Alastair Layzell (born 28 June 1958) is an independent television producer who started his career as a reporter for Channel Television (the ITV contractor in the Channel Islands) and later served nine years as a deputy of the States of Jersey, becoming President of the Home Affairs Committee, President of the Jersey Transport Authority and Vice-president of the Planning & Environment Committee.

He produced and directed a number of documentaries for the ITV network including Summer 1940 (the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands), Around Britain and The Dakota: 1935–1985 marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas DC3 airliner.

From 1980 he was a regular presenter of the nightly news programme Channel Report and anchored the station's coverage of the Budget and general elections.

For Discovery Channel he produced Britain's Greatest Ships (the story of the new Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth) and for Sky Arts the long-running series Auction.

He entered the States of Jersey in 1993 as a deputy for the parish of St Brelade[1] on an environmental manifesto Notre Ile: A Charter for Change.

In 1996 he founded the National Air Pageant and, as chairman, led the campaign to prevent the world's last airworthy de Havilland Comet Canopus being sold overseas.