A former BBC actress has revealed she has landed a permanent spot on A Place in the Sun.
Lucy Alexander, well known as the original anchor of the national broadcaster’s rival show Homes Under The Hammer, will join the Channel 4 programme.
Lucy hosted the BBC show from 2003 until 2016, before moving on to host other Channel 4 shows such as Best of Both Worlds and Lost and Found.
She has already disclosed that she has been cast in the real refurbishment and auction television series, which premiered in 2003.
The property expert originally featured as a guest on the international house-hunting programme at the beginning of the year, but will now be a permanent presence.
She currently travels to different parts of the world at least once a month to film for the show.
‘I am now a part of the A Place in the Sun family!’ she said.
‘I’ve got quite a few episodes coming up with them this year.
‘I am definitely a part of the family which has been lovely!’ she added when speaking to The Sun.
Comparing the two shows, Lucy also said her new gig was markedly more glamorous, previously being met with ‘a lot more building plots and old derelict and disused buildings and pigeon poo’ on Homes Under the Hammer.
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‘No central heating had been on and the buildings would have been empty for years and they were a bit of a hazard to walk into sometimes,’ she recalled.
‘A Place in the Sun though is on a beautiful beach, and they all have stunning balconies that get the sun. They could not be more perfect.’
She also said that she has accepted to appear in the spin-off series What Happened Next.
That show premiered last year and included hosts returning to families and couples who had purchased property over the years to check in with them and see if they had been able to live their ideal lives overseas.
Her statement follows A Place in the Sun’s homage to former broadcaster Jonnie Irwin, who died aged 50 a few weeks ago.
Irwin died last month, three years following his lung cancer diagnosis in 2020.
He presented the property programming from 2004 to 2021, when he was forced to quit down owing to a fatal cancer diagnosis.
The episode, which followed Danni Menzies helping house hunters in Manilva, Spain, was dedicated to Irwin with a tribute in the closing credits reading: ‘In memory of Jonnie Irwin. 1973 – 2024.’