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'''Ron Jones''' ([[August]] [[1945]] - [[1995]]) was a{{Short description|British [[television director]]. }}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bristol]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|7|9|1945|8|6|df=y}}
| occupation = Television director
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'''Ron Jones''' (6 August 1945 – 9 July 1995) was a British [[television director]].
Born in [[Bristol]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba52ac1a2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320232714/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba52ac1a2|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 2019|title=Ron Jones}}</ref> he joined the [[BBC]] as a studio manager in local radio, then became an assistant floor manager on television. After a period as a researcher and item director on ''[[Blue Peter]]'' he worked as a production manager on series likesuch as ''[[Bergerac (televisionTV series)|Bergerac]]'' and ''[[Secret Army (televisionTV series)|Secret Army]]''.
On completing the BBC's internal director's course, he was commissioned to direct onfor ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and contributed six stories in the 1980s: ''[[Black Orchid (Doctor Who)|Black Orchid]]'', ''[[Time-Flight]]'', ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[Frontios]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/category/ron-jones/|title=Ron Jones}}</ref> and ''[[Mindwarp]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7765/doctor-who-trial-of-a-time-lord-dvd-pt2|title=Doctor Who: Trial of a Time Lord DVD [pt.1]|date=8 September 2008}}</ref>
He also directed ''[[Lindenstraße]]'' (a [[1985]] TV Series}series) and episodes of police drama ''[[Juliet Bravo]]''.
==External linkReferences==
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22167 Ron Jones at Find-A-Grave]
== External links ==
==Sports commentator==
* {{IMDb name|id=0429167|name=Ron Jones}}
There is also a long-serving [[Wales|Welsh]]-born [[BBC radio]] sports commentator called Ron Jones.
==Teacher==
Ron Jones was a teacher in Palo Alto, California. He started [[The Third Wave]]. It started in a High School Senior classroom and got way out of hand as to which all the other high school grades were involved.
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