David J. Bodycombe

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David J. Bodycombe (born 1973) is a puzzle author and games consultant working in the UK, mainly on television and radio game shows (such as The Crystal Maze and X Marks the Spot), in newspapers (such as Metro's Think Tank column) and many puzzle books. He regularly appears on the BBC Radio 4 quiz, Puzzle Panel. He also runs UKGameshows.com, a wiki-based web site cataloguing UK television and radio game shows.

Since May 2005 he has supplied sudoku puzzles to 150 newspapers around the world, including the mini 6x6 version used by the Daily Mail and the syndicated version used by the Universal Press Syndicate in the United States.

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[edit] Main credits

[edit] Books

  • The Mammoth Book of Brainstorming Puzzles (1996)
  • The Mammoth Puzzle Carnival (1997)
  • Lateral Puzzles (1998, reprinted in the US as Mind Benders: Adventures in Lateral Thinking)
  • Optical Illusions and Picture Puzzles (1998)
  • Codes and Ciphers (1999)
  • Reader's Digest Compendium of Puzzles and Brain Teasers (2000, consulting contributor)
  • How To Devise A Game Show (2003)
  • Number Crunchers (2004)
  • Visual Vexations (2004)
  • SU DOKU for alle (Denmark, 2005)
  • SU DOKU for alle 2 (Denmark, 2005)
  • SU DOKU Classic (Denmark, 2005)
  • SU DOKU Classic, english version (Denmark, 2005)
  • SU DOKU Classic 2 (Denmark, 2005)
  • Master SU DOKU (Denmark, 2005)
  • Sudoku Classic 2006 Calendar (2005)
  • Penguin 2006 Sudoku (2005)
  • Penguin Holiday Sudoku (2006)
  • Master SU DOKU 2 (Denmark, 2006)
  • SU DOKU Classic 3 (Denmark, 2006)
  • SU DOKU Classic 4 (Denmark, 2006)
  • SU DOKU for alle 3 (Denmark, 2006)
  • Penguin 2007 Sudoku (2006)
  • Hyper Su Doku (Denmark, 2006)
  • Sudoku Classic 2007 Calendar (2006)
  • The Riddles of the Sphinx (2007)
  • SU DOKU Classic 5 (Denmark, 2007)
  • SU DOKU for alle 4 (Denmark, 2007)
  • SU DOKU Classic 6 (Denmark, 2007)
  • Master SU DOKU 3 (Denmark, 2007)
  • SU DOKU Classic 7 (Denmark, 2007)
  • SU DOKU for alle 5 (Denmark, 2007)
  • Penguin 2008 Sudoku (2007)
  • SU DOKU Classic 8 (Denmark, 2007)
  • Sudoku Classic 2008 Calendar (2007)
  • Penguin Pocket Sudoku (2008)

[edit] Television series

  • The Crystal Maze (1991-5) - games devisor
  • Sub Zero (1999) - games devisor
  • The Mole (2001) - games devisor, UK series 2
  • Treasure Hunt (2002-3) - clue writer
  • Mind Games (2003-4) - puzzle writer
  • Starfinder (2003-4) - games devisor
  • Inside Clyde (2004) - games devisor
  • Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place (France, 2006) - format consultant
  • Codex (2006-7) - games designer

[edit] UKGameshows.com

Bodycombe co-founded and still runs the website UKGameshows.com.

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