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{{short description|British broadcaster (born 1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} '''Alexander Norman Charles Lester''' (born 11 May 1956) is a British [[Radio presenter|broadcaster]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3562867/Gillian-Reynolds-Radio-must-still-take-risks-after-Ross-and-Brand.html|title=Gillian Reynolds: Radio must still take risks after Ross and Brand|last=Reynolds|first=Gillian|author-link=Gillian Reynolds|date=4 November 2008|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=11 May 2011|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610083939/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3562867/Gillian-Reynolds-Radio-must-still-take-risks-after-Ross-and-Brand.html|archive-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> He presented the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on [[BBC Radio 2]] from 1992 until 2014. From October 2014 until January 2017, he presented the midnight to 3{{nbsp}}am programme every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He also temporarily replaced [[Russell Brand]] on Saturday evenings in late 2008, between 9 and 11{{nbsp}}pm, following Brand's resignation over his infamous [[The Russell Brand Show prank calls|prank calls row]].
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