Alan Connor (born 1972) is a British writer, journalist and television presenter. First seen on Channel 4's youth entertainment programme The Word in 1995,The Word , imdb.com; retrieved 11 January 2017. he later appeared on The Big Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live and was a BBC News correspondent, appearing on BBC News 24 and The Daily Politics."Tips For The Technically Terrified", BBC News, 5 July 2006.
His scriptwriting credits include the comedy-drama A Young Doctor's Notebook, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm,"A Young Doctor's Notebook: from the operating table to the screen" , theguardian.com, 4 December 2012. the mockumentary Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back"Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back", bbc.co.uk, 30 October 2016. and the BBC film The Rack Pack.The Rack Pack, bbc.co.uk, 17 January 2016. He created a series of themed puzzles in The Guardian for Ludwig (2024).
Connor has worked as a writer for programmes including Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, The Jonathan Ross Show and This Week and writes journalism for BBC NewsBBC News: Smashed Hits , bbc.co.uk; retrieved 25 January 2017. and The Guardian.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 David J. Bodycombe at the start of series 9. He is also the crossword editor for The Guardian and sets the Everyman cryptic crossword for The Observer.
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); In November 2024 BBC Books published 188 Words for Rain.Connor, Alan. 188 Words for Rain. BBC Books (2024);
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