BUG featuring Adam Buxton available free and exclusively on BFI Player

Watch free and exclusive on BFI Player the first episode of a specially commissioned programme, with host Adam Buxton casting an irreverent eye over the best new music videos.

Adam Buxton

Adam Buxton

After nearly eight years of successful bi-monthly sellout live shows at BFI Southbank, BUG – the big-screen music video showcase with an army of fiercely loyal fans is now available online in a new format for the rest of the nation to enjoy, thanks to a specially commissioned series of programmes for BFI Player.

Voiced by regular host, Adam Buxton, the exclusive programmes are a digest of some of the videos shown on the big screen, shown in full with additional behind-the-scenes footage and images, and accompanied by the uniquely hilarious commentary that BUG audiences have come to expect from Buxton, a knowledgeable enthusiast of the medium.

Offered exclusively as free-to-view content on the BFI Player, fans of music video can now enjoy the gems that the BUG team unearths in the comfort of their own home.

BFI Player is THE video-on-demand platform for the millions of film lovers nationwide who enjoy independent and specialised film and want to enjoy the full BFI experience, wherever they live. BFI Player is a pioneering new way of taking cultural assets into the digital age.

Episode 1 features:

Hunger of the Pine

Hunger of the Pine

Track: Hunger of the Pine (Sleeplessly Embracing)
Artist: Alt-J
Director: Nabil

Yelling in Sleep

Yelling in Sleep

Track: Yelling in Sleep
Artist: Rich Aucoin
Director: Joel Mackenzie

Walking with Elephants

Walking with Elephants

Track: Walking with Elephants
Artist: Ten Walls
Director: Nez

Timber Timbre

Timber Timbre

Track: Timber Timbre
Artist: Beat the Drum Slowly
Director: Chad VanGaalen

Iron Sky

Iron Sky

Track: Iron Sky
Artist: Paolo Nutini
Director: Daniel Wolf

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