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Sami Quadri

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball announces return date after mystery absence

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball has announced she will be returning to her early morning programme on Monday morning.

In a post to X, formerly Twitter, she said: “Back on breakfast @bbcradio2 tomorrow morning at 6:30.”

The DJ also thanked fellow presenter Scott Mills for filling in for her.

The broadcaster has not been on the The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show since she briefly returned to hosting on August 8, following a summer break.

Both Gaby Roslin and Mills have been standing in for Ball.

A BBC Radio 2 spokesperson said: “We are looking forward to welcoming Zoe back to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show tomorrow morning.”

Ball, 53, took over the morning programme in 2019 from Chris Evans.

She was the first female host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in 1998, a post she held until 2000.

She also co-hosted the BBC’s Saturday morning children’s magazine Live & Kicking alongside Jamie Theakston for three years from 1996.

Ball has presented the BBC spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, and ITV’s reality competition show Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream.

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