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Alex Belfield (born 14 January 1980) is a British radio presenter, singer, comedian and entertainer. He lives in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, where he was born and went to school. == Radio career == In September 1997, Belfield was part of the launch team of Radio 106 where he began his professional career. In 1999, he was offered a six-month contract working Nairobi, Kenya presenting 'Belfield at Breakfast' at 98.4 Capital FM. He then returned to the UK to rejoin Century 106 for a third year working on the breakfast show. In September 2001 he joined BBC Radio Leicester as presenter and producer for 18 months. Belfield then moved to Mansfield 103.2 FM in January 2004 to present ''Belfield's Lunchtime Mega Phone-in''. This began his career as a talk/personality radio presenter. Belfield was fired Live on air by Managing Director, Tony Delahunty...and then mysteriously re-appeared the following day in his first of many high profile publicity stunts: In February 2001, he launched his own production company, Alex Belfield Productions, providing bespoke celebrity programmes which have been broadcast on over 80 radio stations in the UK. His subjects have included Ozzy Osbourne, Cilla Black, Donny Osmond, Frankie Valli, Dame Edna Everage, Katherine Jenkins and Lord Sugar. In 2002, Belfield presented a special programme, ''Live From New York'', to mark the first anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks, which was broadcast on 18 BBC radio stations in the UK. Guests included Ricki Lake and the Duchess of York. Between 2004 and 2010, he appeared on a number of radio stations, including Mercia FM, Touch FM, BBC Bristol, BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester. Belfield also recorded programmes for 3 years for both Coastline FM in Spain and CityTalk 105.9 in Liverpool. In 2006, he presented the breakfast show on Capital Gold in Birmingham for six weeks, before moving to London to take over the station's networked national late show called "The Late Night Revolution". In 2009, Belfield set up a website featuring his archive of celebrity interviews.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Celebrity Radio )〕 Recent official YouTube stats show Celebrity Radio attracted 8.6 million minutes viewed year on year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Celebrity Radio Web Stats )〕 The website is updated weekly with new theatre, restaurant, hotel and travel reviews plus celebrity guests. In May 2010, he joined BBC Radio Leeds to present the mid-morning show. Belfield attracted 50,000 listeners at 9am, the station peak.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Official BBC Leeds Listening Figures )〕 In February 2011, Belfield was on holiday in Egypt during the uprising against Hosni Mubarak and reported on events for a number of BBC television and radio services including BBC 5Live, BBC Breakfast on BBC 1, BBC News and BBC World. Belfield left BBC Radio Leeds in March 2011, saying "I'm not a journalist, never have been and frankly don't want to be". He has since described his time at BBC Leeds as "the worst year of my life". Belfield was featured Live on BBC Look North for Children In Need. 'Belfield's Live Challenges' raised £120,000 for the charity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Children In Need appeal for 2010 )〕 In December 2011, Belfield made his debut on BBC Radio 2 with Sir Jimmy Savile's "last in-depth interview", recorded at Savile's home in Leeds. The interview was broadcast on Christmas Day 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jimmy Savile BBC Radio 2 Website )〕 This final interview with Savile was originally published in ''The Sun'' on 31 October 2011, the day after his death, as a celebration of his life.〔 〕 The interview was later republished in the ''Daily Star'' on 12 October 2012 following the ITV Exposure programme exposing Savile as a prolific paedophile. Belfield also recorded the last UK interview with Andy Williams, published in the ''Daily Mirror'' following the singer's death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Belfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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