Look up bug in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Bug may refer to:

Biology[link]

• Specifically, an insect of the order Hemiptera, known as the "true bugs".
• Informally, an insect, spider or other small pest excluding rodents; including most arthropods, except marine crustaceans, including individuals or species of
  • centipede
  • millipede
  • mite
  • tick
  • woodlouse
• Bacterium or any microorganism that causes illness and has a superficial resemblance to an insect, or bug, when viewed through a microscope
• Bug, a hybrid dog that is a cross between a pug and a Boston terrier
• One of several species of slipper lobster, such as
  • Balmain bug
  • Moreton Bay bug

Geography[link]

• Bug (Rügen) in Germany
• Bug River, in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus
• Southern Bug River, in Ukraine

Technology[link]

• Covert listening device, or bug, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations
• The Volkswagen Beetle - (nickname) for the automobile
• Computer bug, often divided into:
  • Software bug, a software defect
  • Hardware bugs, errors in hardware with close affinity to software
• Web bug, a technique to track who has read a web page or e-mail
• Sandlin Bug, glider

Art and media[link]

In characters[link]

• Bug (comics), a character in the Marvel comic book series The Micronauts
• "Bug" (Breaking Bad)
• Bug (Starship Troopers), a fictional alien race from the novel and film Starship Troopers
• Bobby "Bug" Guthrie, a character in the TV series Life Unexpected

In films and television[link]

• Bug (1975 film), directed by Jeannot Szwarc
• Bug (2002 film), a comedy-drama about a chain of events begun by a boy squashing a bug
• Bug (2006 film), an adaptation of the Tracy Letts' play, directed by William Friedkin

In gaming[link]

• Bug (poker), a restricted wild card
• Bug!, a video game
• A holdout device for a card cheat

In literature and publications[link]

• BUG (magazine), a Croatian magazine
• Bug (play), by Tracy Letts

In music[link]

• Bug (2006 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
• Bug (Dave Davies album)
• Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)
• "Bug", a song by Phish from their 2000 album Farmhouse (album)
• "Bug", a song by Welsh alternative rock band Feeder, from their album Echo Park (album)
• The Bug, one of several projects led by Kevin Martin (British musician)

Other uses[link]

• Bug AS, a full service production company based in Norway
• A distinctive logo or symbol, such as a watermark-like digital on-screen graphic of a broadcaster's logo

In acronyms[link]

• Bicycle User Group, a group set up to promote cycling issues
• Brooklyn Union Gas, now known as KeySpan Corporation

Other[link]

• Buginese language, ISO 639 code "bug"

See also[link]

• Bugged (disambiguation)

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Adam Buxton
Born	Adam Offord Buxton (1969-06-07) 7 June 1969 (age 43) London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor/Comedian
Years active	1995–present

Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English comedian and actor. With Joe Cornish, he forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe. The pair presented Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music, whilst Buxton also presents his own show on 6 Music on Sundays, called Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape, currently on hiatus.

Biography[link]

Major work[link]

His first television appearance was in an episode of Channel 4's Takeover TV as a man called "Louise" dressed as a Klingon, complaining about Star Trek: The Next Generation being taken off the air. In 1995, he hosted the show itself, and following this he and Joe Cornish created The Adam and Joe Show for the same channel, which ran for four series. In 1999, The Adam and Joe Book, a spin-off book written by Buxton and Cornish, was published.

Buxton co-wrote and acted in the Channel 4 mini-series The Last Chancers (broadcast in December 2004). In 2005, he moved from screen to stage, performing character-driven stand-up comedy at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival, with a show entitled "I, Pavel", for which he grew a large beard.^[1] He continues to work as a stand-up comedian, appearing primarily at London venues.

His work with Cornish has extended beyond their Channel 4 series, with the pair presenting radio shows on Xfm and later 6 Music. Expanded extracts from the Xfm radio shows have been released as podcasts, which were placed in the UK's top 10 most downloaded. In 2007, Buxton portrayed the ill-fated journalist Tim Messenger in Edgar Wright's action-comedy film Hot Fuzz. Buxton also appeared in the BBC Three comedy sketch show Rush Hour, which premièred on 19 March 2007. Buxton plays many different characters throughout the show.

In November 2007, Buxton recorded the video for "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" for British band Radiohead, which was the first single from their album In Rainbows. The concept of the video involved each member of the band wearing bicycle helmets with cameras attached, shooting video of the band members' faces.

In January 2010, he appeared in the BBC2 comedy The Persuasionists.

Other appearances[link]

Buxton has made appearances on Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The IT Crowd, Don't Watch That, Watch This, and Look Around You. He appeared as a future version of himself in the BBC Two comedy series Time Trumpet, which began a six-part series in August 2006.

He also appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama The One Doctor by Big Finish Productions, and has taken other comedy roles on productions for BBC Radio 4.

He has taken part in a number of major films, including his aforementioned performance in Hot Fuzz, as well as appearing in the film Stardust, deputizing for Noel Fielding, who was ill at the time of production. He featured in the film Son of Rambow as a teacher. He has released a number of popular videos on YouTube, 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 narrated "Francis and Bunty", a short story used to front the 2009 "Best Writer in the Universe" short story competition, on The Story of Egmo podcast.

He also makes short videos that are on the BBC Comedy Channel called "Country Man", featuring himself doing a posh accent in the countryside.

Personal life[link]

Buxton was born in London, and spent some of his childhood in Wales. His father is Nigel Buxton, known as a travel writer and wine critic and later to appear on The Adam and Joe Show as "Baaad Dad". His mother is Chilean.^[2] Along with Joe Cornish and friend Louis Theroux, Buxton was educated at the independent Westminster School. According to an interview with The Guardian newspaper, he attended the University of Warwick for two terms, before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art.^[3]

Buxton lives in Norwich with his wife, Sarah, and their three children: sons Frank and Natty, and daughter Hope.

References[link]

• Adam Buxton: Chancer of a lifetime - Ed Caesar, The Independent (2004)
• Fame: 60 Seconds - Adam Buxton - Andrew Williams, Metro (2008)
• Norfolk home for TV's Adam Buxton - David Keller, BBC Norfolk
• Fringe diary: Stand-up comedian - BBC News (2005)
• Close-up: Adam Buxton - Esther Walker, The Independent (2008)
• Joe, Adam and the Ant-man - The Independent

External links[link]

• http://adam-buxton.co.uk/ - official site and blog
• Adam Buxton on YouTube
• Adam Buxton at the Internet Movie Database
• Adam Buxton on Chortle