Buxton's 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, along with World of Wonder, created The Adam and Joe Show for the same channel. It 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 comedy at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival, with a show entitled "I, Pavel", for which he grew a large beard. He continues to work as a stand-up Comedian – appearing primarily at London venues – and still has a beard.