Steve Jones has come a long way since he first appeared on our screens in the early noughties. The 46-year-old presenter, who was born in Tylorstown in the Rhondda valley, spoke to WalesOnline’s podcast In the Spotlight ahead of the release of his debut novel Call Time.
Steve recalled how a heartbreaking incident when he was younger partly inspired him to write the book. “There’s one grim element that myself and the protagonist [of Call Time] share. My best friend Chris came off his bike whilst we were together when I was 19 years old and he died.
“I wanted my protagonist to be real in the sense that when he was talking about grief and loss, that had to come from a real place. If I had to tell my younger self something I’d say, ‘Don’t go on that bike ride that day’ and Chris might still be here to this day. It’s been 27 years and there still isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t think about him.”
