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Alex Brooker
Alex Brooker

Alex Brooker

  • 40 years old
  • English
  • Writer and presenter
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Alex Brooker is an English journalist, presenter and comedian best known for co-hosting The Last Leg alongside Josh Widdicombe and Adam Hills, a late-night weekly socio-political discussion show on Channel 4 originally conceived to follow the 2012 Summer Paralympics, but which now covers the major topical affairs from the rolling news cycle.

Year Production Role
2024 The Last Leg - Series 31
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2024 Cheerful Earful Self
2024 The Last Leg - The Last Leg In Paris
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  1. E1 - Opening Ceremony
  2. E2 - Day 1
  3. E3 - Day 2
  4. E4 - Day 3
  5. E5 - Day 4
  6. E6 - Day 5
  7. E7 - Day 7
  8. E8 - Day 8
  9. E9 - Day 9
  10. E10 - Day 10
  11. E11 - Day 11
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2024 The Last Leg - Election Special Self
2024 Would I Lie To You? - Series 17
  1. Special - The Unseen Bits
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2024 The Last Leg - Series 30
  1. E1 - Episode One
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2024 The Last Leg - Series 30
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2024 Fantasy Football League - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
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2024 The Unofficial Science Of... Host / Presenter
2023 The Unofficial Science Of... Host / Presenter
2023 Would I Lie To You? - Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
  1. Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
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2023 Evil Genius With Russell Kane
  1. E3 - Pablo Escobar
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2023 A League Of Their Own - Series 18
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2023 The Last Leg - Series 29
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2023 Blankety Blank - Series 20
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2023 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 5
  1. E5 - Episode Five
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2023 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 31
  1. E1 - Episode One
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2023 The Last Leg - Series 28
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2023 The Last Leg - Series 27
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2022 The Unofficial Science Of... Host / Presenter
2022 The Last Leg - Series 26
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2022 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 6
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Outtakes & Best Bits
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2022 The Ranganation - Series 5
  1. E1 - Episode One
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2022 Blankety Blank - Series 19
  1. E2 - Episode Two
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2022 Shopping With Keith Lemon - Series 3
  1. E4 - Katie Price & Alex Brooker
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2022 A League Of Their Own - Series 17
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2022 Big Zuu's Big Eats - Series 3
  1. E4 - Alex Brooker
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2022 The Last Leg - Series 25
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2022 Flex Kitchen
  1. E3 - Alex Brooker
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2022 Comedians Giving Lectures - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
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2022 The Last Leg - Series 24
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2021 One Night In...
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2021 Question Team - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
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2021 The Last Leg - Series 23
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2021 The Last Leg - The Last Leg Of Tokyo 2020
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2021 A League Of Their Own - Series 16
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
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2021 The Last Leg - Series 22
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2021 Redknapp's Big Night Out
  1. E6 - Episode Six
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2021 Guessable? - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2021 Meet The Richardsons - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2021 Celebrity Juice - Series 25
  1. E6 - Episode Six
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2021 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
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2021 The Last Leg - Series 21
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2020 One Night In... Self
2020 Celebrity Juice - Series 24
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
  2. Special - The Boris Briefing
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2020 The Last Leg - Series 20
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2020 A League Of Their Own - Series 15
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
  2. Special - Highlights
  3. Special - Episode Ten
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2020 The Last Leg - The Last Leg: Locked Down Under
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2020 I'll Get This - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2020 Hypothetical - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
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2020 The Last Leg - Series 19
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2019 Richard Osman's World Cup Of The Decade Self
2019 The Last Leg - Series 18
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2019 The Last Leg - Series 17
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2019 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 21
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Best Bits, Part 1
  3. Special - Best Bits, Part 2
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2019 The Last Leg - Series 16
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2018 The Last Leg - Series 15
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2018 Alex Brooker's Comedy Short: Hands Of God Writer
2018 Alex Brooker's Comedy Short: Hands Of God Alex
2018 Roast Battle - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
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2018 The Last Leg - Series 14
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2018 Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Unseen
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2018 Climaxed - Series 2
  1. E4 - Calum and Nia
  2. E6 - Quickie Sex
Calum
2018 The Last Leg - Series 13
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2018 Roast Battle - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Self
2018 Room 101 - Series 7
  1. E2 - Alex Brooker, Jeremy Paxman, Sally Phillips
  2. Special - Bonus Bellyaches
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2017 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - 2017 Specials
  1. Special - Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular 2017
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2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 20
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. Special - More Best Bits
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2017 Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now... Live Announcer
2017 The Last Leg - Series 12
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2017 The Last Leg: Correspondents
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Announcer
