# Beef and Dairy Network Podcast

Beef and Dairy Network Podcast is a monthly comedy podcast, which began in July 2015. It is written, produced, and hosted by comedian Benjamin Partridge, who plays the host of a fictional industry podcast for the beef and dairy industries.
In 2016, the podcast joined the Maximum Fun podcast network.
In 2017 and 2018, ten episodes were acquired for broadcast by BBC Radio 4, which was notable as the first time that the station had bought the repeat rights for an existing podcast.

## Format
### Podcast

It describes itself as "the number one podcast for those involved, or just interested, in the production of beef animals and dairy herds" and consists of fictional interviews, spoof adverts, fictional letters from listeners, and documentary features. The show is a surrealist comedy played straight, and features a number of ongoing storylines, such as the search for (and government cover-up of) a "fifth meat" and the many ventures of disgraced slaughterhouse owner Eli Roberts.

### Live show

There have been live show versions of the podcast, at Kings Place in London in 2017 and annually since 2021, as well as in 2019 at London's Southbank Centre.

## Guests

Partridge is joined by different guests each week, playing various characters from the beef and dairy industries. Guests have included Nick Offerman, Greg Davies, Josie Long, Henry Paker, Andy Daly, Kevin Eldon, Mike Wozniak, Katy Wix and the actor Ted Danson.

## Reception

The Guardian named it one of the top 50 best podcasts of 2016, and also as one of the top 50 comedy podcasts of 2021. The Observer called it a "lovely, funny show." The Daily Telegraph wrote, "It's the ramrod straight delivery that makes The Beef and Dairy Network Podcast by far the best audio comedy around". The A.V. Club wrote "When dealing with the absurd, few things help heighten comedy quite like commitment, something that Beef And Dairy does better than most."
Gilly Smith called the podcast a "cult classic" in a book about starting podcasting.
The podcast won Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards in 2017 and 2018. As of 2024, The Beef and Dairy Network's unofficial Facebook group has over 1500 members, despite the fact that it claims to be the world's hardest podcast fan club to join. Facebook group candidates must answer questions about the series, and then submit a video of them mooing in time to music, to check they are not a "5th Meater".

