List Of Writers

HANNAN, PATRICK

A writer and broadcaster for more than thirty years, Patrick specialises in public life, media and politics. He has worked as industrial editor for the Western Mail and as BBC Wales’ political correspondent for thirteen years. He then spent six years producing television documentaries for BBC 2, followed by another six years as presenter of Good Evening Wales.  

Patrick has been a newspaper columnist and a regular broadcaster on Radio 4. He has edited various books on broadcasting and written several on contemporary Wales. Patrick was one of the judges for the English title of the Wales Book of the Year 2005 Award. He currently lives in the Cardiff area.

Selected Publications:
The First Rough Draft: History and Journalism (National Library of Wales, 1993)
Wales off Message: From Clapham Common to Cardiff Bay (Seren, 2000)
2001: A Year in Wales (Seren, 2002)
The Welsh Illusion (Seren, 2003)
Moral Decision Making (Into the Classroom Series) (Veritas, 2004)
When Arthur Met Maggie (Seren, 2006)

Contributed to:
Wales on the Wireless: Broadcasting Anthology (editor) (Gomer, 1988)
Wales and Vision: People and Politics of Television (editor) (Gomer, 1990)