Alexander Armstrong, best known as the host of BBC One's Pointless, has enjoyed a varied 30-year career as a comedian, actor, singer and children's author. Now 56, he is back on television with his series Perfect Pub Walks on Channel 4, but away from the cameras his family life is equally eventful.
The presenter is married to Hannah Bronwen Snow, whom he met through a mutual friend in 2002 while she was working as an events coordinator for Harvey Nichols. After meeting again at a polo match, Armstrong proposed a year later during a trip to Pisa, Italy. He has since described marrying her as one of the best choices he has ever made, telling the Manchester Evening News he was 'completely smitten'.
The couple have four sons – Rex, Patrick, Edward and Henry – and have lived in a Gloucestershire village since 2014. Armstrong has said that family is his priority, explaining to The Guardian: 'Family means everything to me, and it is the reason why I do everything.' He also reflected on fatherhood, telling OK! magazine that having children helped him understand 'what love truly means'.
Armstrong's family connections are remarkable. His wife's sister is food writer Esther Walker, who is married to restaurant critic Giles Coren. Coren is the brother of presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, whose husband is comedian David Mitchell. On his own side, Armstrong discovered on the BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are? that he is descended from William the Conqueror. He is also distantly related to William Armstrong, founder of Cragside, and to Edward Somerset, a prominent royalist during the English Civil War.
