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Zoe Ball‘s BBC Radio 2 return date has been revealed amid rising concern over her absence.
There has just lately been a lot hypothesis across the radio presenter’s future with the station after she took an prolonged depart of absence following the demise of her mum.
Information of her return date follows Scott Mills filling in for the host with out mentioning her absence earlier this week.
Nevertheless, in accordance with the BBC’s schedules, listeners will be capable of hear Ball again on the airwaves from Monday 23 September, with Mills returning to his common afternoon slot.
Ball’s mom, Julie Peckham, was identified with superior pancreatic most cancers earlier this 12 months. In March, the host revealed she could be taking break day from her breakfast present to take care of her.
However, a month later she shared the information that Peckham had died, aged 74.
Gaby Roslin who, together with Mills, has been stepping in for Ball in her absence, introduced the information on air on 24 April.
Ball, 53, final appeared on her present on 8 August, as she tentatively returned for a short interval. She had returned 4 days earlier earlier than Mills took over once more.
“What has occurred to Zoe Ball? She’s been off the radio for 5 weeks in whole – no point out of her in any respect the previous few weeks. I hope she’s okay,” wrote one involved fan on X/Twitter.
Her substitute host Mills had instructed frightened listeners on 12 August: “In the event you set your alarm each morning to go off at 6:30 am and usually Zoe comes on, please don’t freak out.”
He continued, “You haven’t overslept. In the event you’ve simply put us on this morning, it’s Scott Mills in for Zoe for the following few weeks. I’m sending you all my love Zo’, as are the workforce.”
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Earlier this month, the BBC confirmed her future as a spokesperson for Radio 2 instructed The Unbiased: “Zoe will return to the Radio 2 Breakfast Present later this month.”
In a touching submit on her social media shared in April, Ball shared a tribute to her mum, writing: “Sleep tight pricey Mama. Thanks for educating us how you can love unconditionally, to all the time present braveness and empathy, and the way, even within the darkest of days, laughter is the best of presents. we’re bereft with out you however will maintain so tight to one another.”
