Alex Beresford: Biography, Age, Wife, Family and ITV Weather Career
Most weather presenters are happy to point at a map, read out the temperatures and leave the headlines to somebody else. Alex Beresford has never really been one of them. The Bristol-born ITV presenter has spent two decades climbing from the autocue desk to the national weather map, won a celebrity race across 24 countries alongside his dad, and fronted primetime documentaries on knife crime and men’s mental health. And in March 2021 he found himself at the centre of one of the most talked-about mornings in British television history. So who is Alex Beresford away from the studio? From his Bristol childhood and his marriage to wife Imogen, to his son Cruz, baby daughter Camille and his 2026 book, this is his full story.
Quick Facts
| Full name | Alexander Beresford |
| Date of birth | 17 October 1980 |
| Age | 46 years old |
| Birthplace | Bristol, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Weather presenter and television presenter |
| Known for | ITV Evening News weather, Good Morning Britain, ITV Weather |
| Employer | ITV (2004–present) |
| Wife | Imogen McKay (married 19 September 2022) |
| Children | Son Cruz and daughter Camille |
| Honours | Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Gloucestershire |
Early Life and Education
Alexander Beresford was born on 17 October 1980 in Bristol, England, which makes him 46 years old. He grew up in the Eastville area of the city, in a family that reflected two sides of the Atlantic: his mother is English and his father is Guyanese. That mixed heritage, and the experience of growing up between two cultures in inner-city Bristol, is something he has returned to again and again in his later work as a broadcaster, campaigner and now author.
He was educated locally, at St Thomas More RC School in Eastville — the school has since been renamed Fairfield High School. There was no famous stage school or media fast-track in his background; his route into television would be the slow, traditional one, starting at the very bottom of a regional newsroom and working his way up. It is a journey he still talks about when he visits schools in Bristol and beyond, telling pupils from backgrounds like his own that a career in the media is not reserved for other people.
Career
From the Autocue to the National Weather Map
Beresford joined ITV in August 2004, working on The West Tonight at ITV West in Bristol — but not in front of the camera. His first job was behind it, as a teleprompter (autocue) operator, feeding scripts to the presenters he would one day stand alongside. In 2005 he retrained as a weather presenter, and the climb was rapid from there: on 26 November 2007 he began presenting the national ITV Weather, barely three years after walking into the building as a member of the production crew.
When ITV West was restructured, he moved across to The West Country Tonight in February 2009 and became the settled face of the region’s weather, all while continuing his national appearances. It was the classic regional apprenticeship — hundreds of bulletins, local events, location broadcasts in all weathers — and it gave him the relaxed, unflappable live style that later made him such a natural fit for breakfast television.
Daybreak, Good Morning Britain and One Famous Morning
National breakfast television came calling in 2012, though not without a twist. After a guest appearance presenting the weather on Daybreak on 16 March 2012, Beresford was set to join the programme permanently — then quit before he had properly started, for personal reasons. He carried on as a stand-in for the show’s weather presenter Laura Tobin, and when Daybreak was replaced by Good Morning Britain in 2014, he continued in the same cover role, appearing in the studio and out on location.
His standing on the programme grew steadily. On 20 August 2020 he made his debut as a guest presenter of Good Morning Britain, sitting in the host’s chair rather than standing at the weather map, and the following month he began co-presenting ITV’s weekly magazine series All Around Britain. Then came the morning that changed how the country saw him. On 9 March 2021, the day after the Oprah Winfrey interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex aired in Britain, Beresford challenged his co-presenter Piers Morgan over comments Morgan had made about the Duchess of Sussex. The exchange grew heated, Morgan walked off the set, and he left the programme later that day. The show’s coverage of the interview went on to attract a record 57,121 complaints to the regulator Ofcom. Beresford stayed calm throughout — and stayed on the programme, where he remains a regular presence as a weather presenter and guest host.
Documentaries with a Mission
Alongside the weather, Beresford built a second career in documentaries. For Channel 4 he fronted The World’s Weirdest Weather, which began on 30 April 2013 and ran to two series, and the four-part Britain’s Most Extreme Weather in 2014. He also became a reporter on ITV’s flagship current affairs programme Tonight, fronting editions on subjects from flooding to car crime — and one film that was painfully personal.
In March 2019, just ten days after Beresford had intervened live on Good Morning Britain to argue that building more prisons was not the answer to knife crime, his cousin Nathaniel Armstrong, 29, was stabbed to death in Fulham, West London. Weeks later, on 25 April 2019, ITV broadcast his Tonight documentary Knife Crime and Me, in which he travelled from Bristol to London, Glasgow and the West Midlands meeting gang members, knife carriers and bereaved families. The film was widely praised and earned him an RTS nomination. He remains an ambassador for Empire Fighting Chance, the Bristol charity that uses boxing to steer young people away from violence, and runs a Diversity School Tour Project, visiting inner-city schools to talk about media careers. Back in 2008 he had been chosen for the government’s national role model programme for young Black men, and he has since received an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Gloucestershire.
In October 2023 came another deeply personal film. Black Boys Can Cry, made for ITV’s Fresh Cuts strand and shown on ITV1 on 8 October 2023, saw Beresford explore the mental health crisis among Black British men — a journey inspired by the suicide of his best friend, Martin Walker, in 2020. In the film he met men who had been through severe mental illness, as well as the experts trying to change the statistics, and spoke openly about grief, masculinity and the pressure to stay silent.
