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Gethin Clifford Jones (born 12 February 1978) is a

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. He was an active

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player while at

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and, after graduation, he began his television career on

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channel S4C as a presenter of children's programmes such as ''Popty'', ''Mas Draw'' and the flagship children's entertainment show ''

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'' (''Unit 5'', 2002–2005). In 2005, Jones became the 31st presenter of

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children's programme ''

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''. In 2020, he began presenting the BBC1 five-mornings-a-week magazine show ''

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'', broadcast from studios in

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. After a trial run ending in December 2020, the success of the programme has seen it commissioned as an all-year-round part of the BBC1 schedule.

Early life and education

Jones was born on 12 February 1978 in

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, the son of Sylvia (née Groskop), a violin teacher, and Goronwy Jones, headteacher of Baden Powell Primary School. He has an older sister, Mererid. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was a

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immigrant. With

as his first language, he attended Ysgol Gynradd Coed-y-Gof and

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(in Llandaff North, Cardiff) for his primary and secondary school education, respectively. Jones has Grade 8 violin and Grade 6 piano

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, and took part in school musicals and school and county orchestras. He took Biology, Geography and Economics at

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. Jones had dual interests throughout school. His mother wanted him to develop his musical talents, while he enjoyed

. While studying Economics and Geography at

where he gained a 2:2, he was captain of the university's rugby first team and played in the

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under-21 team. At the age of 21 in his final year, Jones was offered trials by

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. However, he was not good enough, and he eventually set aside his plans for a professional rugby career and returned to Wales.

Professional career

Prior to his television career, Jones worked as a bank clerk, a telephone hotline officer and as a research assistant and spent three months as a builder laying house foundations. He subsequently joined Welsh channel S4C as a presenter of children's programmes such as ''Popty'' (the Welsh equivalent of ''

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''), ''Mas Draw'', and the flagship children's entertainment show ''

'' (2002–05). In 2004, as part of a challenge on the show, he learned how to fly a plane and gained his pilot's licence. In 2003, Jones was voted Bachelor of the Year by the readers of ''Company'' magazine.

''Blue Peter''

On 26 April 2005, Jones became a presenter of the children's television series, ''

''. He auditioned on the same day as co-presenter

Zöe Salmon Zoe Salmon is a Northern Irish television presenter who hosted the children's television programme ''Blue Peter'' from 23 December 2004 to 25 June 2008. She also appeared on ''Dancing on Ice'' in early 2009. She was the 1999 Miss Northern Irela ...

. During his time, Jones presented the show with Salmon,

Konnie Huq Kanak Asha "Konnie" Huq (; born 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme ''Blue Peter'', prese ...

Matt Baker Matthew James Baker (born 23 December 1977) is a British television presenter. He co-presented the children's television show ''Blue Peter'' from 1999 until 2006, BBC One's ''Countryfile'' since 2009 and ''The One Show'' from 2011 to 2020, wit ...

Liz Barker Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter, best known for her work on ''Blue Peter'' from 2000 to 2006. Early life and education Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge a ...

and

Andy Akinwolere Odunayo Andrew Akinwolere (born 30 November 1982), previously known as Andy Akinwolere, is a British television presenter. Early life Akinwolere was born in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1982, and moved to the United Kingdom with his family when he was ei ...

. As a presenter, he took on the action/adventure role filled by

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and Peter Duncan in the past; highlights included flying with the

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and in a

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, completing submarine escape training with the

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, surviving the

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n jungle, being attacked by an alligator in

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. learning to race like a

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, and fighting as a

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warrior in

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. In 2006, Jones became the second civilian to finish the

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– he finished in a time of eight hours and 20 minutes. He also played the violin at

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with the

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. On 12 February 2008, on his 30th birthday, Jones and his ''

'' co-presenters climbed the highest peaks in each constituent country of the United Kingdom, starting with

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in Northern Ireland, followed by

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in North Wales. The following day, having travelled overnight by coach to the

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, they climbed

Scafell Pike Scafell Pike () is the highest and the most prominent mountain in England, at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, and is part of the Southern Fells and the Scafell massif. Scafell Pi ...

. They were then to be transported to Scotland by helicopter to climb

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, but were unable to do so because of problems with the helicopter, forcing them to land in

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. They succeeded in climbing the mountain the next day. This challenge was in aid of

Sport Relief ''Sport Relief'' was a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002. It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Director of Educati ...

