Alex Brooker

Alexander James "Alex" Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter, best known for his television work with Channel 4.
Brooker has co-hosted The Last Leg, a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe since 2012, as well as co-presenting Channel 4 ski jumping show The Jump with Davina McCall in 2014. In 2016, he began presenting The Superhumans Show for Channel 4 daytime.

Brooker went to the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent, before graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006 and worked as a sports reporter on the Liverpool Echo. He now works for the Press Association.

Brooker entered Channel 4's Half a Million Quid Talent Search in 2012, which aimed to find disabled talent for coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games and beyond. He first appeared as a trackside reporter on Channel 4's coverage of the 2011 BT Paralympic World Cup. Brooker interviewed the likes of Boris Johnson and David Cameron during the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony and was a co-host on The Last Leg with Adam Hills, a nightly alternative look at the Games. Brooker was also on The Last Leg of the Year, an end of year special with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe.

Since 25 January 2013, Brooker has been a co-host on The Last Leg on Channel 4. In February 2015 Brooker interviewed Nick Clegg for the programme: his performance was described by political journalist Hugo Rifkind as "a model of how to talk normally to a politician – and make them talk normally back".

On 1 August 2013, Brooker hosted a one-off documentary about body image on Channel 4, titled Alex Brooker: My Perfect Body.

In January and February 2014, Brooker co-presented the first series of celebrity reality show The Jump on Channel 4 opposite Davina McCall. The series was broadcast live over ten nights from a mountainside in Austria. However, Brooker did not return for the second series in 2015. In 2016, he presented The Superhumans Show on Channel 4.

Brooker is originally from Ashford, Kent. He was born with hand and arm deformities and a twisted right leg which had to be amputated when he was a baby. He now wears a prosthetic leg. He is a fanatical supporter of Arsenal FC, regularly appearing on 'Footballistically Arsenal' podcast.

In January 2017 it was revealed on The Last Leg that Brooker and his wife have had a baby daughter earlier that month.

Charity

In May 2014, Brooker fronted a campaign called 'End The Awkward' by disability charity Scope, which used comedy to shine a light on the awkwardness that many people feel about disability. Brooker appeared in three advertisements guiding viewers through awkward situations that they may encounter with a disabled person.

In September 2012, Brooker won The Million Pound Drop Live with Josh Widdicombe playing for Echoes Foundation, Scope Joseph's Goal.

Television

• Half a Million Quid Talent Search (2012)
• The Last Leg (2012—)
• Alex Brooker: My Perfect Body (2013)
• The Jump (2014)
• The Superhumans Show (2016—)

Guest appearances

• The Million Pound Drop Live (September 2012) – Contestant with Josh Widdicombe
• Alan Carr's Grand National Specstacular (19 March 2013) – Guest
• Sunday Brunch (28 July 2013) – Guest
• Celebrity Fifteen to One (20 September 2013, 13 June 2014) – Contestant
• 8 Out of 10 Cats (18 October 2013, 8 November 2013, 14 April 2014 and 4 November 2014) – Panellist
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (18 November 2013, 14 October 2014) – Guest
• Fake Reaction (23 January 2014) – Panellist
• Virtually Famous (4 August 2014) – Panellist
• The Chase: Celebrity Special (20 September 2014) – Contestant
• Celebrity Squares (15 October 2014) – Guest
• The Apprentice: You're Fired! (5 November 2014) – Panellist
• Britain's Got More Talent (28 May 2015) – Panellist
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (28 August 2015) – Mascot
• Celebrity Benchmark (23 October 2015) – Contestant, won £6,000 for charity
• All Star Mr & Mrs (25 November 2015) – Contestant
• Would I Lie to You? (13 January 2016) – Contestant
• Sunday Brunch (6 March 2016)
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo
• Very British Problems (2015-2016) - interviewee
• John Bishop: In Conversation With... (2016) - Interviewee (Series 1 Episode 4)