Benjamin Partridge (born 1986) is a

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comedy writer, performer and producer. He created the ''

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''.

Career

Partridge's professional writing career began when he was awarded the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2011. Partridge has written for radio, television and live performance. He writes for the CBBC show '' Horrible Histories'', on BBC Radio Wales he is one of the cast and a co-writer of Elis James's ''Pantheon of Heroes'' and he also co-writes and produced the second series of ''Here Be Dragons'', which won Bronze at the

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in 2014. He also devised the BBC Radio 4

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''. Amongst his other writing credits are '' The Now Show'', '' The News Quiz'', ''

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'', ''Small Scenes'' for BBC Radio 4 and '' Newsjack'' for

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. In 2013, he performed his one-man show, ''An Audience With Jeff Goldblum'', at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Since July 2015, he writes, presents and produces the ''

'', 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. In 2021 he launched the ''Three Bean Salad'' podcast with fellow comedians Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker.

References

External links

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Beef and Dairy Network podcast

Ben Partridge: Machynlleth Comedy Festival - 2011 radio interview with Bethan Elfyn
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