Alex Cann

Alex presents the Tameside Radio morning show.

He's partial to a bubble bath, a lot of trips to the cinema, and is also a bit of a politics geek.

He's a great knowledge of chart music from across the decades, and presented on many different UK radio stations for the last 21 years, but most of all loves being a big part of the Tameside Radio team.

His favourite dessert is tiramisu, and his wife has the same birthday as him, a fact she is not a fan of.

You can hear Alex on Tameside Radio every weekday between 6am and 11am.

You can also follow Alex on twitter @alexbcann

 

HERE ARE SOME ALEX'S PREVIOUS SHOWS:

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 21st November

  "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel".

• Alex B Cann column: Should we have the right to switch off?

  There has been quite a lot of discussion lately about the "right to switch off" from work being enshrined in law, and the new government has pledged to penalise employers who contact workers outside an agreed set of hours.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 7th November

  I remember my university days with a great deal of fondness. A lot of it is probably seen through rose-tinted glasses, in fairness, but I do miss the days of dodgy alcopops, nine hours of politics lectures a week, and cramming the night before essay deadlines (if my mum's reading this, don't worry, I won't mention the phone call about the mattress). We also used to have a lot of takeaways, and had at least seven within a five minute walk of the house.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 31st October

  Back in March, celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley -Whittingstall clashed with the health secretary at the time, Victoria Atkins, over what he claimed was the government's failure to tackle the obesity crisis. Measures such as limits on special offers and banning junk food adverts before 9pm were kicked into the long grass until at least October 2025. Separately, reports have suggested that the pandemic made obesity rates significantly worse among children, as unhealthy eating habits and a lack of exercise became the norm.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 17th October

  A gentle reminder that British Summer Time ends at 2am on Sunday 27th October, and the clocks 'fall back'. There's a survey for everything, and in 2019, a YouGov poll found that 59% of Brits would prefer to remain permanently in BST.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 10th October

  I was shocked to read a report recently into the scale of shoplifting at Co-op stores. Despite the chain returning pre-tax profits of £58 million for the first half of the year,  they were hit with huge costs from theft and fraud amounting to almost £40 million, amid a shoplifting epidemic.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 3rd October

  Back in the day, I used to love watching Top Of The Pops on a Thursday night. It was one of the telly highlights of the week, at a time when there were only three channels, no social media, and Dial-A-Disc was still a thing (ask your parents if this doesn't ring a bell).

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 26th September

  The UK has a rich history when it comes to condiments. A lot add unami taste to our dishes (a Japanese word meaning 'savoury deliciousness'), and a survey carried out recently by Fentimans found brown sauce ranks second in a list of the UK's top 10 favourite bold flavours.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 19th September

  I wrote about stress recently, and feel quite zen this week, apart from the fact I'm writing this column right up against the deadline.I don't know where the weeks are going, and Christmas is now less than 100 days away, whilst the nights are drawing in faster than I can eat a bag of Haribo Tangfastics.

• Alex's Weekly Bog - 12th September

  Things move rapidly in the world of music, and it's increasingly difficult for artists to make a living in the streaming age, due to the incredibly miniscule amounts they are paid. Realistically, the most an artist can earn from a Spotify stream is $0.003, which doesn't add up to a living wage.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 21st November

  Pleased to say I've made my 100th trip to the cinema this year.

• Alex B Cann weekly film column

  Can The Rock save Christmas? That was the question asked in the £200 million blockbuster Red One. It stars Dwayne Johnson as the North Pole's Head of Security, with one eye on retirement until Santa goes missing.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 7th November

  Hugh Grant as a Villain, Clint Eastwood’s Gripping Courtroom Drama, and a Bizarre Family Thriller—This Week's Reviews Offer Suspense, Thought-Provoking Dilemmas, and Unexpected Twists

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 31st October

  With it being Halloween week, it's worth mentioning that horror has had a rather lucrative year at the cinema, with movies such as The Substance, Terrifier 3 and Smile 2 all delighting audiences and smashing their budgets at the box office.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 17th October

  There's often a debate about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. In my book, it absolutely is. It contains four Christmas songs in the soundtrack, the action takes place at a Christmas Eve office party, and both the director and scriptwriter say it is a festive movie.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 10th October

  I find myself at odds with most reviews I've read of Joker: Folie a Deux, as I thoroughly enjoyed it. As the latest edition of The Rest Is Entertainment points out, musicals are very difficult to market. Wonka and Mean Girls are recent examples of musicals where it was pretty well concealed in the trailers, until you went to see them and realised everyone was, er, singing.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 3rd October

  It's almost impossible to review The Substance without spoilers, but I'll try. It's grisly, bone-crunching, shockingly gory stuff, but what a performance from Demi Moore. This is possibly the most bananas movie I've ever seen, and Moore's finest hour in my book.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 26th September

  It's a rarity, but a trio of films were all released last Friday that I couldn't wait to see. I've managed two of them this week, and both are outstanding.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 19th September

  Starting this week with my film of the month for September. Strange Darling is grisly and twisty as hell The best review I've seen comes from rapper Kid Cudi, who wrote: "Movies like this come every so often. As a fan of horror, I've never been this thrown by a horror movie before. I went in thinking one thing, and left knowing another". The difficulty in reviewing this movie is that it's definitely best enjoyed without spoilers. It's gory, tense, and nerve shredding.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 12th September

  I decided to catch up on the original Beetlejuice last week, and realised I'd somehow never seen it! A shocking omission, I confess, but I really enjoyed the 1988 classic. You can find it on Amazon Prime Video.