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Alex Beresford

Alex Beresford
Born Alexander Isaac Beresford
(1980-11-28) 28 November 1980 (age 36)
Bristol, England
Occupation Television presenter
Weather forecaster
Years active 2004–present
Employer ITV
Channel 4
Notable credit(s) Daybreak
ITV Weather
The World's Weirdest Weather
Britain's Most Extreme Weather
Good Morning Britain
Family Noel and Rose Beresford

Alexander Isaac Beresford (born 28 November 1980) is an English television presenter and weather forecaster, currently freelancing primarily with ITV.

Beresford was born in Bristol, England. His mother is White British (English) and his father is Black British (Jamaican). He grew up in the Eastville area of Bristol and went to St Thomas More Catholic School.

Beresford primarily works for ITV West Country based in Bristol, originally as an autocue operative in August 2004, but later retrained as a weather presenter. He has also presented the national ITV Weather since 26 November 2007.

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.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, Alex presented a three-part series for Channel 4 called The World's Weirdest Weather. The following year, he hosted four-part Channel 4 series Britain's Most Extreme Weather which began airing on 28 April 2014. In January 2016, he presented an episode of Tonight, about flooding.


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