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🗓️ 26 March 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Today, we're joined by one of the most recognisable faces of British TV, the delightful Alex Jones. Alex has been the co-presenter of The One Show, since 2010, a daily magazine show here in the UK which is broadcast every week night on BBC 1. It’s a British institution that's become a staple in many households.
Hailing from Wales, Alex grew up bilingual, fluent in both English and Welsh. She tells us today about her first experience of TV, taking part as a contestant in a reality show in Magaluf - and how that led to none other than Davina McCall invigilating her final university exams.
She shares her journey to the One Show sofa, which included hosting a travel show. And you could say that sparked a love of travel in her.
She’s travelled all around the world with her husband and 3 children, and Alex takes us today on a journey from rural Wales, to coastal France, the rolling countryside of Italy to the ranches of Arizona.
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1:25.5 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
1:29.6 | I'm your host, journalist Holly Rubinstein, and here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries. |
1:39.5 | From their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with, to their |
1:44.6 | hidden gem and what's at the top of their travel bucket list. We'll be uncovering their |
1:49.6 | adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped |
1:54.8 | their lives. Today we're joined by one of the most recognisable faces of British TV, the delightful Alex Jones, |
2:03.0 | who I spoke to a couple of weeks ago face to face at the Kensington Hotel in London. |
2:08.7 | Alex has been the co-presenter of the One show since 2010, a daily magazine show here in the UK, |
2:14.8 | which has broadcast every weeknight on BBC One. It's a British institution |
2:18.6 | that has become a staple in so many households. Alex Hales from Wales, she grew up bilingual, |
2:24.8 | fluent in both English and Welsh. She tells us today about her first experience of TV, |
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