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Gareth Jones (born 5 July 1961), also known as Gaz Top, is a Welsh television presenter. Best known for his work as a presenter of children's television and science programmesGareth Jones
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'', he has more recently moved to presenting motorsport podcasts and directing and producing programmes. In the summer of 2021 he became the first person to swim across Wales from south to north, whilst making a three-part documentary series for Welsh broadcaster S4C called ''Gareth Jones: Nofio Adre''.


Career

Jones was born in St Asaph, Wales, and grew up in
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. When he began his career in 1979, he used the name "Gaz Top", a name he earned whilst working as a roadie for
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''Gareth Jones On Speed'' podcast

''Gareth Jones On Speed'' is a car and motorsport
podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
written and performed by Gareth Jones and made by TV and podcasting production company WhizzBang. Hosted by Jones, the show has an irreverent style and features a regular cast of Zog (AKA musician and journalist Paul Ireson) Richard Porter (creator of cult web-site Sniff Petrol and Script Editor previously of BBC's
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) and TV presenter and writer
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. The show began in August 2005 after a visit to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Whilst chiefly an audio podcast there are occasional video episodes such as the ''London Grand Prix'' and ''Don't Call Me Carface''. Many major British and international motor sport stars have appeared on the show, such as Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica. New editions are published roughly every 12 days and over 350 episodes in total have appeared to date.


Personal life

He lives in north London with his partner,
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, and their two sons.FAQ
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He is a
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Growing up: Gareth Jones
BBC, "my old school, Ysgol Gwenffrwd in Holywell"
YouTube video clip of Gareth Jones interviewing
* * 1961 births Living people Welsh television presenters People from St Asaph People educated at Ysgol Glan Clwyd {{UK-tv-bio-stub