Alan Connor (born 1972) is a British writer, journalist and

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. First seen on

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's youth entertainment programme '' The Word'' in 1995, he later appeared on ''

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'' and

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and was a

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correspondent, appearing on

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and ''

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''. His scriptwriting credits include the comedy-drama ''

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'', starring

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and

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, the mockumentary ''Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back'' and the BBC film ''The Rack Pack''. Connor has worked as a writer for programmes including '' Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe'', ''

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'' and '' This Week'' and writes journalism for ''

'' and ''

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''.Profile
''The Guardian''; retrieved 25 January 2017. He was the question editor for BBC Four's lateral thinking quiz '' Only Connect'' for series 9–12, having taken over from

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at the start of series 9.

Books

In 2013 Penguin published ''Two Girls, One on Each Knee: A History of Cryptic Crosswords''.Connor, Alan. ''Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword''. London: Penguin Books, 2016; In 2014 Gotham Books published ''The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief''.Connor, Alan. ''The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief''. New York: Gotham Books, 2014; In 2016 Penguin Books published ''The Joy of Quiz''.Connor, Alan. ''The Joy of Quiz''. London: Penguin Books (2016);

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* * * Living people British comedy writers British male journalists British television writers Scottish journalists Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford 1974 births Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) British male television writers {{BBC-tv-bio-stub