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06/03/2026
Season 1, Episode 1
Alex Jones and Roman Kemp host the final of the 2026 500 Words writing competition from Windsor Castle, invited by Her Majesty the Queen. With special performances from Paddington the Musical and West End Legend Marisha Wallace. Plus, Jodie Whittaker, Big Zuu and Bradley and Barney Walsh help reveal the winning stories
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Alex Jones
(Presenter)
Born:
March 18, 1977
in
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Best Known For:
The One Show.
Early-life:
Born Charlotte Alexandra Jones in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on March 18, 1977. After training as a ballet dancer as a child, Alex went on to study theatre, film and TV at the University of Aberystwyth.
Career:
After graduating, Jones worked as a TV researcher before stepping in front of a camera. She went on to present a number of programmes on S4C, including Can i Gymru, Salon, and Tocyn. Her big break came in 2010 when she became the co-host of The One Show. Since then, she has co-presented Let's Dance for Comic Relief, and in 2011, she partnered with professional dancer James Jordan on Strictly Come Dancing - they were eliminated a week before the final. In August 2014, she began presenting BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble. Jones began presenting daytime BBC One series Close Calls: On Camera in 2015 and she started co-hosting BBC series Shop Well for Less? in 2016.
Quote:
'I grew up on S4C and it doesn't matter whether there are 100 people watching or listening or five million, every single person in that audience is really important.'
Trivia:
Alex is fluent in English and Welsh.
Roman Kemp
(Presenter)
Joanne Vaughan-Jones
(Editor)
