Alice Beer
{{Short description|English television presenter and consumer journalist (born 1965)}}
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Alice Beer (born 17 May 1965) is an English television presenter and consumer journalist. She is best known for appearing on the consumer investigative journalism programme Watchdog on BBC One between 1993 and 1999, and as the consumer presenter on This Morning since 2014.
Career
Beer trained as a primary school teacher{{Citation|title=Alice Beer's Money-Saving Guide To The Best Children's Stationery For 2021 {{!}} This Morning| date=September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRtyIsIgcc|language=en|access-date=2021-09-01}} from 1983 to 1987 at Roehampton Institute of Higher Education. In 1987, her first job was as a secretary on the BBC programme That's Life!.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/real-bodies-the-secret-of-my-success-alice-beer-1082092.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114045044/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/real-bodies-the-secret-of-my-success-alice-beer-1082092.html |archive-date=2018-01-14 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Real Bodies: The Secret Of My Success: Alice Beer|date=March 21, 1999|website=The Independent}} She was a trainee researcher on Kilroy and Gloria Live.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nmplive.co.uk/alice-beer|title=Book Alice Beer | Host & Presenter | NMP Live Agency|website=www.nmplive.co.uk}} She became an assistant producer on the consumer programme Watchdog and, from 1992 until 1999, she was a co-presenter with Anne Robinson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/alice-beer|title=Alice Beer|website=ITV}} After leaving Watchdog she appeared on programmes including Healthcheck,{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/bbc-unveils-details-radio-station-replace-ailing-glr/32895|title=BBC unveils details of radio station to replace ailing GLR|publisher=Campaign}} Face Value{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/morning-accused-not-taking-parsons-11176770|title=This Morning accused of not taking Parsons Green explosion seriously|first=Kyle|last=O'Sullivan|date=September 15, 2017|website=mirror}} and Real Rakeovers, as well as reporting for Holiday{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2015/03/30/tv-presenter-alice-beer-reveals-threatening-letters-sent-before-colleague-jill-dando-was-murdered-5127321/|title=TV presenter Alice Beer reveals death threats in wake of Jill Dando murder|date=March 30, 2015}} and Summer Holiday. She has also appeared as herself on Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
She was a regular presenter on The Heaven and Earth Show, and during two series of Hot Property for Five. She currently presents a programme for BBC London 94.9. Between December 2004 and February 2005, she presented a promotional video for Top Up TV. The looped film ran 19 hours each day on the Top Up TV Sampler channel. The channel was replaced by Xtraview before closing altogether in September 2005.
Beer has appeared on ITV programme This Morning since 2014.
Personal life
Beer and her husband Paul Pascoe live in Wiltshire, and have twin daughters, Phoebe and Dora, born in 2003.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-22|title=This Morning's Alice Beer's home is the dream farmhouse escape – see inside|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/20210122105189/alice-beer-home-inside-photos/|access-date=2021-09-01|website=HELLO!|language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:English television presenters
Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists