Charlotte Alexandra Jones[1] (born 18 March 1977)[2] is a Welsh television presenter, best known for co-presenting the BBC One magazine programme The One Show.[3][4] She presented Tumble (2014), Close Calls: On Camera (2015–2016) and Shop Well for Less? (2016–2020).
Early life
Jones was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire,[1] to Mary and Alun Jones, and has a younger sister, Jennie. Her first language at home was English, but Jones was educated at Maes-yr-Yrfa [cy][citation needed], a Welsh language school,[5] and is fluent in Welsh.[citation needed] After training as a ballet dancer as a child,[3] Jones studied theatre, film and television at the Aberystwyth University, sitting her final exams in Magaluf, Spain, while appearing as a contestant on the first series of Sky1 show Prickly Heat.[3][6]
Career
Jones became a television researcher after leaving university, but was sacked twice, once for mistaking Mike Peters from the band The Alarm for a workman who had come to fix the office alarm. She was asked by a producer at Avanti productions to audition in front of the camera at age 21.[7][6] Her first presenting job was for BBC Choice, and she then joined S4C as a presenter on the singing programme Cân i Gymru (A Song for Wales).[when?][6] Jones developed a speciality presenting Welsh-language children's programmes on S4C, including Hip neu Sgip?[8] and Salon, alongside occasional appearances on mainstream British television, including Channel 4's RI:SE.[6]
Jones presented travel show Tocyn (Ticket) on S4C with Aled Samuel, the extreme sports show Chwa, and was part of the crew on Jonathan Davies's Welsh-language rugby show Jonathan for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.[6] Jones was a regular co-host on Real Radio GMG in Wales.[9]
Since 2012, Jones, along with Matt Baker and John Inverdale has co-hosted The Sport Relief Games Show, live coverage of the Sport Relief games that afternoon.
On 19 July 2014, Jones hosted the Live at Edinburgh Castle concert event on BBC One.[13] Beginning on 9 August 2014, Jones presented the BBC One gymnastics competition series Tumble[14][15] which ran throughout September 2014.[16]
In 2015, Jones began presenting the daytime series Close Calls: On Camera for BBC One and in 2016 she began co-hosting the BBC series Shop Well for Less? alongside Steph McGovern. In September 2016 she fronted a one-off documentary Alex Jones – Fertility and Me for BBC One. She also presented The Secrets in My Family, a primetime documentary series for UKTV's W channel.
Jones competed in the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2011.[17] Her professional partner was James Jordan.[18] Jones and Jordan were eliminated a week before the final, and finished 5th overall in the competition.
In February 2016, Jones was granted a restraining order against a homeless man who sent her vulgar tweets and turned up at her workplace, claiming to be in love with her. He was banned from contacting Jones and her family.[21]
On 2 September 2016, Jones announced via Twitter that she and her husband were expecting their first child; her last appearance on The One Show before her maternity leave was on 6 January 2017. On 26 January 2017, Jones announced via a live telephone call to The One Show that she had given birth to a baby boy.[22] Later that year, Jones suffered a miscarriage.[23]
In December 2018 she announced, live on The One Show, that she was again pregnant.[24] Jones gave birth to a baby boy[25] on 13 May 2019 at Queen Charlotte Hospital.[26]
In March 2021 Jones announced on BBC's The One Show, that she was pregnant with her third child.[27] On 24 August 2021, it was announced that Jones had given birth to a baby girl on 21 August.[28]
Charity
Jones is a patron for the Kidney Wales Foundation.[29]
From 18 to 20 March 2014, Jones participated in the Sport Relief appeal by being dragged up the 1,200 ft Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park, Utah in the US by climber Andy Kirkpatrick.[30] Jones raised £1,281,476 for the charity appeal.[30] Coverage of the challenge was shown on The One Show and in a 30-minute film which aired on 23 March 2014 on BBC One called Alex Against the Rock for Sport Relief.[31]
