{"id":859036,"date":"2026-03-29T21:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/859036\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T21:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:51:25","slug":"alex-jones-poignant-career-update-away-from-the-one-show-as-she-returns-to-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/859036\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Jones’ ‘poignant’ career update away from The One Show as she returns to Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

The One Show host Alex Jones has returned to South Wales and shared details of a new filming project as well as a special reunion\"The<\/p>\n

Alex Jones has been filming away from The One Show(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

She’s become a household name thanks to her role as co-host of BBC’s weekday evening programme The One Show<\/a> but Alex Jones<\/a> has issued a career update that has seen her return to Wales.<\/p>\n

Ammanford-born Alex posted a series of photos to her official Instagram account sharing some details of her new project which also saw her reuniting with one of her closest friends.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old is filming a special documentary to mark the 60th anniversary in October of the Aberfan disaster<\/a> when 116 childen and 28 adults were killed after a colliary spoil tip collapsed and slurry engulfed a school and a row of houses.<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three said in her post: “Spent this week filming in South Wales and despite the very poignant topic of the documentary, it was so nice to be on home turf, spending time with one of my best friends since school<\/a> @catrowlands77 who was in charge of the production.”<\/p>\n

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Alex has been filming in Aberfan(Image: Instagram\/Alex Jones)<\/p>\n

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She continued: “A lovely crew, some of which I\u2019ve know for decades and also being able to catch up with friends from home and even share a birthday cake, something we haven\u2019t done since we weee 18! Also, special to introduce @lizbeckettmua who is such a great friend now to my oldest friends.”<\/p>\n

In one of the photos, Alex is stood in front of a plaque at Pantglas Junior School Memorial Garden which reads: ‘Dedicated to the 116 children and 28 adults who lost their lives 21 October 1966. To those we love and miss so very much. I’r rhai a garwn ac y galarwn o’u colli.’<\/p>\n

Another shows her with her friend Catrin Rowlands who works in TV production and there’s also a photo of Alex with another pal Liz Beckett who is a make-up artist.<\/p>\n

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Alex has celebrated her 49th birthday(Image: Instagram\/Alex Jones)<\/p>\n

The post was shared just days after Alex’s 49th birthday and in another photo she can be seen blowing out four candles on a birthday cake.<\/p>\n

In the comments one follower asked: “Are you making a programme to make the 60th anniversary?” To which Alex replied: “We are. It will air in October.” It’s not yet known which channel the show will be broadcast on.<\/p>\n

Alex recently shared “amazing news” just minutes into an episode of The One show. Paddington Bear had previously appeared on the show as part of the the final of the 500 Words writing competition from Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

Alex said: “We must say congratulations to Paddington, because he picked up an amazing nine awards for his musical last night.”<\/p>\n

Paddington The Musical dominated the WhatsOnStage Awards earlier this month, winning nine prizes after its triumphant launch in the West End last year.<\/p>\n

The One Show is on BBC One weekdays at 7pm and on BBC iPlayer<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The One Show host Alex Jones has returned to South Wales and shared details of a new filming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[244655,192,748,4884,42066,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-859036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-alex-jones-tv-presenter","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-the-one-show","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116314681399444699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}