## Episodes

| Episode | Episode title | Cast |
| 1 | David Pin | Mike Wozniak |
| 2 | A Tribute To Paul Kitesworthy | Nadia Kamil, Mike Wozniak, Jack Bernhardt, Gareth Gwynn, Sian Harries, Henry Paker and Mike Bubbins |
| 3 | Gareth Belge | Henry Paker |
| 4 | Eli Roberts | Mike Bubbins |
| 5 | Dustin France | Mike Wozniak |
| 6 | The Cumberfeld Cow Disaster & Paul Paul | Rhodri Viney, Richard Elfyn, Katy Wix, Sara Lloyd-Gregory, Mike Wozniak, Tom Crowley, Henry Paker, Katie Storey and Melangell Dolma |
| 7 | Yoghurt Special | Katy Wix, Tom Neenan and Mike Wozniak |
| 8 | Eli Roberts Investigation | Ed Gamble and Mike Bubbins |
| 9 | Teresa Beckton | Josie Long and Cariad Lloyd |
| 10 | Gina Craig | Tom Neenan, Celia Pacquola, Nadia Kamil and David Mark |
| 11 | Cliff Trent-Roberts | Mike Wozniak |
| 12 | Timothy Van Lindqvist & Paul Paul | Tom Crowley and Rhodri Viney |
| 13 | Rio Special | Miles Jupp, Helen Zaltzman, Mariana Maioline, Felipe Galvao, Vanessa Del Negri, Regina Souza, Marina De Menezes and Marcellus Lima |
| 14 | A Matter Of Life And Death | Gemma Arrowsmith, Mike Wozniak, Tom Crowley, Nadia Kamil |
| 15 | Eli Roberts Goes Legit | Mike Bubbins, Sarah Morgan, Tonya Prewitt, Randall Cooper, Jamie Bradley, James Garrison, Nathaniel Metcalfe and Fred Nickl |
| 16 | Live At The London Agriculture Festival | Mike Wozniak, Josie Long and Martin Austwick |
| 17 | Boffo's Cow Circus | Greg Davies, Tom Crowley, Max Davis, Catherine Paskell, Tom Neenan, Lloyd Langford, Elis James, Gareth Gwynn, Alex Adey and Sian Harries |
| 18 | Munich Special | Daniel Rigby, Jessica Ransom, Mike Wozniak and Nadia Kamil |
| 19 | Michael Banyan | Henry Paker |
| 20 | Lamb Investigation Special | Rose Matafeo, Tom Neenan, Jesse Thorn, Tom Crowley and Nigel Crowle |
| 21 | The Church Of Eli | Ed Gamble, Mike Bubbins and John Rutledge |
| 22 | Michael "Frank" Franklinson | Mike Wilmot and Mike Wozniak |
| 23 | 75th Anniversary Special | Gareth Gwynn, Nadia Kamil, Tom Crowley, Molly Beth White, Tom Neenan and Sarah Thom, Mike Bubbins and Hal Lublin |
| 24 | Wendy Axminster | Katy Wix and Dave Cribb |
| 25 | Les Cheese's Heart | Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley |
| 26 | Michael Banyan In Exile | Henry Paker and Theresa Thorn |
| 27 | Live At The British Beefmen's Luncheon | Mike Wozniak, Nadia Kamil, Henry Paker and Dave Cribb |
| 28 | Roy Gluck Jr. | Andy Daly |
| 29 | Professor Colin Plenty | Kevin Eldon |
| 30 | Phillip Mushroom | Daniel Rigby, Rhodri Viney |
| 31 | Redeeming Eli, Part 1 | Mike Bubbins, Melangell Dolma, Chris Corcoran, Nadia Kamil, Rhodri Vine |
| 32 | Redeeming Eli, Part 2 | Mike Bubbins, Ed Gamble, Mike Wozniak, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tom Crowley, Sian Harries, Tom Neenan, Rhodri Viney |
| 33 | Redeeming Eli, Part 3 | Mike Bubbins |
| 34 | Lucy Bonham | Celeste Dring |
| 35 | Professor James Harcombe | Mike Shephard |
| 36 | Beef Encounters | Cariad Lloyd, Mike Wozniak, Elis James |
| 37 | Lamb Therapy | Rachel Parris, Shivani Thussu, Tom Neenan, Nigel Crowle |
| 38 | Rev Hillary Block | Matthew Crosby, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tom Crowley |
| 39 | Live At London Agrimedia Con 2018 | Dave Cribb, Mike Wozniak, Nadia Kamil, Tawny Newsome |
| 40 | Beef Call | Max Davis, Shivani Thussu, Anna Leong Brophy, Mike Wozniak |
| 41 | Beefy Boy | Matt Lees, Gareth Gwynn |
| 42 | The Ballad Of Parsnip Flendercroft | Freya Parker, Mike Wozniak, Max Davis, Jenny Laville, Henry Paker, Mike Shephard, Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith |
| 43 | Bunny Stone | London Hughes |
