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)RELATED LINKSPRETENDING TO HAVE A BABY Kristen Schaal on Comedy Central - 2019 (YouTube)KRISTEN SCHAAL LIVE AT THE FILLMORE Kristen's first stand up special - 2013 (YouTube)KRISTEN IN LAST MAN ON EARTH Short intro video for Kristen's character, Carol Pilbasian - 2015 (IMDB)FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS - BEST OF MEL Featuring Kristen Schaal - (YouTube)THE DAILY SHOW - DAD BODS Featuring Kristen Schaal - 2015 (YouTube)BOB'S BURGERS LIVE - HARRY TRUMAN Kristen Schaal and Laura Gibson - 2013 (YouTube)WOULD KRISTEN SCHAAL RATHER BE FUNNY OR LIKEABLE? Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik - 2019 (YouTube)JOAN PROCTER DRAGON DOCTOR by Patricia Valdez, illustrated by Felicita Sala - 2018. Story read by Miss Linda (YouTube)

Adam rambles with Irish stand-up comedian, writer, and actor Dylan Moran about why he hates facts, chronic pain, what it means to be a man of advanced middle age in the 2020s, how many gummies is too many, music and why he thinks our reliance on tech and online culture is fostering a false sense of urgency, constant judgment, and digital dementia. Plus Dylan plays one of his songs on the guitar even though he can't play the guitar.Visit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONSSee pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITESUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 18 September, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSLOOKING FOR TROUBLE - Dylan Moran 2026 European TourDYLAN MORAN - MONSTER (Stand up show) - 2004 (YouTube)DYLAN MORAN FAVOURITE FILMS (SBS Guest curator) - 2023 (YouTube)HOW TO STOP AI FROM TURNING YOUR BRAIN TO MUSH - 2026 (BBC)HOW DO YOU WANT ME Season 1, part 1 - 1998 (YouTube)A FILM WITH ME IN IT Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon - 2008 (YouTube)DYLAN MORAN ON PLAYING PIANO (Tommy Tiernan Show) - 2024 (YouTube)AI SITCOM 'NO BIG DEAL' ZERO STAR REVIEW - 2026 (The Guardian)THE TINY TILCAYO CAT - 2026 (Smithsonian online magazine)METRONOMY - THE LOOK (OFFICIAL VIDEO Directed by Lorenzo Fonda) - 2011 (YouTube)HALL & OATES - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO) POMO REMIX - 2017 (YouTube)ARVO PÄRT - SILENTIUM - 1977 (YouTube)THE FORMULA by Malcom Gladwell - 2006 (The New Yorker)

Adam talks with British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actor Dame Meera Syal about memoir writing, growing up part of the only brown family in a 1960s Midlands village, what the British Empire's legacy of colonialism meant to Meera's family, and then to her when she was handed some of the Empire's top awards, the problematic Peter Sellers song that gave Goodness Gracious Me its title, what the Simpsons should have done about Apu, and how Meera found herself in a Death Cafe.THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE (mainly after the interview when Adam sings a song about jaw exercise).Visit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods.SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONSSee pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITESUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 26 May, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSMEERA SYAL 2026 TOUR - September 2026 (Fane)KUMARS AT NUMBER 42 - YouTube PlaylistMEERA SYAL - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - 2004 (YouTube)GARETH GATES & THE KUMARS - SPIRIT IN THE SKY - 2003 (YouTube)DEATH CAFE (Death cafe website)PETER SELLERS AND SOPHIA LOREN - GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - 1960 (YouTube)ROWAN ATKINSON, PIXIE LOTT, NICK MOHAMMED - GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - 2013 (YouTube)PETER SELLERS AND SOPHIA LOREN - BANGERS AND MASH - 1961 (YouTube)

Adam answers questions from the podcats about how he selects guests, whether he'd interview Elon Musk, misheard lyrics to the Like And Subscribe jingle, where the Entertainer jingle comes from, getting kids into music, the best gifts he's received and given and whether his hugs are 'creepy' or not.Recorded face-to-face with Diggory in London on 18 June, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)JOIN ADAM'S PATREON and find out about playing your Patreon content through you existing podcast app HERETHE ADAM AND JOE 30th ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW PRE SALE (Wednesday 29th & Thursday 30th July)THE ADAM AND JOE 30th ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW GENERAL SALE (10am, Friday 31st July)SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS ADAM'S MUSIC FOR CHILDREN PLAYLIST (Spotify)BACKBEAT LEATHER GUITAR STRAPSCOLLAPSIBLE STOOL (Dunelm)

Adam walks along London's Regent's Canal with British comedian, artist, writer and actor Rob Auton and talks about Rob's creative process, winning a best joke award at the Edinburgh Fringe for a joke he no longer tells, his upbringing as the son of a plumber and a baker and how his background informs his appreciation for the everyday, infinite universes, the value of taking artistic risks, and reading out reviews for his live shows while they're being written. Conversation recorded face-to-face walking by Regent’s Canal between Shoreditch, King’s Cross and Camden on 17 October, 2024.CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGESUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR A Q&A EPISODE: Adambuxtonpodcast@gmail.comThanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSROB AUTON WEBSITE - Tour dates etc.THE FIRST DARK IMAGE OF BACON'S DEATH - 2008 (The Guardian)ADAM ON WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAKE - 2026 (YouTube)

Adam talks with broadcaster and author Sara Cox about hair raising childhood farm injuries, being a Daddy's girl, cringey memories of The Girlie Show, whether she feels she needs to watch what she says at the Big British Castle, the challenges of parenting teenagers in the digital age and the physical toll exacted upon her by Pudsey Bear.Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 10 June, 2026Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.Podcast illustration by Helen GreenPEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING ON CLIMATE Information about where to see the film and how to organise a screening.Sign Chris Packham's petition HERE“The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown – from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of these risks. Government should hold an emergency briefing from leading experts. These risks could have serious consequences across UK society, with threats to health and food supply – which could become irreversible without urgent action. Many people are unclear how these risks may affect them, and information in the public domain is often misleading. A credible national briefing from independent experts would give people clear, trusted guidance on what these risks mean in practice, and what we can do – both together and individually – to prepare and respond.” Chris Packham.ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)THE TRUTH OF US by Sara Cox - 2026 (Hachette)THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS PODCAST (YouTube)THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS PODCAST (Apple Podcasts)