Benjamin Partridge

Benjamin Partridge (born June 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer, actor and producer. He created the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast.^[1]

Benjamin Partridge
Partridge in 2018
Born	June 1986 (age 38)
Nationality	Welsh
Occupation(s)	Comedy writer and performer

Career

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.