Aled Haydn Jones | |
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Born |
Aberystwyth, Wales |
9 August 1976
Show | The Surgery with Aled |
Station(s) | BBC Radio 1 |
Time slot | 21:00 - 22:00 (Wednesdays) |
Style | Health, Talk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Website | aled |
Aled Haydn Jones (born 9 August 1976 in Aberystwyth, Wales) is a Welsh radio editor, presenter and former radio producer. From 2004 until 2012 he worked on The Chris Moyles Show. He was a presenter on The Surgery on BBC Radio 1 between 2009 and 2015.
Jones was born to Hayden and Ann Jones in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 1976. He has a younger sister named Meleri. Jones is a fluent Welsh speaker. He attended Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth, a Welsh medium primary school, and Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig Welsh medium secondary before going on to complete a BTEC qualification in Media Studies at Swansea College. He currently lives in London.
Jones confirmed on Twitter that his long term partner, Emile, proposed to him on his 40th birthday.
Jones started his radio career at the age of 14 when he presented a slot on Radio Bronglais Bronglais General Hospital Bronglais hospital radio. He later moved to a commercial radio station called Radio Ceredigion which was launched in 1992.
Jones joined BBC Radio 1 in 1998 when he worked as a broadcast assistant on the Roadshow. He joined just as the show was in its final year and was soon to meet Chris Moyles as he was booking bands and transport for the Roadshow.
As well as being a producer of The Chris Moyles Show, Jones also presents Radio 1's Surgery on Sunday night as part of the BBC Switch strand.
The Surgery with Aled and Doctor Radha (formerly known as the Sunday Surgery and more recently The Surgery with Aled) is a British radio show that airs on BBC Radio 1 on Wednesday evenings from 9-10pm. In 2008, Jones was a regular presenter on Radio 1's Sunday Surgery, providing cover for Kelly Osbourne while she was ill. In Autumn 2008, it was announced that Osbourne would be taking a break from the Sunday Surgery in order to film Osbournes: Reloaded in the USA with the rest of her family, and Jones became the regular presenter. In 2013 Jones was given a co host, Doctor Radha. In April 2015 it was announced that Gemma Cairney would present the show from June 2015.