Alex Payne (born June, 1980) is a television presenter and broadcaster in the UK.

Early life and education

Payne attended

Sandroyd School Sandroyd School is an independent co-educational preparatory school for day and boarding pupils aged 2 to 13 in the south of Wiltshire, England. The school's main building is Rushmore House, a 19th-century country house which is surrounded by the ...

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

Edinburgh University The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1582 ...

Career

Until 2018 he spent much of his career presenting live coverage of

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Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...

, where he also hosted the Rugby Club. Payne was one of the youngest presenters on the channel when he started, and became the lead presenter of their coverage of English and European Rugby, and hosted coverage of England's Internationals. He now hosts the podcast 'The Good, The Bad & The Rugby', which debuted at no.1 in the

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charts before releasing its first episode.

Personal life

Payne is married with two children, the eldest of which was born prematurely at 29 weeks into pregnancy.

References

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