Alex Winters

Alex Winters (born 10 January 1977 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh children's television presenter and actor, who studied Drama and Theatre Studies with Psychology in Liverpool before working on a range of theatre projects and as a supporting artist in the hit, locally filmed, programmes Torchwood and Doctor Who.[1]

For the American-British actor, see Alex Winter.

Alex Winters
Born (1977-01-10) 10 January 1977
Cardiff, Wales, UK
NationalityWelsh
OccupationTV Presenter
Known forPresenting CBeebies (2009–2015)
Spouse(s)Joanne Winters
WebsiteCBeebies Meet Alex

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. His first presentation links were broadcast on 26 January 2009. Winters left presenting CBeebies in 2015.

Winters is also 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, Alex went on to found Gung-Ho!, an inflatable obstacle race company operating in the UK and Northern Europe. [2]

In 2016, Alex was interviewed by Mormon Stories Podcast about his upbringing and his journey away from Mormonism.[3]

References
  1. "CBeebies names its two new presenters". BBC. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  2. "CBeebies host Alex Winters tries out Gung-Ho! Cardiff before it opens this weekend". Wales Online. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "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.


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