Patrick Hannan MBE (26 September 1941 – 11 October 2009) was a Welsh

political journalist Political journalism is a broad branch of journalism that includes coverage of all aspects of politics and political science, although the term usually refers specifically to coverage of civil governments and political power. Political j ...

, author and television and radio presenter. The son of an Irish doctor who migrated to Wales in the 1930s, he was born and raised in

Aberaman Aberaman is a village near Aberdare in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century. Most of the industry has now ...

, near Aberdare in

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. He was educated at

Cowbridge Grammar School Cowbridge Grammar School was one of the best-known schools in Wales until its closure in 1974. It was replaced by Cowbridge Comprehensive School. Founded in the 17th century by Sir John Stradling and refounded by Sir Leoline Jenkins, it had cl ...

, where

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was a fellow pupil; and at

Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth University ( cy, Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The universi ...

, where he first entered journalism writing for the college newspaper, ''The Courier''. He joined the graduate training scheme at '' Western Mail'' in the mid-1960s, becoming industrial editor, before joining

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in 1970. He became a presenter of daily regional news programme ''

Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television ne ...

''. For thirteen years he was the BBC's political correspondent in Wales, and had a weekly series on

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. He broadcast regularly on

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, presenting the political and discussion programmes, ''Out of Order'' and ''Tea Junction.'' He was well known as one half of the Welsh team in the popular ''

Round Britain Quiz ''Round Britain Quiz'' (or ''RBQ'' for short) is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio. It was based on a format called ''Transatlantic Quiz'', a contest betwee ...

,'' and for the fifth time in ten years with his colleague Peter Stead had won the 2009 competition. He produced documentary programmes for

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and HTV. He wrote four books, and edited two. Awarded an MBE in 1994 for services to broadcasting, he was an honorary fellow of

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and

. He married Menna Richards, former director of BBC Wales, in 1985. He had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage. He died after a short illness.

Publications

*''Wales on the Wireless: A Broadcasting Anthology'', (ed, 1988),

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in association with

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, *''The Welsh Illusion'' (1999) *''Wales Off Message'' (2000) *''2001 A Year in Wales'' (2001) *''When Arthur Met Maggie'' (2006) *''A Useful Fiction: Adventures in British Democracy'' (2009)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannan, Patrick 1941 births 2009 deaths Alumni of Aberystwyth University BBC newsreaders and journalists Members of the Order of the British Empire Welsh journalists Welsh television presenters People educated at Cowbridge Grammar School People from Aberaman