Charlotte Alexandra Jones (born 18 March 1977) is a Welsh television presenter, from Ammanford, southwest Wales, best known for co-presenting The One Show since August 2010.She is fluent in both English and Welsh.

Early life

Born Charlotte Alexandra Jones in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, with her younger sister Jennie, her first language at home was English. But educated at a Welsh-speaking school, she quickly became fluent. After training as a ballet dancer as a child, Jones studied theatre, film and TV at the University of Aberystwyth, sitting her finals exams in Magaluf, Spain while appearing as a contestant on Davina McCall's Sky One show Prickly Heat!.

Broadcasting career

On graduation Jones became a television researcher, but after being sacked twice was asked by a producer at Avanti productions to take a try in front of the camera. Her first presenting job was for BBC Choice, and she then joined S4C as a presenter on singing programme Cân i Gymru. (English: A Song for Wales) Jones developed a speciality presenting Welsh-language children's programmes on S4C, including Hip neu Sgip? and Salon, alongside occasional appearances on mainstream British television, including Channel 4's RI:SE.

Jones currently presents S4C travel show Tocyn (English: Ticket) on S4C with Aled Samuel, the extreme sports show Chwa, and was part of the crew on Jonathan Davies' Welsh-language rugby show Jonathan for the 2010 Six Nations Championship. Jones is a regular co-host on Real Radio GMG in Wales.

On 25 July 2010, Jones was announced as the new female co-host on BBC One's The One Show, replacing Christine Bleakley alongside male co-host, Jason Manford.

She replaced Claudia Winkleman as a co-presenter of Let's Dance for Comic Relief for the competition's third series in February 2011.