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Richard Alexander(TV producer & presenter) |
| Richard Alexander | |
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 Richard Alexander with Michelle Marsh |
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| Birth name | Richard Alexander Milnes |
| Born | June 3 1972  Bradford, England |
| Years active | 2002 – present |
Richard Alexander (born 3 June 1972) is an English producer.
Early life
Alexander was born in Wibsey, Bradford in the UK and went to school, the area where the feature directed by Alan Clarke, Rita, Sue and Bob Too was filmed (although he never attended the upper school). At age 13 he attended Hipperholme Grammar School, where he shared the same class, and subsequently became acquainted with, Danny McNamara of Embrace. Later on he studied under the EIMC Department at the University of Bradford or the National Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television), gaining a second class BSc Honours Degree in Electronic Imaging & Media Communications. [1]
Television
Alexander is perhaps best known for his work with Men and Motors, a digital channel
in the UK operated by ITV Digital, having made, or
appeared in over 100 shows on their channel in the last 5 years.
His first appearance was on his own creation, a reality clubbing show called
UK Uncovered in which he and other presenters interviewed every day, people in the
environment or nightclubs. This simple formula was relatively successful, which resulted in 2further
series of the same show, culminating in 2006 with UK
Uncovered : Full On. In 2004 he appeared in a mockumentary TV series entitled The Randomball Run [2] and also hosted a current affairs show for a younger audience on
Other work
Alexander worked on a (relatively) low-budget digital project between 1997 and 2000, which was to be distributed internationally but the deal was held up
by complications, at which point he left the otherwise-completed project to pursue his TV ambitions. He was director of photography, editor and
Personal life
He is related to J B Priestley, who is his mother's great uncle and by strange coincidence there is a statue of him (Priestley) outside the National Media Museum where Alexander studied media.
Filmography
- The "C" Word (2007) documentary — Producer/Director
- The Steam Room: with Michelle Marsh (2006) TV Series — Co-Host/Producer
- Bak2Skool (2006) TV Series — Master Bates
- UK Uncovered : Full On (2005) TV Series — Host/Producer
- The Randomball Run 2004 (2004) TV Series — Himself
- The Steam Room: with Jo Guest (2004) TV Series — Narrator/Producer
- Who's the Daddy? (2004) documentary — Himself
- UK Uncovered 2 (2004) TV Series — Host/Producer
- Late Attitude (2004) TV Series — Host
- Summer Party (2003) TV Series — Host
- UK Uncovered (2002) TV Series — Host/Producer
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