2008. Jones announced on 8 April 2008 on ''Blue Peter'' that after three and half years with the show, he would be leaving at the end of the current series in June. His spokeswoman said he had always planned to leave when he turned 30. Jones said, "I've had a career on Blue Peter that you wouldn't even dream about and for that I feel privileged and fortunate. ... I've loved it, lived it ... and now I feel the time is right to leave it."

Presenter

Jones has been a presenter for a number of major live telecasts, including

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in Cardiff in front of 40,000 people, ''Y Briodas Fawr'' (''The Big Wedding'', 2004–2005), and '' Jones Jones Jones'' (2006) at Cardiff's

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where the world record was broken for the biggest gathering of people with the same surname. He co-presented the 2006, 2007 and 2008 New Year's Eve programme ''

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'' on

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with various other presenters. On 16 February 2008, Jones began presenting a new 15-minute programme entitled ''E24'' on

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with

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. Between 4 and 11 May 2008, Jones was the narrator and presenter of the 2008

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. The biennial music competition was held at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, and broadcast on

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and

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. Jones made his radio debut on

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on 5 July 2008, presenting a three-hour Saturday morning show focusing on sport and entertainment. Jones appeared in ''The National Lottery: Big 7'', a live programme broadcast on BBC One on 30 August 2008 where the winners of the National Lottery Awards 2008 were announced. Jones was one of the players for the Rest of the World for

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on 7 September 2008 on

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. England won four goals to three. Jones was again chosen to play for the Rest of the World in the

match on 7 June 2010. The team won 7 goals to 6 after a penalty shoot out. On 13 September 2008, Jones presented the

Proms in the Park The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...

from

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on the BBC as part of the ''

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'' programme and was one of the concerts available for viewers with

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. For six weeks from 28 September, Jones presented a programme for

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entitled ''Gethin Jones' Danger Hunters'', which featured adrenaline junkies and their search for the ultimate thrill. Jones presented a ''

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'' programme about the dangers of drink driving, which was aired on 17 December 2008 on ITV1.

2009–2011

Between 5 January and 15 April 2009, Jones hosted his first quiz show, a Welsh language rugby-themed general knowledge competition, on S4C entitled ''Cwis Meddiant''. He followed this up with another quiz show on

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called ''

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''. Filming of the 50 episodes took place at the Fountain Studios in Wembley, North London, and the programme began airing in November 2009. From 17 to 21 August 2009, Jones presented

's ''

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'' with

Gloria Hunniford Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford, OBE (born 10 April 1940) is a Northern Irish television and radio presenter, broadcaster and singer. She is known for presenting programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as '' Rip Off Britain'', and her regular appear ...

filling in for

Adrian Chiles Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for foo ...

and

Christine Bleakley Christine Louise Lampard ('' née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while ...

. In 2010, Jones presented the

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programme from the red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday 17 January 2010 with

Angela Griffin Angela Mellissa Griffin (born 19 July 1976) is a British actress and television presenter who has been active on British television since the early 1990s. She is best known for portraying the roles of Fiona Middleton in the ITV soap opera '' ...

and a studio show in the UK was hosted by Claudia Winkelman. The programme was broadcast on Sky1 Movies and Sky1 Movies HD, with a résumé on

at 11 pm. On 12 February 2010, Jones was a guest on the Welsh S4C chat show ''Jonathan'' presented by Jonathan Davies. In 2010, Jones co-hosted

's ''

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'' with

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, which saw celebrities performing various tasks in the extreme weather conditions of Norway. In February 2011, Jones was a guest presenter on '' This Morning'' with

. In the autumn of 2011, Jones presented

gameshow ''

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''. He also hosted '' Remembrance Week'' on

that November. From 19 to 23 December, Gethin was a guest features reporter for the

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programme '' Daybreak''.

