Alex Beresford

Alexander Isaac Beresford (born 17 October 1980) is an English television presenter employed by ITV.[1]

Alex Beresford
Born
Alexander Isaac Beresford

(1980-10-17) 17 October 1980
Bristol, England
OccupationTV presenter
Years active2004–present
EmployerITV
Notable credit(s)
Good Morning Britain
ITV Weather
Children1

Early life

Beresford was born in Bristol, England. His mother is White British (English) and his father is Black British (Guyanese). He grew up in the Eastville area of Bristol and went to the Saint Thomas Moore RC (now Fairfield) in Stapleton in Bristol.

Career

Beresford primarily worked for The West Tonight on ITV West based in Bristol, originally as an autocue operative in August 2004, but later retrained as a weather presenter in 2005.[2]

He has also presented the national ITV Weather since 26 November 2007.

In February 2009 he transferred to The West Country Tonight on ITV West Country following the demise of ITV West.

He was set to join the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak as their weather presenter on a permanent basis, this after he made a guest appearance, presenting on 16 March 2012, however he quit for personal reasons, but still continued to present on a stand-in basis for Laura Tobin.[3] Daybreak was axed on 25 April 2014; it was replaced by a new show, Good Morning Britain where Beresford has continued to provide cover for Tobin. He appears both in the studio and on location at events elsewhere.[4]

Beginning on 30 April 2013, Alex presented a three-part series for Channel 4 called The World's Weirdest Weather.[5] The following year, he hosted four-part Channel 4 series Britain's Most Extreme Weather which began airing on 28 April 2014.

In June 2015, January 2016, April 2019, June 2020 and October 2020 he presented five episodes of ITV's Tonight programme.[6][7]

On 20 August 2020, Beresford made his debut as a guest presenter of ITV’s Good Morning Britain.[8]

From 6 September 2020, Beresford presents ITV’s All Around Britain, a new weekly topical magazine series.[9][10]

Dancing on Ice
Main article: Dancing on Ice

Beresford took part in the tenth series of Dancing on Ice in 2018, partnered with Brianne Delcourt.[11] He was the seventh celebrity to be eliminated from the show following a skate off with Kem Cetinay and his partner Alex Murphy.

Other projects

Beresford runs a Diversity School Tour Project where he visits inner-city schools to talk about media careers. He was also chosen for the national role model programme for young black men by Hazel Blears.[12] He donated a toy truck to the Evening Post Christmas Toy Appeal.[13]

Personal life

Beresford resides in Eastville, Bristol.[14][15]

Beresford separated from wife Natalia Natkaniec in 2019; together they have a son, Cruz.[16]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2005–2009The West TonightWeather presenter
2007–ITV WeatherWeather presenter
2009–ITV News West CountryWeather presenter
2012–2014DaybreakWeather presenterStand-in presenter
2013–2014The World's Weirdest WeatherPresenter2 series, 11 episodes
2014Britain's Most Extreme WeatherPresenter1 series, 4 episodes
2014–Good Morning BritainWeather presenter (2014–)Guest presenter (2020–)
2015–TonightReporterEpisodes: “Alien Invaders”, “Floods: Are We Ready for the Future”, “Knife Crime & Me”, “Car Crime: Is My Car Safe?” and “Black & British”
2018Dancing on IceContestant
Saturday Morning with James MartinGuest1 episode
The Chase: Celebrity SpecialContestant1 episode
2019Ninja Warrior UKContestant1 episode
2020Living On The VegGuest1 episode
2020All Around BritainPresenter1 series, 16 episodes

References
  1. "ITV National Weather Team", itv.com, 28 June 2020.
  2. "Meet the team", ITV West Country (East), itv.com, 4 March 2012.
  3. Nicola Methven, "Daybreak weatherman Alex Beresford quits job before he's even started", The Mirror, 16 May 2012.
  4. Alex Beresford's ITV News profile, itv.com.
  5. The World's Weirdest Weather, Channel 4.
  6. Alex Beresford blog, Champion Talent.
  7. Will Charley and Daniel Chipperfield, "Everything you need to know about Good Morning Britain's Alex Beresford", Bristol Live, 22 July 2019.
  8. GMB: Alex Beresford says he’s ‘grateful’ as he presents show for the first time Rebecca Calderwood, Entertainment Daily, 20 August 2020
  9. New Weekend commissions from ITV for Autumn ITV Press Centre, 7 July 2020
  10. All Around Britain episodes itv.com
  11. Alex Beresford's Dancing on Ice profile, itv.com, 15 November 2017.
  12. "Bristol weatherman chosen as black role model", Archived 11 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Evening Post, 7 December 2008.
  13. Bristol weatherman donates to Christmas Toy Appeal Archived 15 September 2012 at Archive.today, Evening Post, 15 December 2008.
  14. Emmeline Saunders and Alexander Brock, "Bristol's Alex Beresford reveals single stab wound killed cousin during emotional return to Good Morning Britain", Bristol Live, 20 March 2019.
  15. Lydia Veljanovski, "Inside Alex Beresford lavish Bristol home as he reveals he's split from his wife", OK!, 11 June 2020.
  16. Jane Lanvender and Emmeline Saunders, "Alex Beresford’s heartbreaking family tragedies before devastating split with his wife", Daily Mirror, 9 June 2020.
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