Benjamin Partridge
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Benjamin Partridge | |
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 Partridge in 2018 | |
| Born | June 1986 (age 38) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation(s) | Comedy writer and performer |
Benjamin Partridge (born June 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer, actor and producer. He created the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast.[1]
Career
[edit]Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011.[2]
Partridge has written for radio, television and live performance. He writes for the CBBC show Horrible Histories,[3] on BBC Radio Wales he is one of the cast and a co-writer of Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes.[4] Partridge co-writes and produced the second series of Here Be Dragons, which won Bronze at the Radio Academy Awards in 2014. He also devised the BBC Radio 4 panel show It's Your Round.[5] Amongst his further writing credits are The Now Show, The News Quiz, Hypothetical, Small Scenes for BBC Radio 4 and Newsjack for BBC Radio 4 Extra.[6]
In 2013, Partridge performed his one-man show, An Audience With Jeff Goldblum, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[7]
A sitcom that Partridge co-wrote with Gareth Gwynn, Ankle Tag, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
Since July 2015, Partridge has written, presented and produced the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast,[8] which is part of the Maximum Fun podcast network.[9] The podcast is a comedic fictional industry podcast for the beef and dairy industries, described as "surreal bovine-themed comedy" by BBC Radio 4.[10] Six episodes of the podcast were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April-May 2017, with a further 4 broadcast in 2018.[11] The podcast won the Best Comedy award at the British Podcast Awards in 2017 and 2018.[12]
In 2021 he launched the comedy podcast Three Bean Salad with fellow comedians Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker.[13] In March 2024, it won in the Best Podcast category at the Chortle Awards.[14]
Partridge lives in Wales.
References
[edit]- ^ "Beef And Dairy Network Podcast | Podcasts". Maximum Fun. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "BBC - BBC Studios celebrates 40 years of the Radio Comedy Writer's Bursary and announces new recipients - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Horrible Histories Series 6, Episode 8 - Bolshy Boudica". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ BBC "Pantheon of Heroes"
- ^ "The British Comedy Guide"
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Benjamin Partridge". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "Broadway Baby - Benjamin Partridge: An Audience With Jeff Goldblum"
- ^ Miranda Sawyer (20 December 2015). "The week in radio: Today; The Show What You Wrote; iPM; From the Sublime; Wooden Overcoats; Beef and Dairy Network". The Guardian.
- ^ "Beef And Dairy Network Podcast | Podcasts". Maximum Fun. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Beef and Dairy Network". BBC. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "The Beef And Dairy Network Podcast - Benjamin Partridge". benjaminpartridge.com. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Benjamin Partridge". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ "Mike Wozniak launches a new podcast : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".
- ^ "Chortle Awards 2024 results". Comedy.co.uk. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.