Benjamin Partridge
Benjamin Partridge (born 1986) is a Welsh comedy writer, performer and producer.
Benjamin Partridge | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 33–34) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Comedy writer and performer |
Career
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] and he also 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 other writing credits are The Now Show, The News Quiz, Listen Against, Small Scenes for BBC Radio 4 and Newsjack for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
In 2013, he performed his one-man show, An Audience With Jeff Goldblum, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[5]
Since July 2015, he writes, presents and produces the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast,[6] which is part of the Maximum Fun podcast network. A sitcom that Partridge co-wrote with Gareth Gwynn, Ankle Tag, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017 and 2018 and 2020.
References
- "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.
- "The British Comedy Guide"
- BBC "Pantheon of Heroes"
- "The British Comedy Guide"
- "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.