Aled Jones 1982, Jones won the Cerdd Dant solo competitions for competitors under 12 at the Urdd Eisteddfod. Jones became famous for the cover version of "Walking in the Air", the song from Channel 4's animated film "The Snowman", based on the book by Raymond Briggs. The record reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1985. The version used in the 1982 film was performed by Peter Auty, a St. Paul's Cathedral choirboy. In June 1985, Jones was the subject of an Emmy award-winning BBC Omnibus documentary entitled "The Treble". Jones, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, was behind the "Santa Claus
Aled Jones as well as on Welsh radio (BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru) and television (S4C). In 2006 he joined the BBC, taking over from Don Maclean on "Good Morning Sunday" on BBC Radio 2 and "The Choir" on BBC Radio 3. He is also a presenter of "Friday Night is Music Night", and has also been a regular stand-in presenter for Sarah Kennedy and Ken Bruce on Radio 2. Jones also presents other programmes for BBC Radio, such as "Choir of the Year" and "Young Chorister of the Year". On 4 February 2013 it was announced that Aled would be