| 44 | Michael Banyan Comes Home | Henry Paker, Lucy Farrett, Mike Wozniak |
| 45 | Buying A Bull | Freya Parker, Daniel Rigby |
| 46 | Eli Roberts In Korea | Mike Bubbins, Ed Gamble |
| 47 | Too Much Milk? | Jake Yapp, Amy Gledhill, Tom Neenan |
| 48 | Maureen Andrews | Christine Nangle |
| 49 | The Beef Hop | Josie Long, Sophie Duker |
| 50 | Your Host's Fiftieth Episode | Mike Wozniak, Tom Crowley, Sian Harries |
| 51 | Live At The European Barn Doors And Gates Expo | Dave Cribb, Mike Wozniak, Nadia Kamil, Mike Bubbins |
| 52 | Tusk Henderson | Nick Offerman |
| 53 | Lesley Clocks | Freya Parker, Sarah Dempster, Moujan Zolfaghari, Nick Wiger, Heather Campbell, Jake Yapp, Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker, Gemma Arrowsmith, Cromerty York, Tom Crowley, Elis James, Nathaniel Metcalfe, Clarissa Maycock |
| 54 | Beefhead Day | Mike Shephard, Kat Sadler, Catherine Brinkworth, Max Davis, Tom Crowley, Rhodri Viney, Eugene Capper |
| 55 | Bob Trescothick | Mike Wozniak, Elis James, Henry Paker |
| 56 | The End Of The World | Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger, Sarah Campbell, Moujan Zolfaghari, Jordan Morris, Tom Neenan, Tom Crowley |
| 57 | Introducing... Bimpsie! | Jason Mantzoukas, Natasha Hodgson, Jesse Thorn, Lucy Farrett, Tim Bick |
| 58 | Organic Farming | Humphrey Ker, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Henry Paker, Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tim Bick |
| 59 | New Beef Call Number | Mike Wozniak, Rhodri Viney, Dave Cribb, Charlie Hopkinson, Tim Bick, Nadia Kamil, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tom Crowley, Sammy Graham |
| 60 | Tilly and Davey | Isy Suttie, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Anna Leong Brophy |
| 61 | International Beef Library | Gareth Gwynn, Mike Wozniak, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tom Crowley, Tim Bick, Pernille Haaland, Linnea Sage |
| 62 | The Baritones | Amy Gledhill, Chris Cantrill, Sean Morley, Tom Burgess, Jain Edwards, Nicola Redman, Natasha Hodgson |
| 63 | Michael Banyan, Podcaster | Henry Paker, Hal Lublin, Angela Sullivan |
| 64 | Goodbye Bimpsie | Natasha Hodgson, Henry Widdicombe, Tom Crowley, Mike Wozniak, Lucy Farrett, Tim Bick, Hal Lublin |
| 65 | Exotic Seeds Breeding Paddock | Marek Larwood, Mike Wozniak, Matthew Crosby, Clarissa Maycock, Tom Crowley |
| 66 | Beefhead Ball | Tom Parry, Mike Wozniak, Catherine Brinkworth, Nadia Kamil and Rob Gilroy |
| 67 | Milking Machine Misadventures | Natasha Hodgson, Cariad Lloyd, Tom Neenan, Mike Wozniak, Linus Karp, Tim Bick |
| 68 | Eli Returns | Mike Bubbins, Priya Hall, Chris Corcoran, Tom Crowley |
| 69 | Field Hour | Amy Hoggart, Tom Crowley, Tom Neenan |
| 70 | Hogball | Miles Jupp, Mike Wozniak, Greig Johnson |
| 71 | Bovine TB | Lloyd Langford, Monica Gaga, Chris Cantrill, Nic Redman |
| 72 | Paul Bowfin | Adam Courting, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tom Crowley, Stefan Ashton Frank, Hal Lublin, Linnea Sage, Mike Wozniak, Dave Cribb |
| 73 | Kenny Baritone | Chris Cantrill |
| 74 | Beef Fishing | Neil Delamere, Katie Elin-Salt, Tom Burgess, Chris Cantrill, Elis James, Lotte Betts-Dean |
| 75 | Live At The Great British Cattle Bazaar | Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker, Nadia Kamil, Sammy Graham, Dave Cribb |
| 76 | Angela Baker | Janet Varney, Ify Nwadiwe |
| 77 | Marianne Angler | Nadia Kamil, Nigel Crowle, Tom Crowley, Clarissa Maycock, Mark Turetsky |
| 78 | Beef Security | Mike Bubbins, Tom Bell, Amy Mason and Alasdair Satchel |
| 79 | The Phosphorus Brothers | Sunil Patel, Henry Paker, Karólína Vigdís, Louise Robb and Hester L.C. |
