Nigel Edward Buxton (29 May 1924 – 30 November 2015) was a British travel writer and wine critic, also known for appearing as BaaadDad in the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show.
[2] After education at Collyer's Grammar School, Horsham and the Imperial Service College, Windsor, followed by the University of Glasgow and Worcester College, Oxford,[3][4] at the latter of which he read Modern History, graduating in 1954, Buxton became travel columnist – later travel editor – of The Sunday Telegraph in 1961.
[6] The comedy behind the character of BaaadDad was the juxtaposition of the fact that he was clearly an elderly and upper middle class man with the topics that he discusses, which relate to youth culture – clubbing, drug use, and so on.
During the Second World War, having been commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1943, Buxton served in France and Germany.
Prior to his journalistic career, Buxton also served as assistant adjutant in India during the last days of the British Raj.