Benjamin Partridge
Benjamin Partridge (born June 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer, actor and producer. Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded a BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011. Since then, he has written consistently for radio, television and live shows. Partridge also fronts two podcasts, the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast which he has written, presented and produced since 2015 and the comedy podcast Three Bean Salad which he launched in 2021 with Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker. Partridge has won a Radio Academy Award for his series Here Be Dragons, a British Podcast Award for the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast, and a Chortle Award for Three Bean Salad.
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| Born | June 1986 (age 39) |
| Occupations | Comedy writer and performer |
Benjamin Partridge (born June 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer, actor and producer. Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded a BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011. Since then, he has written consistently for radio, television and live shows. Partridge also fronts two podcasts, the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast which he has written, presented and produced since 2015 and the comedy podcast Three Bean Salad which he launched in 2021 with Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker. Partridge has won a Radio Academy Award for his series Here Be Dragons, a British Podcast Award for the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast, and a Chortle Award for Three Bean Salad.
Career
[edit]Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011.[1]
Partridge has written for radio, television and live performance. He writes for the CBBC show Horrible Histories,[2] on BBC Radio Wales he is one of the cast and a co-writer of Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
In 2013, Partridge performed his one-man show, An Audience With Jeff Goldblum, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[6]
A sitcom that Partridge co-wrote with Gareth Gwynn, Ankle Tag, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017, 2018 and 2020.[citation needed]
Since July 2015, Partridge has written, presented and produced[7] 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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"
- ^ "Beef And Dairy Network Podcast | Podcasts". Maximum Fun. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Beef and Dairy Network podcast
- Ben Partridge: Machynlleth Comedy Festival - 2011 radio interview with Bethan Elfyn
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