2012–present

Jones and

Louise Minchin Louise Mary Minchin (born September 1968) is a British television presenter, journalist and former news presenter who currently works freelance within the BBC. Beginning in 2012, Minchin was a regular anchor on the BBC One programme ''Breakfas ...

presented the documentary series ''Crime and Punishment'', which aired on

on 12 March 2012. On 21 May 2012, Jones joined ITV's '' Daybreak'' full-time as a reporter. He left with the end of the show in late April 2014.Gethin Jones joins ''Daybreak''
ITV Press Centre, 16 May 2012 In August 2014, Jones hosted the ten-part daytime

quiz show, '' The 21st Question''. On 8 May 2016, Jones began co-presenting Sunday Morning Breakfast from 9am to 12noon over the summer with

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across the

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. He has been a reporter for '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' since 2016, and guest presented two episodes on 15 and 16 November 2017, standing in for

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. He took part in the 2016 Christmas special of ''

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'' on

, partnered with Chloe Hewitt. He presented the Hits Radio breakfast show alongside

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and

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until 2019. In the autumn of 2020, Jones began presenting the daily morning magazine show ''

'' on BBC1, alongside

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. The series ended on 18 December 2020 and the BBC confirmed on 17 December it would return in 2021 for a second series. This proved highly successful, earning larger audiences than the show's competition on ITV and thus has been commissioned to be an all-year-round, five-mornings-a-week format for BBC1 from the third series on.

Other work

Jones appeared as a

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in a 2006 episode of ''

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'' and as a

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operator in the final episode in 2008. He guest-starred as himself in ''

The Sarah Jane Adventures ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC sc ...

pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

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" (2007). In 2007, Jones participated in Series 5 of ''

'', partnering

Camilla Dallerup Camilla Sacre-Dallerup (born 6 April 1974) is a Danish author, life coach, hypnotherapist and former ballroom dancer. Dance career Dallerup was born in Aalborg, where she started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to ...

. He came third after being voted out in a "dance-off" in the semi-final. He also appeared in the programme's Christmas Special, finishing second behind

Darren Gough Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-da ...

after each couple received a perfect score. Jones was one of the celebrities who took part in the '' Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour! 2009''. As his partner from the television show, Camilla Dallerup was dancing with Tom Chambers, Jones partnered

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. The tour began in Newcastle on 16 January and ended at the

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in Birmingham on 22 February 2009 with a total of 44 shows. He and his dance partner achieved a total of six wins during the run of the tour. In December 2009, Jones appeared in the 2009 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special along with

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, Ali Bastian,

Ricky Whittle Richard George Whittle (born 31 December 1979) is a British actor. Whittle first came to prominence as a model for Reebok in the early 2000s. He is known in the United Kingdom for his role as Calvin Valentine in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. I ...

, Chris Hollins and

Austin Healey Austin Sean Healey (born 26 October 1973 in Wallasey (now part of Merseyside, formerly Cheshire), is a former English rugby union player who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and represented both England and the British & Irish L ...

. His partner was again

. The couple were not voted into the final two, despite a score of 38 for their

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. From 4 December 2009 until 10 January 2010, Jones appeared as Prince Charming in the pantomime

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at the

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. In September 2010, Jones appeared as the Narrator in ''

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'' at

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. In 2012 Jones made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of comedy drama '' Stella''. In May 2012, Jones was an Olympic Torchbearer in the torch relay before the

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. Since August 2012, Jones has been an Ambassador for the Wandsworth series of London Sky Rides. In 2020, Jones appeared as a contestant on

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In 2022, he provided presentation in televised coverage of the first visit as king of

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to the Welsh capital on 16 September.

Filmography

Television & radio

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Actor, cameo or participant

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Awards

On 5 November 2008, Jones won the title of "Ultimate Hottie" by ''

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'' magazine. He has been in contention with other similar competitions.

Personal life

In December 2007, Jones became romantically involved with mezzo-soprano

Katherine Jenkins Katherine Maria Jenkins (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh singer. She is a mezzo-soprano and performs operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre, and hymns. It was reported they met after Jenkins sang " Time to Say Goodbye" with Italian opera singer

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on an episode of ''Strictly Come Dancing'', broadcast on 21 October 2007. Jenkins's spokesman has said: "They're old friends and they've been on several dates. But people shouldn't consider buying hats just yet." In February 2011, Jones and Jenkins announced their engagement. However, on 30 December 2011, they both announced that they were going their separate ways. Jones is a keen footballer (he supports Everton FC, and hosted a 2009 DVD entitled ''My Everton''), tennis player and golfer. He is short-sighted and wore contact lenses or glasses until he underwent a laser procedure to correct his shortsightedness on 17 June 2009.

References

External links

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