History

WELCOME TO THE WORLD
Aled Jones entered the world in 1970.

BANGOR CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Aled joined Bangor Cathedral choir in 1980.

PROFESSIONAL DEBUT
He made his professional debut as a twelve year old performing the role of the Angel in Handel's Oratorio ‘Jeptha’ on BBC2 and BBC Radio 3

He went on to film three programmes for the BBC from Israel with the BBC Welsh Chorus. The resulting album went to number 2 in the charts - one behind Bruce Springsteen's ‘Born In The USA’.

HOLLYWOOD & LENNY

Aled performed countless concerts as a boy soprano all over the world including a spot at the Hollywood Bowl and sharing the stage with maestro Leonard Bernstein.

EMMY AWARD

In June 1985, Aled was the subject of an Emmy award winning BBC Omnibus documentary entitled ‘The Treble’.

PERFORMING FOR ROYALTY

Aled has performed for Her Majesty The Queen and all members of the royal family many times as boy and man - including a private performance for the Prince and Princess Of Wales at their home in Kensington Palace.

PERFORMING FOR ROCK ROYALTY

Aled was invited to sing at Bob Geldof and Paula Yates' wedding.

ACTING DEBUT

Aled made his acting debut in 1990 at the Royal Theatre Northampton In Richard Llewellyn's ‘How Green Was My Valley’.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT

Aled was asked to perform the role of Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’.

BBC RADIO WALES

In 2000 Aled began presenting his own chat show on ‘BBC Radio Wales’. The show is still running to this day and is very popular with listeners.
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SONGS OF PRAISE

In 2002 Aled made his debut on BBC's ‘Songs Of Praise’. He is now the main presenter of the programme

DEBUT ALBUM

Aled's debut adult album called ‘Aled’ went to number 1 in the charts.

THIS IS YOUR LIFE

Aled was also the subject of the last ever ‘This is Your Life’ on the BBC and was surprised on stage at the Royal Albert Hall during the filming of the ‘Songs of Praise - The Big Sing'.

HIGHER

In 2003 Aled topped the classical charts with the album ‘Higher’.

BBC RADIO 2 & 3

In 2006 Aled began presenting for BBC Radio 2 and 3 his shows ‘Good Morning Sunday’ and ‘The Choir’.

STRICTLY COME DANCING

In 2004 Aled was a contestant on the second series of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. He made it through to the semi-final of the competition and cites dancing a Samba to the Tom Jones hit 'It's Not Unusual' in Blackpool's famous Tower Ballroom as a real highlight!

BBC RADIO 2 & 3

In 2006 Aled began presenting for BBC Radio 2 and 3 his shows ‘Good Morning Sunday’ and ‘The Choir

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

Aled lead the cast of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ in Cardiff.

CHILDREN IN NEED SINGLE

Aled's ‘Children In Need’ single with Sir Terry Wogan went to number two in the charts.

DAYBREAK

In 2012 Aled hosted daytime morning show ‘Daybreak’ alongside Lorraine Kelly on ITV1.

MBE

Aled was awarded an MBE in 2013.

CLASSIC FM

Aled returned to ‘Classic FM’ for a regular Sunday morning slot. His show has continued to grow ever since and is currently the most listened to single show on the network.

WEEKEND

Since 2014 Aled has presented his own musical chat show ‘Weekend’ on ITV1. The show broadcasts every Saturday and Sunday morning from 8.30am - 9.30am.

Aled has recently completed his second series of ‘Weekend’.

‘Weekend’ will be back at Christmas and April 2016.

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Aled starred in ‘White Christmas’ at the Dominion Theatre in London's West End.
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PRESENT DAY
"Many people ask me why I work so hard - my answer is that I honestly don’t see it as work and I hold dear words of advice once offered to me by my mate Terry Wogan - spread yourself as thinly as possible as it makes it harder for people to get rid of you!”

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