Zoe Ball returns to Radio 2: Presenter opens her show by telling listeners ‘hello happy wanderers, I’ve wandered back’ and asking ‘what have I missed’ during her six week absence

Zoe Ball has returned to her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Present following a six week absence as she requested her listeners ‘what have I missed?’.

The veteran presenter, 53, confirmed on Sunday that she would resume her position as host of the morning programme following a mysterious absence.

However Zoe proved it was enterprise as standard as she provided her followers a vigorous welcome again saying ‘hey glad wanderers, I’ve wandered again’ and telling them she hopes they loved their ‘Brat summer time’.

She stated: ‘Morning beautiful individuals it is me Zoe the glad wanderer. I’ve wandered again. How was your Brat summer time? Was it marvellous? 

‘We did that within the 90s it was referred to as one thing totally different then. I hope you have been having fun with a number of the beautiful sunsets over the previous couple of weeks. It is a tad soggy our finish this morning. Take it straightforward out on the street’.

Thanking her colleague and radio presenter, Scott Mills, for filling in for her, she stated: ‘Thanks Scott Mills for taking care of the present for the week – extra on that later. What have I missed? Textual content me! Missed ya!’ 

After a fast information section, she welcomed any new listeners as she joked: ‘It is me Zo! You could bear in mind me from the 90s, yeah I am again.’ 

Zoe not been on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Present since she briefly returned to internet hosting on August 8, following a summer time break.

The primary music Zoe performed to mark her return was 1987 hit September by American band Earth, Wind & Fireplace, which she joked had come a number of days late resulting from its well-known lyrics ‘do you bear in mind, the twenty first evening of September?’.

After the monitor, Zoe quipped that she hadn’t been to Turkey for a ‘new face and enamel’ throughout her day without work, however newsreader Tina Daheley informed her ‘you do look nice although.’

Zoe stated she had ‘a lot gossip’ to compensate for, however joked a few of that must be reserved for off-air conversations along with her fellow presenters. 

The star went on to learn out messages from listeners who had textual content to fill her in on what she had missed whereas away from her internet hosting job.

Zoe admitted it was a little bit of a treacherous drive in her ‘little MINI’ as a result of heavy rain that had hit London in a single day.

On Sunday, Zoe Ball broke her silence after her six week absence from BBC Radio 2, taking to social media to verify she’s going to return to her flagship present on Monday.

She informed followers: ‘Again to breakfast tomorrow morning 6.30.’ She added: ‘@realscottmills 7 @djspoony thanks for placing within the mega shifts.’

Zoe shared an Instagram reel of Disco Bambino’s monitor Odeon (Holdin’ On) as she added the phrases ‘Deliver it’ to the put up and tagged her Breakfast Present staff. 

The broadcaster, who’s the BBC‘s highest paid feminine star incomes £950,000-a-year, has been absent from her primetime radio slot since August 8 with followers rising more and more involved.

On Sunday, Zoe Ball broke her silence after her six week absence from BBC Radio 2, taking to social media to verify she’s going to return to her flagship present on Monday 

Zoe was informed to ‘take on a regular basis she wants’ following the dying of her beloved mom. 

However the thriller surrounding Zoe’s return  continued to deepen final week amid her unexplained absence, because it’s emerged that she’s bought her countryside dwelling. 

The Mail revealed that Zoe has moved home in latest weeks, promoting her ­stunning countryside dwelling within the idyllic Sussex village of Newick which she purchased for £2,025,000 in August 2020. 

She is known to have upped sticks in August and moved to a townhouse between Brighton and Hove, near her ex-husband DJ Norman Cook dinner, the daddy of her two youngsters, from whom she separated in 2016. They divorced in 2020.

Some recommend that the change is a ‘new begin’ for Zoe, who has been single since she break up from mannequin Michael Reed final yr after five-and-a-half years collectively.

‘Zoe clearly obtained fed up with life within the nation and wished to maneuver to someplace a bit extra vigorous,’ stated a supply with ­information of her new dwelling.

