[citation needed] Brittenden has been recognised both in New Zealand, and internationally for his broadcasting work including multiple wins at the 2014 New York Festival for World's Best Radio Programmes and in London with the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) for his work on Newstalk BC, an hour of radio theatre re-imagining the classic Christmas story for a 21st-century audience as a talk radio station set in Jerusalem on the morning of the 'first Christmas'.
In the lead up to New Zealand's 2011 general election Brittenden created a PodCast with comedian Jeremy Elwood called the Slightly Correct Political Show.
During this time Brittenden was employed by TVNZ's Breakfast programme providing election commentary.
Brittenden currently hosts a variety of his own podcasts on his YouTube channel DOC Studios[1] based in Dunedin.
Brittenden had small guest parts in Shortland Street,[2] TV3 children's drama Secret Agent Man, and as a VJ on Juice TV.