Gethin Jones was born in Cardiff and educated at Glantaf Comprehensive School.  He then went on to obtain a degree in Economics and Geography at University in Manchester.

MUSIC
Gethin has passed his grade 8 violin and grade 7 piano.  He was leader of three County orchestras and played with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and played a duet live with Nicola Benedetti.

SPORT
Captained the University 1st XV to the final of the BUSA Championships for the first time in their history.  Represented Lancashire and had trials with Sale RFC.

TV
Gethin presented 5 series of Popty on Welsh Channel S4C from 2000 - 2003.  He then went onto present the channels flagship youth magazine show called Uned 5 for 2 1/2 years from 2002.  He also presented Y Briodas Fawr (the Big Wedding) and Jones Jones Jones at Cardiff's Millennium Centre (in both English and Welsh) where the world record was broken for the biggest gathering of people with the same surname!  He's also presented numerous live OB's for S4C and the BBC.  Whilst on Uned 5, he obtained a private pilots license as part of a filming challenge lasting over 8 months.

Gethin presented Blue Peter for 3 1/2 years before leaving CBBC's flagship show in June 2008.  His time on Blue Peter saw him take on the most extreme, wonderful, scary and strangest challenges of his life.  He flew with the Red Arrows and in a WW2 Spitfire.  He's been attacked by an alligator in Louisiana, ridden the highest, fastest, tallest rollercoasters in the world (he hates them!), was the first person to light a candle at Elvis's vigil to celebrate the 29th anniversary of his death, performed the Canterville Ghost with the English National Ballet in front of 2000 people.  Skated the infamous Crest Run in St. Moritz.  Fought as a Samurai Warrior in Japan but his biggest moment was when he became the first civilian and Blue Peter presenter to finish the Royal Marine Commando 30 mile yomp - he finished in a time of 8hrs 20 mins ...... in about 7 pieces.

He was also a semi-finalist in BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing 2007.

His 2008 projects included presenting a Police Camera Action special for ITV1, Gethin Jones' Danger Hunters for Virgin 1 where he chased deadly weather around the world,  E24, a weekly news entertainment / showbiz round up for BBC news, The Gethin Jones Show on Saturday and Sunday mornings on Radio 5 live.  Gethin also narrated and presented BBC's Young Musician of The Year live at Cardiff's Millennium Centre.

January and February 2009 saw Gethin take to the dance floor once again, touring Nationwide with the Strictly Come Dancing Arena Tour.  He alos hosted a new game show 'Sell Me The Answer' for Sky1.  The 50 show run started to transmit in November.  He also present his own Saturday morning show for 13 weeks over the summer on Radio 5 Live.  In August, he co-presented a week of the One Show for BBC1 and presented the National Lottery shows again for BBC1 throughout the year.  Christmas 2009 saw Gethin star in his first pantomime Cinderella in Guildford playing Prince Charming.

After the pantomime finished, he hosted the Golden Globes red carpet coverage for Sky1.  Gethin also took part in Soccer Aid for ITV1 playing for the Rest of The World and hosted the new series of Police Camera Action in July.  He also returned to Radio 5 Live with his own radio show.  He hosted 71 degrees North for ITV1 and returned to the theatre playing the role of the Narrator in the Rocky Horror Show.

Gethin is the face of Holland and Barrett, the UK's leading retailer of vitamins and mineral supplements.  He can play the bag pipes, has a Tapier named after him at Woburn Safari Park.  He enjoys tennis, golf, football and travelling and is a holder of 4 Guiness World Records!