Alex Winters | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Presenting CBeebies (2009–2016) |
| Spouse | Joanne Winters |
Alex Winters is a Welsh children's television presenter and actor.
Winters studied Drama and Theatre Studies with Psychology in Liverpool before he worked on a range of theatre projects and as a supporting artist in the locally filmed programmes Torchwood and Doctor Who.[1]
Winters was named as one of two new continuity presenters for Discover and Do and The Bedtime Hour on the BBC children's channel CBeebies, alongside Cerrie Burnell.[2] His first presentation links were broadcast on 26 January 2009. Winters left presenting CBeebies in 2016.
Winters was one of eight celebrities chosen to participate in an intense week learning Welsh in an eco-friendly chic campsite in Pembrokeshire, in the series cariad@iaith:love4language shown on S4C in May 2012.
After leaving CBeebies, Winters went on to found Gung-Ho!, an inflatable obstacle race company. [3]
In 2016, Alex was interviewed by Mormon Stories Podcast about his upbringing and his journey away from Mormonism.[4]
In 2021, he was the floor manager of Series 5 of CBeebies programme Justin's House.
In 2022, he starting working in international sport presentation.
References
- ↑ "CBeebies names its two new presenters". BBC. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ↑ "CBeebies names its two new presenters", BBC Press Office, 20 January 2009
- ↑ "CBeebies host Alex Winters tries out Gung-Ho! Cardiff before it opens this weekend". Wales Online. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "669-670: How U.K./BBC TV Star Alex Winters (CBeebies) Lost his Mormon Faith". Mormon Stories Podcast. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
External links
- Alex Winters - Cassius Management