Terry Alderton

Terry Alderton (born 31 October 1970) is an English comedian who had acting and presenting roles in the early 2000s before returning to stand-up comedy a decade later.

Personal life

Alderton was born on 31 October 1970 in Rochford, Essex, England. He married a former model and Page Three Girl Dee Ivens in 2001 in Epping Forest.

Career

Alderton began his career as a goalkeeper with Southend United. Later he moved on to comedy. In 2004 the club re-signed him after injuries weakened their squad, following his performance in goal for the Celebrities team in the Sky One reality television series, The Match.

In 1999, Alderton was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. Later that year, television producer Johnny Finch himself attempted to launch his own BBC TV show dedicated to video games titled Bleeding Thumbs. The series would have run between 1999 and 2000, and had hoped to emulate the success the 1990s Channel 4 show GamesMaster achieved, which Finch was on the production team of as well as being a co-commentator. Two pilots were created hosted by Dermot O'Leary and Kate Thornton, and then Alderton accompanying Thornton, the commissioning editor decommissioned the show claiming that "People want to play games, not watch them".