Thomas Patrick O'Connor (31 October 1939 – 18 July 2021) was a British comedian, television presenter, and actor.
[2] He became a mathematics and music teacher at the St Joan of Arc School, Bootle, and was also assistant headmaster.
This show ran daily at lunch times and was watched by over 12 million viewers each day, but was an expensive show to mount because it came live from a different town each week, requiring the production team to move weekly.
[6] In 2000, O'Connor made his television acting debut as Father Tom (a Catholic priest) in the BBC series Doctors.
[7] On 24 February 2006, he was given an award for having appeared as a guest on the TV programme Countdown 100 times.