2017 The Last Leg - Series 11
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2017 The Last Leg - Series 10
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2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 19
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. Special - Best Bits
  3. Special - More Best Bits
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2016 The Last Leg - Series 9
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2016 John Bishop In Conversation With... - Series 1
  1. E4 - Alex Brooker
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2016 The Last Leg - The Last Leg: Live From Rio
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2016 My Worst Job
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
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2016 The Last Leg - Series 8
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2016 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2016
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2016 Very British Problems - Series 2
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  1. E1 - School
  2. E2 - Friends
  3. E3 - Holidays
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2016 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 4
  1. E6 - Episode Six
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2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 8 (Channel 4: Series 9)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
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2016 Virtually Famous - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E8 - Episode Eight
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2016 The Last Leg - Series 7
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2016 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 10
  1. E5 - Jo Brand, Freddie Flintoff, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker, Josh Widdicombe, Jason Derulo
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2016 Would I Lie To You? - Series 9
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
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2015 Very British Problems - Very British Problems At Christmas Self
2015 Fighting Talk - Series 13
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
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2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 6 (Channel 4: Series 7)
  1. E16 - Episode Sixteen
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2015 Very British Problems - Series 1
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2015 The Last Leg - Series 6
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2015 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2015
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2015 Off Their Rockers - Blue Badge Specials
  1. E1 - Blue Badge Special 1
  2. E2 - Blue Badge Special 2
Writer (Additional Material)
2015 A League Of Their Own - Series 9
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Best Of - Vol 1
  3. Special - Unseen - Vol 1
  4. Special - Unseen - Vol 2
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2015 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 14
  1. E7 - Noel Gallagher, Last Leg hosts, No Offence cast
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2015 Play To The Whistle - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Extra Time
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2015 The Last Leg - General Election Specials
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2015 The Football's On - Series 2
  1. E36 - Episode Thirty Six
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2015 Virtually Famous - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
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2015 Reality Bites
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2015 The Last Leg - Series 5
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2015 The Last Leg - Last Leg Of The Year 2015 Self
2014 The British Comedy Awards
  1. E3 - British Comedy Awards: Even More Awards
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2014 The British Comedy Awards
  1. E3 - British Comedy Awards: Even More Awards
Host / Presenter
2014 The British Comedy Awards
  1. E1 - Nominations Show 2014
  2. E2 - British Comedy Awards 2014
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2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 18
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Jimmy, Sean & Jon's Best Bits
  3. Special - Best Bits
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2014 Sweat The Small Stuff - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Highlights Special
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2014 Celebrity Squares - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
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2014 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 28
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - The Series That Changed The World
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2014 Celebrity Juice - Series 12
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Bestest Bits 2014
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2014 Fighting Talk - Series 12
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E9 - Episode Nine
  3. E21 - Episode Twenty One
  4. E29 - Episode Twenty Nine
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2014 Virtually Famous - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
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2014 The Last Leg - Series 4
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2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 17
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
  2. Special - Best Bits
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2014 Celebrity Juice - Series 11
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Special Special
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2014 The Last Leg - Series 3
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2014 The Last Leg - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
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2014 Fake Reaction - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
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2013 Twit Of The Year Self
2013 The British Comedy Awards
  1. E1 - British Comedy Awards Nomination Show 2013
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2013 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 27
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
  2. Special - Buzzcocks: The Hunt For The Missing Episode - A Documentary With Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Guest
2013 Fighting Talk - Series 11
  1. E12 - Episode Twelve
  2. E20 - Episode Twenty
  3. E28 - Episode Twenty Eight
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2013 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 16
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
  3. Special - Best Bits
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2013 The Last Leg - Series 2
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2013 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013
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2013 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 10
  1. Special - Alan Carr's Grand National Specstacular
Guest
2013 The Last Leg - Series 1
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2012 The Last Leg - Last Leg Of The Year 2012 Self
2012 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 9
  1. E1 - Pink, Gok Wan, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker, Paralympians
Guest
1988 Comic Relief
  1. E17 - Comic Relief 2019
  2. E19 - Comic Relief 2021
  3. E20 - Comic Relief 2022
Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Alex Brooker on IMDb

