Jonathan Stephen Ross is an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He presented the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross during the 2000s and early 2010s, hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 from 1999 to 2010, and served as film critic and presenter of the Film programme.
Ross in 2017
Ross with Ricky Gervais at Live 8 in July 2005
Ross's Paddington Bear designed statue—themed "Futuristic Robot Bear"—in the City of Westminster, London, auctioned for the NSPCC
Ross with his wife Jane Goldman at the 2009 British Academy Television Awards
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events.
An image of 'Digit Al' sitting on the last BBC1 mechanical ident, taken from the last analogue BBC One Northern Ireland transmission on 23 October 2012 at 23:31 GMT
The circle idents were introduced on 7 October 2006 and were used until 31 December 2016. The Hippos ident is shown above.
