Lauren Laverne set to return to BBC following cancer diagnosis

Lauren Laverne is acceptable to instrumentality to the BBC workplace this period aft announcing her crab diagnosis successful August.

Lauren, 46, who has been the big of Desert Island Discs since 2018, is acceptable to instrumentality to radio conscionable months aft revealing she had been diagnosed with cancer.

After her clip distant from the workplace it’s been announced that she’s acceptable to commencement signaling much shows this period to beryllium released successful December.

A BBC spokeswoman said: ‘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.’

Since August 11, Radio 4 has been airing extended and classical editions of Desert Island Discs, with the adjacent occurrence featuring Lauren to aerial connected December 1.

The presenter past appeared connected the airwaves connected August 15 erstwhile she presented her 6 Music show.

Taking implicit for her person been different hosts including Nick Grimshaw, Nemone Metaxas, and Deb Grant.

Lauren confirmed connected August 21 she was successful infirmary aft being diagnosed, but did not specify which benignant of crab she was suffering from.

‘Right then, immoderate idiosyncratic news… I precocious had a crab diagnosis. It was (thank God) caught aboriginal and unexpectedly during a screening trial and I americium expected to marque a afloat recovery,’ she wrote successful a station connected Instagram.

‘I’m successful infirmary astatine the infinitesimal and wanted to instrumentality this infinitesimal to accidental convey you: Firstly to the aesculapian teams who person got maine this acold with unthinkable accomplishment and kindness.

‘To my household and friends who person been perfectly bonzer each measurement of the mode – I americium truthful precise grateful and emotion you truthful much.

And of people convey you to my colleagues – including those astatine @itg_ltd, @bbc6music, @bbctheoneshow and #DesertIslandDiscs for their enactment – and for giving maine the clip disconnected that I request to get better.’

In the aforesaid post, she past reached retired to springiness a connection to fans encouraging them to get tested and checked retired erstwhile symptoms appear.

‘I besides privation to accidental that if you’re avoiding a trial oregon putting disconnected an assignment to get yourself checked retired please, delight bash it today. Half of america volition get crab astatine immoderate point, and if you do, uncovering retired asap is everything.

‘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. xxx.’

She was supported by her fans and personage pals with messages of enactment from Dermot O’Leary, Vicky McClure, Clara Amfo and Myleene Klass who broke down successful tears on Loose Women portion discussing Lauren’s diagnosis.

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