Gethin Jones is a Welsh TV Presenter, radio DJ, sportsman, musician and dancer. He hit the big time as a presenter in the longest running children's TV show in the UK, Blue Peter.
He's also a highly skilled Rugby presenter, having played the game himself for many years and now a deeply knowledgeable self confessed "rugby anorak". He fronted Manchester based HITS Radio and mote recently hosted Strictly Come Dancing after show, It Takes Two, having previously been a competitor on the show.
Not just a pretty face, Gethin is Grade 8 in both violin and piano, played the violin at the Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and is also a fitness fanatic, becoming the first civilian to finish the Royal Marine Commando 30-mile (48 km) Yomp in 2006.
Jones appeared as a Cyberman in a 2006 episode of Doctor Who and as a Dalek operator in 2008.
Outside his TV role in the public eye, Gethin is one of nicest guys you could hope to meet - authentic and genuinely warm - spending much of his spare time helping out on social causes including his work with Nigh, a Weklsh based charity supporting those with autism.
Gethin was kind enough to give me a lesson in presenting in this rollicking interview in which he takes the micky out of me almost the entire way through.
Mentioed links from the video:
Nai Autism Charity
http://www.nai.wales/our-story.php
A Basic Cook (Meredith Townsley Fenton, my wife's business)
https://www.abasiccook.com/
Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) Interview at Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9TBxKXWYo
The Most Embarrasing Video I could Find of Gethin on Blue Peter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtlJ3xoowQ
Gethin Competing in Strictly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJZ8GJxmUk
Gethin on It Takes Two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK7BV20xugg&t=66s