George Alagiah has revealed he is returning to the BBC news studio after months of cancer treatment.
The veteran news presenter, 66, was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in 2014.
Now he was pleased to reveal he had reunited with his BBC colleagues after several months of cancer treatment.
Taking to social media, Alagiah explained it felt good to be back with his News at Six colleagues and in the BBC studios.
“I’ll be back in the @BBCNews studio today after months of treatment,” Alagiah told his social media followers. “Pure coincidence - it’s 8 years to the day since I was told I had stage 4 #bowelcancer. So good to be with the News at Six team again.”
Following his announcement, several fellow BBC stars expressed their pleasure that Alagiah was able to reunite with his colleagues.
“Some really good news in a world of bad news,” wrote BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards.
“Really delighted that the wonderful @BBCAlagiah is returning to our screens tonight. George, very best wishes,” wrote former BBC science editor David Shukman.
Alagiah was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014 and underwent 17 rounds of chemotherapy before returning to the newsroom.
Unfortunately, his cancer returned a second time and later spread to his lymph nodes and lungs.
In 2020, Alagiah tested positive for Covid and decided to step back from his presenting duties after recommendations from his doctor.
Last year, he revealed that his cancer had spread and he would be taking time off work to once again undergo intense chemotherapy.
Reflecting on his cancer battle in a recent interview, Alagiah revealed he thinks cancer will “get him in the end”.
However, he is remaining positive about his health situation.
“My doctor’s very good at every now and again hitting me with a big red bus full of drugs, because the whole point about cancer is it bloody finds a way through and it gets you in the end,” he said on the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast.
“Probably… It will get me in the end. I’m hoping it’s a long time from now, but I’m very lucky.”
