Rob Brydon Joy Jones (née Brydon), was a school teacher, and his father, Howard Jones, was a car dealer. He grew up in Baglan, with his younger brother Peter (born 1973). Brydon was educated at two independent schools: St. John's School in Porthcawl, which Eddie Izzard also attended, and Dumbarton House School in Swansea until the age of 14. This was followed by Porthcawl Comprehensive School, where he met Ruth Jones (with whom he later worked in "Gavin & Stacey") and became a member of the school's youth theatre group. While at Dumbarton, he once stole the lunch money of fellow pupil
Stacey Dooley across Canada investigating the various factors which played a part in the disappearance and murder of over 1200 Native American women. Stacey also narrated a documentary "The Natives: This Is Our America" where she investigated the lives of young Native Americans, and the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. In 2017, Stacey presented "The Pets Factor" for CBBC. In April 2018 Stacey took part in a BBC show "Celebrities on the NHS Front-line" to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS. In the 2018 series of "Stacey Dooley Investigates", she travelled to Russia, Florida, Iraq, and Hungary to explore more challenging issues