Alex Beresford

Television presenter Alex Beresford is best known for appearing across the screens of ITV. Primarily working for ITV West, Alex found his feet in the world of television as an auto queue operative. Before long, Alex was recruited as a weather presenter for The West Tonight. Weather reporting proved to be Alex’s route into the presenting limelight, and he later landed a role as a weather presenter for the national ITV Weather. He was also fortunate to present on Curriculum Bites during his early career, demonstrating his talents for presenting from day one. Since his first presenting roles, Alex has gone on to present various other popular programmes, including The West Country Tonight, Daybreak, Good Morning Britain, and Tonight. One of his best-known presenting roles was for the Channel 4 documentary series World’s Weirdest Weather.

A three-part series, World’s Weirdest Weather saw Alex covering phenomenal weather from frost flowers to firenadoes, with audiences as large as 1.5 million watching Alex’s presenting talents. Alex has also forged a reputation for covering topical news stories. When a tornado devastated the city of Moore and 25 people were killed, Alex was flown to America to cover the devastation that had occurred in the state of Oklahoma. The coverage was made into a special hour-long programme titled Super Tornado, in which Alex explored the science behind the devastating natural disaster. Recently, Alex has risen to prominence for his passionate debates on knife crime.

Having personally experienced the trauma of knife crime after losing his cousin to it, Alex appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss the topic. After his appearance on the show went viral, Alex was recruited to present Knife Crime and Me, an ITV Tonight documentary. Outside of television presenting, Alex has appeared on a number of shows as a celebrity guest. He competed in the tenth series of Dancing On Ice, joining professional dancer Brianne Delcourt and surviving to be the seventh celeb sent home in the competition. He has also appeared as a contestant on The Chase, Ninja Warrior, and as a guest on James Martin’s Saturday Kitchen.

Away from the cameras, Alex acts as a patron for Empire Fighting Chance, a charity that utilises boxing as an outlet to create social change, linking to Alex’s passion for ridding the world of knife crime. Alex can also frequently be found delivering public speeches, having previously performed inspirational talks to a range of school audiences. Passionate to help disadvantaged children, Alex runs the Diversity School Tour Project, committing time to visit schools, young offenders, and prisons to educate people about careers in media and knife safety. In addition, Alex has acted as a Reach Role Model for the government, visiting young offenders and prisons to better the lives of others. His dedication to this cause earned him the prestigious title of National Black Role Model by the Government’s Reach Role Model Programme in 2008, as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy.

With a credible career in presenting behind him and a strong commitment to social causes, Alex is now highly recommended as a host for award ceremonies and as a speaker for corporate events, suitable for a range of different audiences.