Good Morning Britain star Alex Beresford marked an incredible milestone live on the programme on Friday morning as he celebrated 20 years at ITV. Hosts Adil Ray and Kate Garraway made the announcement near the beginning of the show and praised their colleague's "incredible" achievement. Adil told viewers: " It's a very special day for someone today.
You won't believe it, looking at them, that they've been around this long. But Alex is celebrating 20 years at ITV. Unbelievable.
Incredible! "He started when he was five years old, everyone," joked the presenter, before introducing two clips from Alex's early career as a weather presenter for ITV. Teasing his co-star for his questionable fashion sense in the throwback videos, Adil quipped: "Alex, you thought you hadn't seen that tie for twenty years!" Alex admitted: "Let me tell you, my wardrobe was absolutely terrible when I started. I didn't have a clue what I was doing.
"In fact, it was the editor of this programme, Neil Thompson, who pulled me aside one day as I was about to start presenting the national weather and said, 'Alex, we need to talk about your suits,'" he recalled, adding: "I needed help and luckily he stepped in. Ever since, I've never looked back and I look quite smart so thank you very much, Neil." Praising Alex's presenting skills, Kate said: "You were great from day one by the look of that," to which Alex admitted: "I didn't feel great, to be honest with you.
I was nervous. But this is the only first-time job.