Alex Hall

Early life Her father was a semi-professional footballer for Nuneaton Borough FC. She lived in Peterlee from the age of 3 until 10, then in Billingham both on Stockton Street and York Crescent, when her father worked for ICI. She attended St John the Evangelist Primary and St Joseph's Convent grammar school in Hartlepool. She worked in the advertising sales department of the Northern Echo and the Evening Gazette.

Television career Hall appeared in ITV's Emmerdale as Jean Strickland, the headteacher of Hotten Comprehensive, sporadically between 1999 and 2001. Her character was killed-off in a hit and run involving a number of her students. Hall had previously appeared in many well-known TV shows including Coronation Street,

In April 2000, she crossed over to BBC Radio York, By September 2008 her mid-morning phone-in show was replaced by a show presented by Diane Youdale of Gladiators fame, and her co-host Neil Green. In 2009 Hall hosted a weekly show on Sunday's between 5pm and 7pm titled Songs from the Shows. Songs from the Shows has been simulcast on BBC Radio Newcastle from 6 January 2013 until the show ended in 2023 due to cuts made to local radio by the BBC.

Hall was also a columnist for the Telegraph & Argus.

Personal life Hall has a daughter named Holly, and a son named Nick, who excelled in hockey and rugby respectively.