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Adam Buxton

Michael Berkeley's guest is the comedian, writer and podcaster Adam Buxton.

The comedian, writer and podcaster Adam Buxton first burst onto our TV screens 30 years ago. He and his friend Joe Cornish created The Adam and Joe Show, which featured pranks, songs and re-enactments of famous films like Titanic and Trainspotting using their childhood stuffed toys.

Along with work on radio and film, an eye for the weird and wonderful quirks of music videos, and a multi-award winning interview podcast, he has also written two memoirs. The first, Ramble Book, included a very poignant account of his father’s final months, when he lived with Adam and his family until his death at the age of 91.
More recently, his book I Love You Byeee! includes reflections on losing his mother – as he says, ‘to death – we didn’t get separated in a shop.’ And both books include plenty of musings on growing up and his many personal obsessions.

Adam's musical choices include Ravel, Grieg and Thelonious Monk.

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Music Played

  • Arthur Bliss

    March (Things to Come)

    Ensemble: Geoff Love & His Orchestra.
    • Star Wars And Other Space Themes.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 7.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Notturno (Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.4)

    Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Brian Eno

    The Pearl

    Composer: Harold Budd.
    • The Pearl.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 8.

  • Thelonious Monk

    Straight No Chaser

    Performer: Thelonious Monk.
    • Thelonius Sphere Monk.
    • Documents.
    • 16.

  • John Barry

    Zero Gravity (The Black Hole)

    Conductor: John Barry.
    • The Black Hole.
    • Buena Vista Records.
    • 4.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    House of Woodcock

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 13.

  • Mica Levi

    Vanity

    • Jackie (Original Soundtrack Album).
    • Milan Records.
    • 10.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem (Introit - Kyrie)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 8.

  • Trad. Bulgarian

    Polegnala E Todora

    Music Arranger: Dobri Hristov. Choir: Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. Conductor: Filip Kutev.
    • Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol.1.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction et danse religieuse (Daphnis and Chloe)

    Orchestra: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra. Choir: Bordeaux Opera Chorus. Conductor: Laurent Petitgirard.
    • Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday 12:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

Podcast

  • Private Passions

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