However, Jones – along with Clare Balding, Sue Barker and Gabby Logan – called upon the BBC to make immediate changes to ensure equality in the company.

“Compared to many women and men, we are very well compensated and fortunate,” they wrote in an open letter to the broadcaster. “However, this is an age of equality and the BBC is an organisation that prides itself on its values.

“You have said that you will ‘sort’ the gender pay gap by 2020, but the BBC has known about the pay disparity for years. We all want to go on the record to call upon you to act now.”

The letter went on to state that the pay gap “has languished for too long” in all areas of the company and it needed fixing so future generations don’t need to face the same discrimination.

“This is an opportunity for those of us with strong and loud voices to use them on behalf of all, and for an organisation that had to be pushed into transparency to do the right thing,” it concluded.

Pay disparity is not the only issue that Jones has had to contend with: in her interview with The Mirror, she explained that she felt ‘judged’ by some for choosing to focus on her career before starting a family.

“Why wouldn’t you have a very successful career while you’re waiting for that person and children to come into your life?” she said.

The One Show’s Alex Jones earns £50,000 less than her male co-star