Brian Alexander

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For the younger son of Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis, see Earl Alexander of Tunis.

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Brian Alexander (b. 9 April 1957) is a British broadcaster who is regularly to be heard on BBC Radio Five Live in the UK and on the BBC World Service. He hosted the Radio Five programme Late Night Live for a time. He can sometimes be heard presenting special sports discussion programmes on the network.

During an 18-year career in Fleet Street, Brian worked for nine different national papers. In addition to working on The Sun, Brian was also Sports Editor of the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard.

After a long career in newspaper journalism, Brian began presenting programmes for the BBC in 1996, beginning with The Back Page on Five Live before moving on to present the sports bulletins on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.

He then launched and presented two popular Five Live shows: Sportsweek on Sunday mornings and Papertalk on Friday evenings. He won a Gold at the Sony Radio Awards for Magazine Programme of the Year in 1997.

After hosting both shows for two years, Brian took over Late Night Live, making the transition from sport to news and current affairs.

He presented Weekend Breakfast in late 2001 on BBC Radio Five Live until 2006.

He also has plenty of television experience. He presented The Lion's Den on BBC ONE in March 1999, interviewing previous England football managers Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor, Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle prior to Kevin Keegan's first match in charge.

He also presented Sunday Turnstyle on Channel 5 for 12 months and Sportspage on cable network Channel One.