Welsh presenter Alex Jones is a familiar face on television screens. The host, who hails from Ammanford, has been fronting The One Show since 2010 and has opened up on her childhood memories of the BBC in a new interview to mark the broadcaster's 100 years.
The 45-year-old revealed she always wanted to for the BBC before joining the green sofa and wrote many letters over the years. "I forever wanted to work at the BBC," she told Radio Times magazine.
"Between the ages of 18 to probably 30, I wrote so many letters to various people who ultimately turned me down — people who still work there, some of them, which is funny."
She added: "It was the pinnacle of broadcasting, and it still feels like that." Alex also reflected on her first day at The One Show and what it meant to her.
She said: "I was nervous… It was what I'd secretly been wanting for so long, and finally I was there.
"I had done a lot of telly leading up to The One Show, so that part didn’t scare me. But it was what it meant to me… It was really big for me personally, and I didn’t want to get it wrong."
The mum-of-three said her favourite part of The One Show is variety and said she'll stay on the programme as long as the BBC will have here. Asked where she sees herself in 20 years, Alex said: "Longevity is very underrated… No show is the same. So whether I’m talking to John, who’s grown gigantic onions, or Dolly Parton, the mix on The One Show is what I love.
"I feel really lucky to still be on that sofa. I'll stay as long as they'll have me!" For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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