These days it seems to be mandatory that every comedian fronts at least one podcast. But in 2015 when Adam Buxton launched his online series by interviewing old schoolfriend Louis Theroux he was a pod pioneer. Nearly a decade on, and over 200 episodes later, the Adam Buxton Podcast remains essential listening.
And there was an opportunity for what he grandly dubbed a "glimpse behind the curtain" when he recorded an upcoming release at the Apollo. As he said as he settled down and sparked up his laptop, this is a venue that has a special place in his heart. His hero David – or as he calls him, "Zavid"– Bowie famously played his farewell gig as Ziggy Stardust here in 1973, when it was the Hammersmith Odeon.
