Alex Lovell
Biography
Yorkshire lass who started out as a stage actress, before moving into children's TV as the voice of the Whybird in Playdays, and then as a continuity presenter for the Playhouse Disney channel alongside Dave Benson Phillips. She's also been a presenter on bid-up.tv and the late Auction World, but is best-known for student fave Brainteaser.
A mid-career switch to regional news saw her become a long-serving anchor of the BBC's Points West for eighteen years, followed by a defection to ITV's West Country newsroom in 2024.
Trivia
Lots of newsreaders have become game show hosts, but we can't think of many who've gone the other way - just her and Moira Stuart, we reckon.
In 2019, one 'Points West' viewer - a Somerset pensioner - was jailed for two-and-a-half years after carrying out a six-year stalking campaign against Lovell. Not only was it the lead story on that evening's programme, but Lovell herself contributed as an interviewee, rather than her usual role.
Contact
First Artist Management, 3 Tenterden Street, London W1S 1TD
She can also be reached through her website (see below).