Lucy Alexander (born 3 April 1970) is an English television presenter and property expert. She is known for appearing on the

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property show ''

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''.

Early life

Alexander was born in

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, London, and has an elder sister, Sally. She graduated in drama and dance from the

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where one of her friends was actress

Tamzin Outhwaite Tamzin Maria Outhwaite (; born 5 November 1970) is an English actress, presenter and narrator. From 1998-2002, and again from 2018-2019, she played the role of Mel Owen in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. She has also starred in a number of ...

. In 1991, Alexander appeared in the music video for

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' single " The One and Only" alongside

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(later of

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fame) and Hawkes himself.

Presenting career

Alexander has presented on

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as well as Channel 5's morning children's block ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was also one of the main presenters on the now-defunct TV Travelshop Channel that was on air from April 1998 to March 2005. She co-presented the

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's ''

'' alongside Martin Roberts from its launch in 2003 until 2016 when she left the programme. In July 2016, Alexander presented the first episode of the five-part BBC documentary series ''Matron, Medicine and Me: 70 Years of the NHS'' in which she explored the current and historical medical treatment of patients with disabilities in the UK and described her own family's experience of the

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after her daughter was diagnosed with

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. In 2017, she appeared in

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's ''Tried and Tasted: The Ultimate Shopping List''. She began presenting the daytime

series ''Best of Both Worlds'' in 2017, replacing

Kirstie Allsopp Kirstie Mary Allsopp (born 31 August 1971) is a British television presenter, best known as co-presenter of Channel 4 property shows including ''Location, Location, Location'', '' Love It or List It UK'', '' Relocation, Relocation'' and ''Locat ...

. In 2017, she co-presented ''Lost and Found'' on

daytime with Simon O'Brien.

Personal life

Alexander was introduced to ex-

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footballer Stewart Castledine by a mutual friend, radio presenter Robin Banks. She married Castledine in 2000 in

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The couple have two children, Kitty (an actress) and

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(a footballer). They live in

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, Surrey.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Lucy 1970 births Living people English television presenters People from East Dulwich Television personalities from the London Borough of Southwark