The One Show: 27/07/2026


7:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Monday, July 27 on BBC One London (1)

Average User Rating: 6.60 (141 votes)
My Rating: Sign in or Register to view last vote

Add to Favourites

About this Broadcast

-
27/07/2026
Season 2026, Episode 1

Alex Jones and Vernon Kay are joined by guests Samantha Morton, Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould, as the show looks ahead to its 20th anniversary


HD subtitles 16x9
Education/Science/Factual Topics General

Cast & Crew

-


More Information

-

No Logo

Did You Know..

-

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.
Vernon Kay (Presenter)
Born: April 28, 1974 in Bolton
Best Known For: Hosting light entertainment.
Early-life: Vernon Charles Kay was born on April 28, 1974, in Bolton, Lancashire. He attended St Joseph's RC High School in nearby Horwich. His first taste of fame came when he was spotted by a model scout from the Select agency at the BBC's Clothes Show Live. He went on to have a successful modelling career, culminating in his selection by Channel 4 as Model of the Week on The Big Breakfast.
Career: Kay was soon snapped up to present various TV shows, including Fully Booked spin-off FBi. This led to him fronting Channel 4's weekend strand T4, as well as Hit Me Baby One More Time - which revived the careers of faded popstars - The Record of the Year, Just the Two of Us - which he co-presented with his wife, Tess Daly - All Star Family Fortunes, and various shows for The Prince's Trust. Most recently he has become the face of light entertainment on ITV, hosting All Star Family Fortunes, Beat the Star, The Whole 19 Yards, and Splash! among others.
Quote: 'I like dossing about in my dressing gown and slippers, just kicking back.'
Trivia: Kay supports Bolton Wanderers.
Samantha Morton (Guest)
Born: May 13, 1977 in Nottingham
Best Known For: A series of exceptionally varied roles.
Early-life: Born Samantha Jane Morton in Nottingham on May 13, 1977, to parents who divorced when she was three. They both subsequently remarried, and she has eight brothers and sisters. Samantha was inspired by a teacher to think about a career in acting, and went on to train at the Central Junior Television Workshop. She left at the age of 16 and joined the Royal Court theatre group. At the same time, she appeared in episodes of Soldier Soldier, Boon, Peak Practice and Cracker, and first attracted major attention playing a young prostitute in Band of Gold. She followed that up with leading roles in adaptations of Emma and Jane Eyre.
Career: Samantha's first major movie, Under the Skin gained her a Best Actress Award from the Boston Film Critics Society. The attention made director Woody Allen take notice and he cast her as Hattie in Sweet and Lowdown, for which she received an Oscar nomination. Samantha then played a heroin addict in Jesus' Son, gave another superb performance in Morvern Caller, and was subsequently cast by Steven Spielberg for the sci-fi thriller Minority Report opposite Tom Cruise. The 2002 In America role, which saw her as a young Irish mother coping with life in New York City, won her numerous accolades and another Academy-Award nod. She gained more critical acclaim for her portrayal of Moors murderer Myra Hindley in Channel 4's drama Longford. She made her directorial debut in 2009 with Channel 4 drama The Unloved.
Quote: 'Acting and music are self-indulgent professions. I have a love/hate relationship with what I do.'
Trivia: In 2012, Morton supported the Fostering Network's annual campaign Foster Care Fortnight.
Fiona Bruce (Guest)
Born: April 25, 1964 in Singapore City, Singapore
Best Known For: Presenting news bulletins and Antiques Roadshow.
Early-life: Fiona Elizabeth Bruce was born in Singapore on April 25, 1964. She attended various schools in Europe before settling in London, where she went to Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College in New Cross. During this period, she modelled for Jackie magazine. Following her A levels, she studied French and Italian at Hertford College, Oxford. She sang in a number of rock bands and during a year in Paris, she fronted a group called Chez Nous. After graduating, Bruce worked as a management consultant and in advertising before embarking on a career in journalism.
Career: She began working as a researcher and assistant producer for Panorama in 1989. Three years later, Bruce became a reporter for BBC Breakfast News, before joining BBC South East, where she presented daily news bulletins and regional current affairs programmes. By 1994, Bruce was a reporter for BBC Two's Public Eye and began appearing on the Six O'Clock and Breakfast News. She was chosen to succeed the late Jill Dando on Crimewatch UK in 2000. She is also one of the two main presenters on the BBC's 10 O'Clock News and hosted the prime-time current affairs magazine Real Story. Bruce has also appeared on Call My Bluff, Just the Two of Us, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? She is the face of the Antiques Roadshow.
Quote: 'I do feel like I have it all, but how long that will last, heaven only knows. TV is a very transient business.'
Trivia: She once had blue hair during her university days.
Philip Mould (Guest)
Joanne Vaughan-Jones (Editor)

Before / After

-

EastEnders
7:30 pm