Career
Brooker went to the Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent, before graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006 [3] 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, [3] [4] 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. [3] 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. [5] 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. [6] 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". [7]
On 1 August 2013, Brooker hosted a one-off documentary about body image on Channel 4, titled Alex Brooker: My Perfect Body. [8]
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 10 nights from a mountainside in Austria. [9] However, Brooker did not return for the second series in 2015. In 2016, he presented The Superhumans Show on Channel 4.
From 2020 to 2021, he co-presented One Night In with Josh Widdicombe. [10] [11] [12]
In May 2022, the BBC announced that Brooker would be one of the guest presenters to take over Richard Osman's role on Pointless . [13]
In 2024, Brooker participated as "Bigfoot" on the fifth series of The Masked Singer and finished in second place. [14]
Personal life
Brooker was born in Croydon. [1] He was born with congenital abnormalities of his hands and arm, and a twisted right leg which had to be amputated when he was a baby. He now wears a prosthetic leg. [15]
In 2014 Brooker married accountant Lynsey, and the couple have two daughters.
Brooker is a supporter of Arsenal F.C., appearing regularly on the Footballistically Arsenal podcast. [16]
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. [17]
In September 2012, Brooker won The Million Pound Drop Live with Josh Widdicombe playing for Echoes Foundation, Scope Joseph's Goal. [18] [19]
Brooker is the official ambassador of UK-based charity Legs4Africa. [20]
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