Gethin Clifford Jones (born 12 February 1978) is a Welsh television presenter. He was an active rugby union player while at Manchester Metropolitan University and, after graduation, he began his television career on the Welsh language channel S4C as a presenter of children’s programs such as Popty, Mas Draw, and the flagship children’s entertainment show Uned 5 (Unit 5, 2002–2005).
Can Gethin Jones fly a plane?
In 2004, as part of a challenge on the show, he learned how to fly a plane and gained his pilot’s license. In 2003, Jones was voted Bachelor of the Year by the readers of Company magazine.
Does Gethin Jones have a pilot’s Licence?
Whilst on Uned 5, he obtained a Private Pilots’ Licence as part of a filming challenge lasting over 8 months. On 16 February 2008, Jones began presenting a new 15-minute program entitled E24 on BBC News with James Dagwell.
Between 4 and 11 May 2008, Jones was the narrator and presenter of the 2008 BBC Young Musician of the Year. The biennial music competition was held at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, and broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Four.