Alex Brooker

Brooker, Gamble & Mangan among Pointless guest hosts

Alex Brooker, Ed Gamble and Stephen Mangan will form part of the stellar line-up will step in, and help present daytime episodes of the hit BBC One show alongside Alexander Armstrong, following Richard Osman's recent announcement he is to step down from hosting the daytime series of the hit show.

New Channel 4 series being filmed at Wiltshire pub with Inbetweeners star

A brand new Channel 4 series, The Hobby Man, has been filmed in Wiltshire over the last few days.

Presenter Alex Brooker and Joe Thomas from The Inbetweeners paid a visit to Lacock pub The Rising Sun on Friday afternoon to have a chat over a beer with a view.

The Last Leg presenters on busting disability taboos

For the past nine years, Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker and their team have helped change the conversation around disability on TV. They reflect on their success - and why it's increasingly hard to be edgy.

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable review

In Unforgivable, Mel Giedroyc's been saddled a format that she doesn't even have much confidence in, the needlessly complex negative scoring, unnecessary gong, and convoluted rounds becoming a running joke even from episode one. But ignore all that hoo-ha and this is essentially a chat show stripped back to the good bits. Guests can forget plugging the latest project or telling us what a delight their co-stars were. Just tell the entertaining and embarrassing stories from your past.

Alex Brooker critical of The Witches limb impairments

A new film version of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches has been criticised for its depictions of limb difference. The film, which stars Anne Hathaway, features evil characters who have distinct hand and feet impairments. Alex Brooker, who has hand and arm impairments, told the BBC that the images "jarred quite a lot" and could "add to the stigma" around disability.