Alex Brooker





































Alex Brooker
Born
Alexander James Brooker
(1984-05-15) 15 May 1984 (age 34)
Ashford, Kent, England[1]
Nationality English
Education
Liverpool John Moores University
The Norton Knatchbull School
Occupation Journalist, television presenter, comedian
Employer
Press Association, Channel 4
Notable credit(s) The Last Leg (2012—)
The Jump (2014)
The Superhumans Show (2016)
Children 1

Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist, presenter and comedian best known for his television work with Channel 4.


Brooker has co-hosted The Last Leg, a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe since 2012, as well as co-presenting Channel 4 ski jumping show The Jump with Davina McCall in 2014. In 2016, he began presenting The Superhumans Show for Channel 4 daytime.


In February 2018 Brooker signed with Leeds Rhinos' Foundation PDRL (Physical Disability Rugby League) team. [2]




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Personal life


    • 2.1 Charity




  • 3 Filmography


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


Brooker went to the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent, before graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006[3] and worked as a sports reporter on the Liverpool Echo.[4] He now works for the Press Association.[4][dead link]


Brooker entered Channel 4's Half a Million Quid Talent Search in 2012,[3][1] which aimed to find disabled talent for coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games and beyond. He first appeared as a trackside reporter on Channel 4's coverage of the 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup.[3] Brooker interviewed the likes of Boris Johnson and David Cameron during the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony and was a co-host on The Last Leg with Adam Hills, a nightly alternative look at the Games.[5]
Brooker was also on The Last Leg of the Year, an end of year special with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe.


Since 25 January 2013, Brooker has been a co-host on The Last Leg on Channel 4.[6] In February 2015 Brooker interviewed Nick Clegg for the programme: his performance was described by political journalist Hugo Rifkind as "a model of how to talk normally to a politician – and make them talk normally back".[7]


On 1 August 2013, Brooker hosted a one-off documentary about body image on Channel 4, titled Alex Brooker: My Perfect Body.[8]


In January and February 2014, Brooker co-presented the first series of celebrity reality show The Jump on Channel 4 opposite Davina McCall. The series was broadcast live over ten nights from a mountainside in Austria.[9] However, Brooker did not return for the second series in 2015. In 2016, he presented The Superhumans Show on Channel 4.



Personal life


Brooker is originally from Ashford, Kent.[1] He was born with hand and arm deformities and a twisted right leg which had to be amputated when he was a baby. He now wears a prosthetic leg. He is a fanatical supporter of Arsenal F.C., regularly appearing on 'Footballistically Arsenal' podcast.[10]



Charity


In May 2014, Brooker fronted a campaign called 'End The Awkward' by disability charity Scope, which used comedy to shine a light on the awkwardness that many people feel about disability. Brooker appeared in three advertisements guiding viewers through awkward situations that they may encounter with a disabled person.[11]


In September 2012, Brooker won The Million Pound Drop Live with Josh Widdicombe playing for Echoes Foundation, Scope Joseph's Goal.[12][13]



Filmography


Television



  • Half a Million Quid Talent Search (2012)


  • The Last Leg (2012—)


  • Alex Brooker: My Perfect Body (2013)


  • The Jump (2014)


  • The Superhumans Show (2016—)

  • The NHS: A People's History (2018)

  • Very British Problems(2018)


Guest appearances



  • The Million Pound Drop Live (September 2012) – Contestant with Josh Widdicombe


  • Alan Carr's Grand National Specstacular (19 March 2013) – Guest


  • Sunday Brunch (28 July 2013) – Guest


  • Celebrity Fifteen to One (20 September 2013, 13 June 2014) – Contestant


  • 8 Out of 10 Cats (18 October 2013, 8 November 2013, 14 April 2014, 4 November 2014, 27 June 2017) – Panellist


  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks (18 November 2013, 14 October 2014) – Guest


  • Fake Reaction (23 January 2014) – Panellist


  • Virtually Famous (4 August 2014) – Panellist


  • Celebrity Juice (11 September 2014) – Guest


  • The Chase: Celebrity Special (20 September 2014) – Contestant


  • Celebrity Squares (15 October 2014) – Guest


  • The Apprentice: You're Fired! (5 November 2014) – Panellist


  • Britain's Got More Talent (28 May 2015) – Panellist


  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (28 August 2015) – Mascot


  • Celebrity Benchmark (23 October 2015) – Contestant, won £6,000 for charity


  • All Star Mr & Mrs (25 November 2015) – Contestant


  • Would I Lie to You? (13 January 2016) – Contestant


  • Sunday Brunch (6 March 2016)

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo


  • Very British Problems (2015-2016) - interviewee


  • John Bishop: In Conversation With... (2016) - Interviewee (Series 1 Episode 4)



References





  1. ^ abc "Alex Brooker – Half-Million quid talent search video". Youtube. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/tv-star-alex-signs-up-for-team-1-8997053


  3. ^ abc "Graduate lands top TV sports presenting job". JMU Journalism. 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.


  4. ^ ab Chris Bradley. "C4 Presenters – Alex Brooker". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.


  5. ^ Ned Boulting (2 September 2012). "Ned Boulting: Alex Brooker deserves a medal for his Paralympic performance". Metro. London: Metro. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.


  6. ^ Paul Kalina. "Risking laugh and limb pays off". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2013.


  7. ^ Rifkind, Hugo (7 February 2015). "How Alex Brooker made political interviews interesting again". spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.


  8. ^ "Alex Brooker: My Perfect Body". Channel 4. Retrieved 31 December 2013.


  9. ^ "Channel 4 reveals the famous faces preparing to take The Jump". Channel 4 Press. Retrieved 11 December 2013.


  10. ^ "Footballistically Arsenal". podcast.playbackmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2017.


  11. ^ Parry, Lizzie (8 May 2014). "Two-thirds of us are uncomfortable talking to disabled people – because we fear we'll appear patronising". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 June 2014.


  12. ^ "Million Pound Charity Drop Benefits Disability Charities". Posability magazine. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.


  13. ^ Lucy Lyon (14 September 2012). "Million Pound Drop TV win 'saves' Hull's Echoes Foundation". This Is Hull and East Riding. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.




External links




  • Alex Brooker at Independent Talent Group


  • Alex Brooker on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata




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