He is the telly hunk who won Britain’s hearts on Strictly Come Dancing before getting his own broken by singer Katherine Jenkins.
But before Gethin Jones became a household name he was the try-anything action man on BBC kids show Blue Peter.
Now director Alex Leger has lifted the lid on life with the star in his book Blue Peter: Behind The Badge.
The Cardiff-born presenter joined the programme in 2005 – and took part in some death-defying stunts before leaving in 2008.
And when he left the programme, he made a short farewell speech in a crowded studio at Television Centre.
“His parting shot was that ‘Director Alex Leger wrote on the risk assessment for a shoot: ‘Gethin may die’, Alex said. “The assembled collection of BBC staff, freelancers and friends didn’t seem that surprised. Quite a few laughed out loud.”
Gethin was talking about the time he was filmed in a Royal Navy submarine escape training tank in Gosport.
The tank was a 30-metre column of water in which divers had to float to the surface breathing out.
Forgetting to exhale would mean certain death.
Read more: Wales Online
Blue Peter: Behind The Badge, by Alex Leger, is published by Lauren Productions, priced £20
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