Aled Jones Biography
Aled Jones is a Welsh singer, actor, and radio and television presenter who rose to prominence as a chorister in 1985 when his recording of “Walking in the Air” entered the top five in the United Kingdom. He has since worked in television for the BBC and ITV, as well as radio.
How old is Aled Jones? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 29 December 2022. He was born in 1970 in Bangor, United Kingdom.
Does Aled Jones have a family? – Education
Jones was born in St. David’s Hospital in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, to Nest Rowlands, a teacher, and Derek John Jones, a shipbuilder’s draughtsman. He grew up in Anglesey’s small Welsh-speaking village of Llandegfan and attended Ysgol David Hughes (a secondary school).
Is Aled Jones still married? – Wife
Jones met Claire Fossett, an English circus performer, while both were performing in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Blackpool, Lancashire. The pair married at Covent Garden, London, on January 6, 2001. They have two children: Emilia, an actress and singer, and Lucas, a son.
How much does Aled Jones earn? – Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Aled Jones Walking in the Air
Jones rose to prominence with his cover of “Walking in the Air,” a song from Channel 4’s animated feature The Snowman, based on Raymond Briggs’ novel of the same name. on 1985, the song peaked at number five on the UK charts. Although Jones is frequently credited with singing the rendition heard in the 1982 film, it was really performed by Peter Auty, a St Paul’s Cathedral choirboy.
Aled Jones Escape to the Country
Jones has hosted BBC episodes of Escape to the Country since 2009. Escape to the Country is a British daytime television reality property-buying/real estate show produced by John Comerford for Talkback Thames, with episodes first broadcast on network BBC One and rebroadcast on BBC Two. It is syndicated worldwide. Production was then handed to Fremantle Media’s Boundless Productions subsidiary.
Aled Jones BBC
In 2006, he joined the BBC, taking over Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2 from Don Maclean. He also hosted Friday Night is Music Night and was a regular stand-in broadcaster for Sarah Kennedy and Ken Bruce on Radio 2 until he quit in 2012. Jones also hosted BBC Radio 3 shows such as Choir of the Year, Young Chorister of the Year, and The Choir until he resigned in 2013. Jones was being examined by the BBC in November 2017 following complaints of inappropriate behavior. In the meanwhile, he agreed to withdraw from programs. The BBC later declared in January 2018 that the suspension had been removed and that he will resume presenting programs.
Aled Jones Christmas
He got back to the stage, playing Bounce Wallace in White Christmas at the Theater Illustrious, Plymouth, and at The Lowry, Salford Quays, from November 2009 until 9 January 2010, and again from 11 to 26 November 2011 at the Mayflower Theater, Southampton, from 1 to 17 December at the Stupendous Trench Theater, Dublin, and at the Domain Theater, Liverpool (22 December 2011 to 7 January 2012) On 8 November 2014 Jones made his West End debut, again playing Sway Wallace in “White Christmas”, this time at the Territory Theater, Tottenham Court Street.
Favourite Christmas Carols, a follow-up to Aled’s 2009 publication of Forty Favourite Hymns, was released on October 28, 2010; During his UK tour in November and December 2010, Jones included the book. His CD, Aled’s Christmas Gift, was released on November 29 to go along with the book. Starting around 2012, Jones has introduced the yearly holiday songs on ITV program, which airs late on Christmas Eve. He worked as a regular reporter for Strictly Come Dancing in the year 2015: BBC Two broadcast It Takes Two.
The album Christmas with Aled and Russell was released by Jones and Watson on November 4, 2022. The collection appeared at number 1 on the Old style Specialists Collections Outline and number 14 on the fundamental collections diagram. The collection was gone before by two singles; On October 21, 2022, the first film, “A Spaceman Came Travelling,” was released. On November 4, 2022, the second single, “O Holy Night,” was released. In November and December of 2022, the duo went on a tour of the UK.