About

Alex Skerratt has worked as a writer on Sooty since 2009, having written, co-written and script edited 47 episodes to date. He has also worked on the Sooty movie and he co-wrote the script for Sooty’s West End theatre show in 2011.

As a freelancer, he worked as a copywriter for KPMG for nearly seven years, specialising in customer experience management and SEO. He currently runs the official blog for the Doctor Who and Star Trek licensee Lovarzi.

As a social media manager, he currently runs the official Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X accounts for Sooty. He previously handled numerous accounts for Kingpin Events in Manchester and worked for two years as the social media manager and copywriter for St George’s Crypt in Leeds, which is a homelessness charity.

As a director and producer, he managed productions for children’s entertainers Theo the Mouse and Tweedy the Clown, and directed and produced the independent radio comedy Menston Green starring the former Doctor Who Colin Baker.

He has a Level 2 Counselling Skills qualification from the CPCAB and has recently completed a two year ministry training course at St Ebbe’s Church in Oxford. He is passionate about pastoral care and Christian ministry and currently works as a residential tutor at a Christian boarding school (when he’s not answering Sweep’s fan mail…)

His latest book, The Boarding School Companion, is out now.