Gethin Jones
Presenter, TV Personality
1978 –
Who is Gethin Jones?
Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. An active rugby union player when at the Manchester Metropolitan University and for a time after graduation, Jones began his television career on Welsh channel S4C as a presenter of children's programmes such as Popty, Mas Draw and the flagship children's entertainment show Uned 5. In 2005, he became the 31st presenter of Blue Peter, the world's longest-running children's television series. On 8 April 2008 he announced he would be leaving the programme at the end of the season in June 2008.
Jones has also hosted major live telecasts of events like Mardi Gras in Cardiff and New Year Live and since 2008 has co-hosted E24, which is shown on BBC News, the BBC's 24-hour news channel. In 2007 Jones was a contestant in Series 5 of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered by professional dancer Camilla Dallerup. Together, they achieved third place.
In May 2012, Jones joined the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak as a features reporter and a stand-in presenter.
Gethin has also presented the ITV game shows Holding Out for a Hero in 2011 and The 21st Question since 2014.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1978
Cardiff - Also known as
- Gethin Clifford Jones
- Parents
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Manchester Metropolitan University
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on July 23, 2013
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