Ice Skates, Musicals and a Race Across the World
If the documentaries showed his serious side, his entertainment appearances showed he does not take himself too seriously. In 2018 he competed in the tenth series of Dancing on Ice, partnered with professional skater Brianne Delcourt, and skated all the way to the semi-finals. In 2022 he went one better, winning ITV’s All Star Musicals. The same spring brought a career milestone: in March 2022, after 17 years with ITV in the West Country, he left the region to become the live weather presenter on the extended ITV Evening News in London — the role he still holds today, presenting the national forecast on ITV’s flagship evening bulletin.
Then, in 2023, came the adventure of a lifetime. Beresford teamed up with his father, Noel, for BBC One’s Celebrity Race Across the World, racing rival pairs across 24 countries from Morocco to the finish line in Tromsø, Norway — with no phones, no flights and no credit cards. Father and son won the series, reaching the final checkpoint just four minutes ahead of McFly drummer Harry Judd and his mother Emma. It was a victory that showed a whole new audience the warmth, humour and stubborn determination his breakfast viewers had known for years.
The Book: Things We Should Talk About
In September 2026 Beresford added “author” to his CV. His debut book, Things We Should Talk About: Conversations on Identity, Belonging and Being British, was published by Sphere (Little, Brown) on 10 September 2026. Written over the course of a year — much of it with his baby daughter on his lap — the book explores race, class, identity, masculinity and mental health through his own story and conversations with guests including relationship expert Paul C. Brunson and actress Adjoa Andoh. It is the natural next step for a presenter who has spent a decade starting the conversations other people shy away from.
Personal Life
So, who is Alex Beresford’s wife? His wife is Imogen McKay, an Australian-born e-commerce professional — but his path to meeting her was not a smooth one. Beresford was previously married to Natalia Natkaniec, with whom he has a son, Cruz, born around 2010. That marriage broke down at the end of 2019, and the couple began living separately just before the pandemic. Beresford later spoke with unusual honesty about that period on the Britain Get Talking podcast, admitting that he had felt lonely approaching 40 and had never expected to be starting again: “I’m not a quitter, and I hate quitting things,” he said of the split. It was, by his own account, a massive learning curve.
In August 2020, a mutual friend set him up on a blind date with Imogen. The connection was instant, and on New Year’s Day 2022 he proposed on a beach in Deià, Mallorca. On 19 September 2022 the couple married in front of around 100 family and friends at the Son Marroig estate on the island — a clifftop ceremony a short distance from the beach where he had proposed. Cruz, then 12, played a starring role as ring bearer and “mini best man”. The day carried an unexpected weight: it was the same day as the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II back home in Britain, and before the evening ceremony Beresford paid his own quiet tribute to the late monarch.
In September 2024 the couple announced they were expecting their first child together, and in February 2025 they welcomed a daughter, Camille — Beresford’s second child and Imogen’s first. He announced her arrival on Instagram with thanks to the NHS staff who had cared for his wife and their “newest addition”. These days family life comes first around the day job: a teenage son, a toddler daughter, and a presenter dad who has somehow still found time to write a book in the middle of it all.
Net Worth
Beresford has never disclosed his salary or his wealth, so there is no official figure for his fortune. Websites that estimate celebrity wealth vary wildly in his case: the figure most commonly quoted is around $1 million, while other sites claim several times that amount, and none of them publish any evidence for their numbers. What is certain is that he has earned his living from television for more than twenty years, rising from a behind-the-scenes job in a regional newsroom to national roles on ITV’s breakfast and evening news programmes, with documentaries, entertainment shows and now a book alongside. Treat any exact net worth figure you see online as an unverified estimate rather than a fact.
Beresford is part of a golden generation of British weather presenters who have become television personalities in their own right. You can read more about his fellow presenters in our biographies of Louise Lear and Keeley Donovan of BBC Weather, and Helen Willetts, another familiar face from the BBC weather team.
FAQs
How old is Alex Beresford?
Alex Beresford is 46 years old. He was born on 17 October 1980 in Bristol, England, and his zodiac sign is Libra.
Who is Alex Beresford’s wife?
Alex Beresford’s wife is Imogen McKay, an Australian-born e-commerce professional. The couple met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend in August 2020 and married on 19 September 2022 at the Son Marroig estate in Mallorca, Spain.
Does Alex Beresford have children?
Yes, he has two children. His son, Cruz, was born around 2010 during his first marriage to Natalia Natkaniec. His daughter, Camille, was born in February 2025 to Alex and his wife Imogen.
Where is Alex Beresford from?
He is from Bristol, England, where he was born and raised in the Eastville area of the city. His mother is English and his father is Guyanese. He attended St Thomas More RC School in Eastville, now known as Fairfield High School.
What is Alex Beresford’s net worth?
There is no official figure, because Beresford has never disclosed his earnings. Online estimates vary enormously — the most commonly quoted figure is around $1 million, but the estimates are unsourced and unverified, so they should only be treated as a rough guide.
How tall is Alex Beresford?
His height has never been officially published. Some websites estimate that he stands at around 5 feet 8 inches, but the figure is unverified, so we do not present it as fact.
Is Alex Beresford still on Good Morning Britain?
Yes — he still appears on Good Morning Britain as a weather presenter and guest host. His main role since March 2022, however, has been as the live weather presenter on the ITV Evening News, ITV’s flagship evening bulletin, alongside his national ITV Weather appearances.
