Alex joined the BBC as a trainee film sound recordist at Ealing Studios in 1965. He later became a Sound Recordist at BBC Pebble Mill working on a wide range of programmes including a drama nominated for a BAFTA in 1982 for Boys from the Blackstuff “Yosser’s Story”. In 1997 he set up as a freelancer, with his own equipment and has since worked on a wide range of programmes including broadcast television, corporates, live inserts and shorts.