Alexander Isaac Beresford (born 17 October 1980) is an English weather presenter employed by

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, 28 June 2020.

Early life

Beresford was born in

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, England. His mother is English and his father is Guyanese. He grew up in the Eastville area of Bristol and went to the St Thomas More RC School (now Fairfield High School) in Eastville.

Career

Beresford primarily worked for ''

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'' on

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based in

, originally as a

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operator in August 2004, but later retrained as a weather presenter in 2005. He has also presented the national

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since 26 November 2007. In February 2009 he transferred to ''

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'' on

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following the demise of ITV West. He was set to join the

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programme '' Daybreak'' as its 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

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. ''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. Beginning on 30 April 2013, Beresford presented a three-part series for

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called ''The World's Weirdest Weather''. The following year, he hosted four-part

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 Beresford presented five episodes of ITV's ''

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'' programme. On 20 August 2020, Beresford made his debut as a guest presenter of ITV's '' Good Morning Britain''. On 9 March 2021, the morning after the UK airing of the ''

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walked off the '' Good Morning Britain'' show, following weather presenter Beresford's alternative narrative for Morgan's behaviour.

"Piers Morgan's comments about the Duchess of Sussex on ''Good Morning Britain'' have attracted a record number of complaints to TV regulator
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."

From 6 September 2020, Beresford co-presents ITV's ''All Around Britain'', a new weekly topical magazine series. In March 2022, Alex left his position at

to take up the newly-created role of live weather presenter on the extended ''

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''. Alex presents from the main studios in London, as well as occasionally reporting on the weather from other locations across the UK.

''Dancing on Ice''

Beresford took part in the tenth series of ''

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'' in 2018, partnered with

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. He was the eighth celebrity to be eliminated from the show following a skate off with

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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

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Personal life

Beresford resides in Bristol and London. He separated from his ex partner Natalia in 2019; together they have a son, Cruz. They were never married despite online reports.Jane Lanvender and Emmeline Saunders
"Alex Beresford’s heartbreaking family tragedies before devastating split with his wife"
''Daily Mirror'', 9 June 2020.

Filmography

References

External links

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