Benjamin Partridge
{{Short description|Welsh comedy writer (born June 1986)}}
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| nationality = Welsh
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Benjamin Partridge (born June 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer, actor and producer. He created the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=Beef And Dairy Network Podcast {{!}} Podcasts |url=https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/beef-and-dairy-network/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Maximum Fun |language=en-US}}
Career
Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2018/radio-comedy-writers-bursary|title=BBC - BBC Studios celebrates 40 years of the Radio Comedy Writer's Bursary and announces new recipients - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-19}}
Partridge has written for radio, television and live performance. He writes for the CBBC show Horrible Histories,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Horrible Histories Series 6, Episode 8 - Bolshy Boudica |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/horrible_histories/episodes/6/8/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}} on BBC Radio Wales he is one of the cast and a co-writer of Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes.BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0196r8r/ "Pantheon of Heroes"] 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.[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/its_your_round/ "The British Comedy Guide"] 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.{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Benjamin Partridge |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/benjamin_partridge/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}
In 2013, Partridge performed his one-man show, An Audience With Jeff Goldblum, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[http://broadwaybaby.com/shows/benjamin-partridge-an-audience-with-jeff-goldblum/30831 "Broadway Baby - Benjamin Partridge: An Audience With Jeff Goldblum"]
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,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/20/the-week-in-radio-james-naughtie-today-what-you-wrote-ipm-podcasts | title=The week in radio: Today; The Show What You Wrote; iPM; From the Sublime; Wooden Overcoats; Beef and Dairy Network | work=The Guardian | date=20 December 2015 |author=Miranda Sawyer}} which is part of the Maximum Fun podcast network.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=Beef And Dairy Network Podcast {{!}} Podcasts |url=https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/beef-and-dairy-network/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Maximum Fun |language=en-US}} The podcast is a comedic fictional industry podcast for the beef and dairy industries, described as "surreal bovine-themed comedy" by BBC Radio 4.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Beef and Dairy Network |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08p6rn4 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Six episodes of the podcast were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April-May 2017, with a further 4 broadcast in 2018.{{Cite web |title=The Beef And Dairy Network Podcast - Benjamin Partridge |url=https://benjaminpartridge.com/The-Beef-And-Dairy-Network-Podcast |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=benjaminpartridge.com |language=en}} The podcast won the Best Comedy award at the British Podcast Awards in 2017 and 2018.{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Benjamin Partridge |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/benjamin_partridge/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}
In 2021 he launched the comedy podcast Three Bean Salad with fellow comedians Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/05/01/48328/mike_wozniak_launches_a_new_podcast|title = Mike Wozniak launches a new podcast : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide}} In March 2024, it won in the Best Podcast category at the Chortle Awards.{{cite web|accessdate=5 March 2024|title= Chortle Awards 2024 results|date=4 March 2024|url=
https://www.comedy.co.uk/news/7801/chortle-awards-2024-results/|website=Comedy.co.uk}}
Partridge lives in Wales.
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.benjaminpartridge.com}}
- [http://www.beefanddairynetwork.com/ Beef and Dairy Network podcast]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h5bjl Ben Partridge: Machynlleth Comedy Festival - 2011 radio interview with Bethan Elfyn]
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Category:British comedy writers