‘She has grow to be actually engrossed in making her home simply as she desires it and has been fortunately ordering furnishings and shopping for fine details to make it excellent.’ 

Certainly, Zoe was noticed at Brighton’s Churchill Sq. purchasing centre on Wednesday, with one onlooker describing their shock at seeing her.

‘Everybody has been questioning the place she has been after which there she was, proper in entrance of my eyes,’ they stated.

Regardless of a flurry of involved messages on-line from followers, Scott opened Zoe’s present final week with no point out of his absent colleague.

He beforehand despatched a message of help to the star whereas standing in for her on August 12, telling listeners that he was unexpectedly taking up. 

‘For those who set your alarm each morning to go off at 6:30am and usually Zoe comes on, please don’t freak out. You haven’t overslept,’ he informed listeners, including that he can be within the scorching seat for some time.

‘For those who’ve simply put us on this morning, it is Scott Mills in for Zoe for the subsequent few weeks. I am sending you all my love Zo, as are the staff,’ he stated.   

It comes as Zoe’s son Woody Cook dinner revealed he is ‘glad to see her smiling via powerful instances’ after she was photographed being comforted by ex-husband Norman Cook dinner, aka Fatboy Slim, exterior a café in Hove on Thursday.  

In March, Zoe stated she can be taking day without work to take care of her mom Julia Peckham, who had been recognized with pancreatic most cancers (pictured along with her mom Julia in 2010)

As concern has grown round her unexplained absence – Woody, 23, who Zoe shares with Fatboy Slim – has damaged his silence on his absence. 

He completely informed MailOnline: ‘My mum and I prefer to maintain our personal lives to ourselves however I’ll say I’ve stepped up and spent much more time along with her lately as she has at all times been there after I’ve had powerful instances. I am glad to see her smiling.’ 

Sources near the star informed MailOnline she has been given ‘as a lot time as she wants’ by the BBC, who acted equally when she took day without work in March to take care of her in poor health mom Julia Peckham who handed away from most cancers a month later. 

As Zoe was noticed for the primary time in weeks, BBC bosses are stated to be doing ‘all the pieces they’ll’ to assist her return to work when she is prepared.  

It comes as Zoe’s son Woody Cook dinner revealed he is ‘glad to see her smiling via powerful instances’ after she was photographed being comforted by ex-husband Norman Cook dinner, aka Fatboy Slim 

Earlier than leaving her present in August, the star loved a vacation to Ibiza along with her son Woody and daughter Nelly and attended Brighton Satisfaction. 

She then returned to work for 3 days earlier than leaving the present.

The BBC has not provided any clarification for her absence, apart from a spokeswoman final week saying she will probably be again later this month.

Zoe has additionally been unusually quiet on social media along with her final Instagram message posted on August 5. 

In March, Zoe stated she can be taking day without work to take care of her mom Julia Peckham, who had been recognized with pancreatic most cancers. 

She died in April and the host returned to work on Could 13. Final yr, Ms Ball took three weeks off in Corfu to host Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream for rival ITV.

Zoe has overcome a sequence of tragedies and heartbreak that led her to take time away from Radio 2 to concentrate on her household earlier this yr. 

Zoe’s mum Julia died in April and the host returned to work on Could 13 

Within the tribute posted to Instagram (pictured), Zoe informed followers she is ‘bereft’ 

The BBC icon introduced in April that her mom Julia had died after a battle with pancreatic most cancers following her analysis only a month earlier than.

Posting a tribute to her mom on social media, she stated: ‘Sleep tight pricey Mama. 

‘Thanks for educating us love unconditionally, to at all times 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.’

It’s the newest in a string of tragedies the beloved Radio 2 presenter has needed to endure. 

Her five-and-a-half yr relationship with Michael Reed lately broke down, and 7 years in the past her accomplice Billy Yates took his personal life in Could 2017.

Mr Yates’s dying got here after the breakdown of Ms Ball’s 18-year marriage to DJ Fatboy Slim, actual identify Regular Cook dinner.