A melted cheese bagel, a rainy walk in the woods and tiny little ballet shoes.

There are a million things that I'm thankful for today, but what is my guest thankful for?

Oh my God, aren't friends brilliant. They sat with me for nights on end, drinking cheap wine and watching sex in the city and I thought I love you.

I'm going to rise like a bloody phoenix, you shit.

I'm Angela Scanlan and welcome to Thanks a Million,

where we explore our guest personal gratitude lists to find out the things that have shaped their lives.

This week I am delighted to welcome my lovely friend Alex Jones.

One show hostess with the mostess.

She has interviewed everyone from Cher to Dolly Parton, Hillary Clinton, to Tom Hanks,

a much-loved presenter to the nation who over the years has appeared on countless TV shows,

including Taking to the Dance Floor for Strictly Come dancing, co-hosting sports relief, and you may or may not

have seen it. There wasn't great success, spoiler alert, but last year she was on celebrity

bake-off. And while you may not be taking tips it was certainly wildly entertaining she has also

fronted her own documentary alex jones fertility and me and wrote a book called winging it about

parenting in the middle of life as you'll hear in this episode Alex had humble beginnings

and she's incredibly open i mean maybe a little bit open, about her journey in all aspects of life.

She's currently pregnant with her third child, a baby girl and a little sister for her two boys.

This one made me absolutely hell.

There are some revelations that you will not want to miss.

But first, our Thanks a Million Trioes. Still loving these on Instagram, by the way, so keep them coming. Use the hashtag

Thanks a Million Trio, obviously. Amy Collins, number one, my baby's music class, it's as much for me

as it is for her. Honestly, they're gas, but the level of dribble and the exchange of germs

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