Alex Lovell

Alex is bright and bubbly, cool and funny. She lights up the screen with her infectious smile and confidence. Highly talented, versatile and very professional, Alex brings quality and enthusiasm to everything she turns her hand to.

Alex was the main anchor for BBC Points West — the most popular nightly BBC News regional programme — from 2005 to 2023, making her one of the most recognised personalities in the West. She became co-presenter of ITV News West Country from January 2024.

Career Highlights

For five years she hosted the daily Five Live game show Brainteaser, launched the auction channel bidtv with Paul Ross, and shone with Dave Benson Phillips on Playhouse Disney — a successful format that went around the world.

As a voice-over artist, Alex has credits on Channel 4's Deal or No Deal, Fool Around With…, Discovery's Wedding Planners, Five's In The Grid and many others.

Trained as an actor in London, Alex has appeared in Blood Brothers, Playdays, pantomime, Love Soup, My Dad's the Prime Minister and The Bill.

Alex lives in Wiltshire, loves fashion, is studying British Sign Language — and is a karaoke star, though she's too modest to admit it.