Born
Tuesday 15th May 1984 (40 years-old)
Nationality
English

Alex Brooker was educated at the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent, before graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006. After his studies he began work as a sports writer for the Liverpool Echo, sparking a career in journalism that continues to this day with the Press Association.

In 2012 Brooker entered Channel 4's reality tv show Half A Million Quid Talent Search, which was created with the main purpose of discovering disabled talent for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games and beyond. During the opening ceremony of this international tournament, Brooker had the opportunity to interview politicians such as Boris Johnson and Adam Hills, and featured on The Last Leg Of The Year, an end-of-year special on Channel 4 that celebrated the success of the games in making Paralympic sport part of the national - and global - conversation.

Brooker is best known as co-host of The Last Leg (known during its debut series as The Last Leg With Adam hills) on Channel 4 since 2013. This is a late-night talk show hosted by Adam Hills that offers an overview of the day's events. Although it began with a particular focus on the Summer Paralympics (regularly pulling in audiences of over one million viewers each night), featuring analysis of the day's sporting achievements and guest interviews, it has since morphed into its own unique political talk-show, broadcast each week on Friday nights, and has now been running for several series. Hills has described it as "Three guys with four legs talking about the week", a reference to the fact that Hills was born without a right foot, and Alex's right leg was amputated as a baby.

In 2015, after the Liberal Democrats had entered a coalition with the Conservatives following a hung parliament, Brooker interviewed the former's leader, Nick Clegg, on the programme, employing a huge red 'Bullshit Button' that he would press whenever the politician said something that smacked of disingenuous spin, or which Brooker considered inaccurate. Another recurring aspect of the show is the hashtag #isitok, used by Hills to ask whether certain behaviour is, or is not, acceptable in modern society - all with a sardonic, satirical twist.

In 2012 Brooker participated in The Million Pound Drop Live alongside his future co-host on The Last Leg, Josh Widdicombe. The pair won the episode, winning £25,000 each for Hull's Echoes foundation, which helps children with special needs in East Yorkshire, and for Joseph's Goal, which aims to raise awareness of NKH (Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia).

Born with hand and leg deformities, and forced to wear a prosthetic leg after his twisted right leg was amputated when he was a baby, Brooker frequently discusses his own disability in his comedy. Moreover, in 2013 he hosted a one-off documentary on Channel 4 focusing on body image, and in 2014 he became the face of a campaign entitled "End The Awkward" by disability charity Scope, which aimed to normalise disability in the public sphere by breaking the existing taboos around the subject. This involved three separate advertisements in which Brooker would guide able-bodied people through the most appropriate way to respond to potentially unsettling or 'difficult' situations in real life.

Alongside his work on The Last Leg, Brooker has also featured on British comedy shows including 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Climaxed, and Room 101, as well as appearing as himself on Channel 4's Very British Problems.

An avid fan of Arsenal F.C., he regularly appears on the "Footballistically Arsenal" podcast to wax lyrical about the beautiful game. What is more, in 2018 Brooker joined the Leeds Rhinos' Foundation PDRL (Physical Disability Rugby League) team.

National Comedy Awards, The 2023
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance (Longlisted)
National Television Awards, The 2021
Authored Documentary (Longlisted (Alex Brooker: Disability And Me))
National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance (Longlisted)
I Talk Telly Awards 2021
Best TV Presenting Partnership (Nominee)
RTS Awards 2018
Entertainment Performance (Winner)
RTS Awards 2017
Entertainment Performance (Winner)
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