Dr Rhys Jones
DR RHYS JONES
Rhys is a BAFTA nominated (Best Presenter) Television and Radio presenter. His BBC television career spans almost three decades and includes Rhys’s Network Primetime BBC One television series ‘Rhys Jones’s Wildlife Patrol’, which attracted a viewing audience of 10 million (2.5 million per programme) across the UK and ran for three series. It can now be found on the new platform of Amazon Prime.
Rhys also delivered two seasons of his hit BBC series ‘Rhys to the Rescue’, and guest presented for both Chris Packham’s ‘Nature’s Calendar’ and Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Saving Planet Earth’. He presented the Royal Welsh Show on BBC Wales between 2007-2015.
Rhys recently became an Executive Producer on international wildlife projects, including The Last Asylum. He has also recorded documentaries for Disney+, National Geographic, Discovery and the Smithsonian Channel, which include ‘Top Ten Biggest Beasts’, ‘British Treasure, American Gold’ and ‘The Alaska Triangle’.
Rhys regularly appears on radio with highlights including presenting alongside Simon Mayo on Drive Time BBC Radio 2, Cerys Mathews on Radio 6 Music and Adam Rutherford on Inside Science on BBC Radio 4. He produces radio programmes, including his own BBC Radio Wales series ‘My Date with Death’. He has produced wildlife and science-themed podcast series for the Guardian and worked as a voice-over artist for several corporate projects.
He is a freelance science and wildlife writer with recent articles published in The Independent, The New Statesman and The Journal of Physiology.
Rhys published his first book, ‘Becoming Dr Jones’, in Autumn 2023 and is currently writing the sequel, ‘Being Dr Jones’, both books covering his lifelong working relationship with animals across the world.
Rhys delivers keynote speeches to a wide range of organisations and NGOs, including The British Science Association National Conference, The National Teaching Conference, The Wildlife Trusts, The British Council – Hong Kong, and the Diana Award annual Award Ceremony.
Rhys completed his PhD on “British Reptile Conservation: Phylogeography and Translocation studies” in 2009, following an MPhil in Medical Molecular Entomology and a BSc (Hons) in Zoology.
He holds the position of Associate Professor at Cardiff University delivering modules in Genetics, Evolution, and Animal Diversity, as well as in Advanced Anatomy on comparative hominid evolution and Science Communication. He also works on several ecological-based field courses, including the University’s flagship MSc in Global Ecology and Conservation. He also lectures annually within GW4 (an alliance of Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter and Bath Universities) on postgraduate (MRes, PhD) courses.