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 of the 1990s
Channel 4 show
GamesMaster, for which Finch was part of the production team 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". Alderton went on to present the
National Lottery show
Red Alert with
Lulu later that year. In 2001, he hosted
The Joy of Text with
Ulrika Jonsson. He has also presented his own show on
Capital Radio called ''Terry's Turnstiles
. He was also confirmed as a presenter on Setanta Sports News channel. He also appeared on the Comedy Central show Comedy Store''. On 3 September 2016, Alderton teamed up with
Tim Vine for
Pointless Celebrities, returning with
Jack Carroll on 10 February 2018 and
Joe Pasquale on 10 November 2018. On 11 January 2019, he appeared on
Celebrity Mastermind.
Acting career Alderton has also worked as an actor, one of his bigger roles was as the character Charlie Mead in the final series of ''
London's Burning. He currently presents a number of video shows on Virgin Media Sport. His characters include Mr Sheepskin and Danny Dire. He made his West End London début when he performed his one-man show at the Bloomsbury Theatre on 21 May 2010. In 2013, he joined the cast of EastEnders'' as cockney cab driver
Terry Spraggan. == References ==