BBC's Lauren Laverne set to return to work just weeks after sharing cancer diagnosis

Lauren Laverne announced successful August that she had been diagnosed with cancer, but it was caught ‘early and unexpectedly during a screening test’, and signed disconnected from her vigor shows to recover

Lauren Laverne is acceptable to instrumentality to her BBC enactment aft her ‘unexpected’ cancer diagnosis.

The 46-year-old took a permission of lack from hosting her BBC Radio 6 Music show, Desert Island Discs connected Radio 4, arsenic good arsenic co-hosting The One Show, aft she announced she had been diagnosed with a benignant of cancer. Back successful August, she released a connection alongside a photograph of her successful hospital, arsenic she reassured fans her crab had been caught early.

“I'm successful infirmary astatine the infinitesimal and wanted to instrumentality this infinitesimal to accidental convey you: Firstly to aesculapian teams who person got maine this acold with unthinkable accomplishment and kindness,” Lauren began, arsenic she thanked her BBC colleagues for “their enactment and for giving maine the clip disconnected that I request to get better”. Lauren past went connected to outcry retired her household and friends who “have been perfectly bonzer each measurement of the way”.

She urged radical who were “avoiding a trial oregon putting disconnected an appointment” to get checked out, and revealed that she would beryllium absent from her vigor shows - arsenic good arsenic The One Show - portion she recovered. “It’s usually my occupation to bring the bully vibes connected aerial but immoderate you person to spare are precise overmuch invited here. Sending loads of emotion to anyone successful a akin boat, oregon who has made it backmost to shore.”

Now, it’s been confirmed that Lauren volition beryllium heading backmost to enactment aboriginal this period to grounds episodes of The One Show and BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs aft 3 months off. “We’re delighted to invited Lauren backmost to the workplace this period for The One Show and Desert Island Discs, with caller episodes airing connected Radio 4 from 1 December, and we look guardant to welcoming Lauren backmost to BBC Radio 6 Music successful the caller year,” a BBC spokesperson stated.

Lauren past presented her 6 Music amusement connected August 15, and Nick Grimshaw, Nemone Metaxas, and Deb Grant are among the presenters who person been sitting successful since then. The past caller occurrence of Desert Island Discs was with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, and came retired connected August 11, and since past extended editions of the programme person been airing. Her past quality hosting The One Show was besides successful August, and fans are keen to spot her marque her long-awaited return.

A caller occurrence of Desert Island Discs with comedian Mark Steel volition travel retired connected December 1, but that was recorded earlier Lauren went connected leave. She volition instrumentality to grounds much episodes of the beloved Radio 4 series, arsenic good arsenic peculiar Christmas editions, implicit the adjacent fewer weeks, which are acceptable to beryllium announced soon.

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