Jane Oddy

The One Show presenter Alex Jones discusses the difficulty of balancing her 16-year BBC career with raising three children. She says she accepts missing bedtime but values the time she does have with her family and remains deeply committed to the programme. Jones also describes how her husband Charlie Thomson’s suspected viral meningitis or Lyme disease in 2023 led the family to ensure he is home at bedtime; his health has since returned to normal. The family’s move from London to Berkshire has brought greater calm, while Jones is also managing perimenopausal symptoms and reflecting positively on ageing, motherhood and her long-term television career.