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'{{For|the professional wrestler|Alex Riley}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2009}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Alex Riley | birth_name = Alexander John Riley | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|3|29}} | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | nationality = British | active = 1988–present | notable_work = | medium = [[Stand-up comedy|Stand up]], [[television]] | television = ''''[[The Caravan Show]]'''' | genre = | subject = | spouse = | children = 2 sons }} '''Alexander John "Alex" Riley''' (born 29 March 1968 in [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]], England) is an English [[TV]] and [[radio]] [[presenter]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alex Riley|url=http://www.cloud9management.co.uk/alexriley|website=Cloud9management.com|accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref> ==Early life and education== Born and brought up in Sheffield, Riley started performing with the city's [[Crucible Theatre|Crucible Youth Theatre]], during which time he originated, and appeared in, [[Sketch comedy|sketches]] and [[devised theatre|devised pieces]], as well as appearing in a number of plays and farces at the Library Theatre. ==Career== Riley had a succession of jobs, including spells managing a shopping centre and selling aerial photographs, before successfully answering an on-air appeal for researchers on [[BBC TV]]'s [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]] programme. A lifelong car enthusiast, Riley was in his element writing scripts for racing driver turned presenter [[Vicki Butler-Henderson]] and making many ''cameo'' appearances before being given the chance to present his own items. Amongst these were a 9-hour [[road trip]] from London to Brighton on the world's oldest vehicle, a challenge to build a car in 16 hours from junk bought at Europe's largest auto [[jumble sale]] and appearing as [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] at the UK's premier American lifestyle festival. He went on to write and perform sketches for [[BBC One]] specials on the [[Chelsea Flower Show]] and [[Britain in Bloom]], appear as a bed-hopping bigamist in a prime time BBC One documentary ''Bigamy'' and write and present Short Circuits, an innovative 10-part series for [[Planet Green|Discovery Home and Leisure]] which combined [[Scalextric]] with tips on making realistic scenery out of chicken wire. Moving sideways to [[radio]], he was chosen as the voice of ''The Comedy Club'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/presenters/alexriley/|title=Alex Riley|publisher=BBC Radio 7|accessdate=2 August 2012}}</ref> a nightly 2-hour comedy strand which played a significant part in [[BBC Radio 4 Extra|BBC7]] achieving the Sony Gold Award for ''Station Sound''. Returning to [[TV]], Riley has presented two series of ''Boys Toys'', a series for [[ITV Westcountry|ITV1 West Country]], the ''Caravan Show'' for [[Discovery Real Time]], a tongue-in-cheek active sports series ''You Know You Want To'' (again for ITV1 Westcountry) and, after buying a [[Triumph TR7]], ''Classic Car Club'', for Discovery Real Time. He has also been a "traveller" for [[Globe Trekker]].<ref>http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/travelers/alex_riley.php</ref> For [[BBC Three]]'s ''Mischief'' series Riley has also presented documentaries which made use of dramatic stunts to confront those responsible for problems on the UK's public transport network and for the fact that thousands of homes across the country lie empty at a time when housing is in short supply. For a 2008 ''Mischief'' documentary on food, Riley attempted to create his own meat pie using the minimum requirements set by the [[Food Standards Agency]]. When shown on [[BBC One]], it got 2.6 million viewers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/comedian-reveals-unsavoury-truth-of-food-production-1816859.html |title=Comedian reveals unsavoury truth of food production |publisher=Independent |first=Martin |last=Hickman |date=8 November 2009 |accessdate=18 November 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114070517/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/comedian-reveals-unsavoury-truth-of-food-production-1816859.html |archivedate=14 November 2009 |deadurl=no }}</ref> prompting the creation of a series of 3 documentaries titled ''Britain's Really Disgusting Food'', aired in January 2009. His new show aired in 2010 called ''Britain's Really Disgusting Drink''. From 2015, Riley has appeared 6 times on the [[CBBC]] panel show ''[[The Dog Ate My Homework (TV series)|The Dog Ate My Homework]]''. Riley also hosts ''[[All Over the Workplace]]'' for CBBC. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2203728|name=Alex Riley}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Alex}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Sheffield]] [[Category:English male comedians]] [[Category:English television presenters]]'