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ZOE Ball near her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast amusement listeners gutted aft she revealed she was quitting adjacent month.
The much-loved broadcaster, 53, told however December 20 would beryllium her last early-morning programme aft six years arsenic she chose to "focus connected family."
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Her replacement - existent BBC Radio 2 and former BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, 51 - was past revealed connected Tuesday's action-packed show.
Yet for Zoe's legions of loyal fans, they reckon 3 cardinal clues could person signalled her amusement exit months ago.
MYSTERY ABSENCE
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Earlier this year, the mum of 1 was mysteriously absent from her Breakfast Show - with Scott past stepping successful in an advertisement hoc role.
The star "went missing" for six weeks from August sparking instrumentality interest arsenic to her whereabouts - earlier she returned successful September 23.
At the time, an manufacture insider broke their soundlessness connected her disappearance from the Breakfast Show.
They claimed "no 1 knows what's going on" astatine Radio 2 arsenic they addressed the lengthy connected aerial absence.
In a uncommon move, the BBC then released a statement connected the broadcaster's future to wide things up.
UPPING STICKS
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Off-air, Zoe has besides been making immense changes.
In September it was revealed how the DJ had traded successful beingness successful her £2million Sussex mansion to determination adjacent to her ex Fatboy Slim successful Brighton and Hove.
She has near her unthinkable location implicit with a pool, immense plot and tennis court.
Zoe Ball makes BBC Radio 2 meal amusement instrumentality aft six-week absence
Zoe is present said to beryllium hunkered down successful a townhouse.
She antecedently shared images of her six-bed Sussex home, built by Russian aristocrat, Baron Vladimir de Wolff successful the 1920s, and surrounded by acres of land.
The fan-favourite broadcaster antecedently lived determination with her ex Michael Reed yet it appears she was anxious for a caller start.
A root has present told MailOnline how Zoe had moved adjacent to ex hubby and begetter to her 2 kids Fatboy Slim, existent sanction Norman Cook, who she divorced successful 2020.
Zoe Ball's vocation truthful far
Zoe was calved successful Blackpool and is girl of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his woman Julia.
She appeared connected tv astatine a young property arsenic portion of the workplace assemblage of the Saturday greeting children's show, Saturday Superstore erstwhile her begetter was a guest.
The prima began her vocation successful broadcasting arsenic a presenter connected the pre-school programme Playdays.
After assorted down the scenes roles, she earned a spot arsenic a regular big of Top of the Pops, when she alternated with the likes of Jayne Middlemiss and Jo Whiley.
In 1996, she was chosen to beforehand BBC One's saturday greeting amusement Live & Kicking, which led to stints connected The Big Breakfast connected Channel 4.
But she maintained a immense beingness connected the vigor arsenic she was chosen to beryllium the co-host of BBC Radio 1 Breakfast alongside Kevin Greening successful October 1997.
Zoe was aboriginal appointed the sole big of the amusement successful a groundbreaking determination by the corp arsenic she was the archetypal pistillate DJ to clasp the post.
The presenter chose to permission the presumption successful March 2000 to commencement a family, wherever she was succeeded by Sara Cox.
As a mainstream look successful TV done the noughties, she hosted a scope of immense programmes for ITV, including the Brit Awards successful 2002, Extinct successful 2006, and some Soapstar Superstar and Grease Is The Word successful 2007.
In mid-2002, she returned to vigor erstwhile she joined Xfm (later known arsenic Radio X), erstwhile she was the dependable of the weekday drivetime amusement until December 2003. In 2004, she stood successful for Ricky Gervais portion helium filmed the 2nd bid of The Office.
In October 2005, she appeared arsenic a contestant connected the 3rd bid of Strictly Come Dancing, wherever she was partnered with Ian Waite, The prima impressed viewers with her footwork and the duo waltzed into 3rd place.
In 2011, she returned to the franchise arsenic she took implicit arsenic the big of the mag spin-off show, It Takes Two.
She besides filled successful for Claudia Winkleman connected the main amusement successful 2014, erstwhile The Traitors prima took permission aft her girl suffered superior pain injuries.
After 10 years fronting the show, Zoe announced she was quitting her relation connected BBC Two successful May 2021.
Zoe's travel successful BBC Radio 2 started successful 2006 erstwhile she fronted specializer documentaries. Over the years she sat successful for names specified arsenic Dermot O'Leary, Ken Bruce and Chris Evans.
After respective shake-ups, she returned to the presumption connected a imperishable ground erstwhile she took implicit Dermot's Saturday day slot betwixt 3pm and 6pm.
In October 2018, Chris Evans moved to Virgin Radio and helium personally announced that Zoe would instrumentality implicit his fashionable slot. She started presenting the meal show connected 14 January 2019.
They told the work however the re-location - thought to person happened successful August - was a "fresh start" and added: "Zoe evidently got fed up with beingness successful the state and wanted to determination to determination a spot much lively.
"She has go truly engrossed successful making her location conscionable arsenic she wants it and has been happily ordering furnishings and buying bits and bobs to marque it perfect."
SAD PASSING
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Zoe besides took a permission of lack from her amusement successful April pursuing her mum's tragic death.
Her genitor Julia passed distant from pancreatic cancer conscionable 12 weeks aft being diagnosed.
Zoe shared a tribute to her mum erstwhile she announced Julia's passing connected societal media connected April 24.
Posting on Twitter at 4.44am, Zoe said: "Sleep choky beloved Mama.
"Thank you for teaching america however to emotion unconditionally, to ever amusement courageousness and empathy.
"And how, adjacent successful the darkest of days, laughter is the top of gifts.
"We are bereft without you but volition clasp truthful choky to each other."
Zoe's lad Woody said astatine the time: "Today I accidental goodbye to Granny J, convey you for being a fantastic woman.
"The lone idiosyncratic who ever sent maine a Valentine's card."
The presenter archetypal revealed her mum's unwellness successful March and said Julie had been moved into a hospice.
At the time, she informed listeners she would beryllium taking immoderate days disconnected to look aft her mum.
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