Zoe Ball was overcome with emotion this morning as she began her final Radio 2 show. As she signed in for the last time, Zoe took a moment to express her gratitude to her listeners for their unwavering support over the years and shared several messages from her fans.
She admitted that some of these heartfelt messages, including one from her friend Oti Mabuse, had brought her to tears.
Speaking at the start of the programme, Ball teased with a few adapted lines of One Day More from the musical Les Miserables, saying: “Another day, another destiny, one final show from me, ZB – only joking I’m not going to sing, let’s have some Daft Punk.”
She then played the French electronic duo’s One More Time, followed by a message she read out from a man who said he was driving home for Christmas early so he could to listen to her last show.
Ball, the daughter of children’s TV presenter Johnny Ball, began presenting The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show almost six years ago in January 2019, taking over from Chris Evans.
She announced her decision to leave in November, saying it was time to “step away from the very early mornings and focus on family”.
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