| 80 | World Beef Bulletin | Linnea Sage, Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith, Tom Neenan, Rajiv Karia, Tim Bick, Hendrikje Alexis, Holly Watson and Madeleine Brettingham |
| 81 | Hidden Beef: The Historic Cryptocurrency of the Future | Mike Shephard and Tom Crowley |
| 82 | Banyan: The Defacening, Part 1 | Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker |
| 83 | Banyan: The Defacening, Part 2 – The Refacening | Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker and Tom Crowley |
| 84 | The Lord Of The Sun | Stefan Ashton Frank, Rose Johnson and Susan Harrison |
| 85 | Medical Mythbusters | Tom Neenan |
| 86 | Debbie Cook | Lola-Rose Maxwell, Clarissa Maycock and Mike Wozniak |
| 87 | Squandered Inheritance | Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith and Maggie Nolan |
| 88 | Live at Tanya and Barry’s Wedding | Linnea Sage, Tom Crowley, Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker and Nadia Kamil |
| 89 | Paula York | Stevie Martin |
| 90 | Beef Information Centre | Josie Long, Rob Gilroy, Simon Alcock, Gemma Arrowsmith and Julisa |
| 91 | Beefhead with Kenny and Yvonne | Chris Cantrill, Amy Gledhill and Tom Crowley |
| 92 | Pam Onion | Beth Eyre and Dan Thomas |
| 93 | Artificial Intelligence | Susan Harrison, Graham Dickson and George Foreacres |
| 94 | Dafydd, Part 1 | Mike Bubbins and Ed Gamble |
| 95 | Dafydd, Part 2 | Mike Bubbins and Ed Gamble |
| 96 | National Beef Lottery | Lorna Rose Treen, Tom Parry, Mike Wozniak and Tom Crowley |
| 97 | Len Biro | John Rutledge |
| 98 | Hogball Goes Professional | John-Luke Roberts, Miles Jupp and Greig Johnson |
| 99 | The Man-At-Beef | Paul F. Tompkins, Mike Shephard and Max Davis |
| 100 | Your Host’s Hundredth Episode | Mike Wozniak, Susan Harrison, Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith and Lucy Farrett |
| 101 | Live At London Agrimedia Con 2023 | Chris Cantrill, Amy Gledhill, Anna Leong Brophy, Tom Crowley, Tom Neenan, Nadia Kamil, Mike Wozniak and Linnea Sage |
| 102 | Gregory Johnston | Bilal Zafar and Esyllt Sears [cy] |
| 103 | The Beef Brigade | John-Luke Roberts, Mike Shephard, Mike Wozniak, Henry Paker, Louise Robb and Linnea Sage |
| 104 | Beefhead Drinks | Mike Wozniak and Susan Harrison |
| 105 | Cattle College | Beth Granville, Linnea Sage, Mike Shephard, Gareth Gwynn, Madi Savage and Matt Apodaca |
| 106 | Gary “Fiesta” Lewis | Tom Ward |
| 107 | Nicholas Summers | Cody Dahler and Tom Neenan |
| 108 | Beef Call Update | Sammy Dobson, Mike Wozniak, Max Davis, Tom Crowley, Gemma Arrowsmith and Cameron Smith |
| 109 | Ted Danson | Ted Danson, Susan Harrison, David Reed, Natasha Hodgson, Mark Turetsky and Linnea Sage |
| 110 | Barry Mizon | Marek Larwood, Tom Crowley and Linnea Sage |
| 111 | Shaving | Mike Wozniak, Linnea Sage and Tom Neenan |
| 112 | Dean Lamp | Dan Thomas, Gemma Arrowsmith and Tom Crowley |
| 113 | Agnes | Sammy Dobson and Antonis Vlavo |
| 114 | Live At London Livestock Dietary Supplements Con 2024 | Henry Paker, Tom Crowley, Linnea Sage, Lucy Farrett, Gemma Arrowsmith and Mike Wozniak |
| 115 | Milky Man | Natasha Hodgson, Stevie Martin, Amy Gledhill and Daniel Rigby |
| 116 | Catchphrase | Matthew Crosby, Tom Burgess, Gemma Arrowsmith and Linnea Sage |
| 117 | Beef 2024 | Jessica Ransom, George Foreacres, Michael Clarke, Henry Paker, Mike Wozniak and Linnea Sage |
| 118 | The Oldest Milkman In The World | John Rutledge |
| 119 | Jerry’s Wood Roasted Shelf Stable Deep Fill Hot Pies | Matt Apodaca and Tom Neenan |
| 120 | Billy Whizzbang | Mike Shephard, Gemma Arrowsmith, Mike Wozniak, Tom Crowley, Gareth Gwynn and Linnea Sage |