Zoe Ball relying on 'green noise' to sleep as she returns to Radio 2 after six-week absence

Zoe Ball has revealed she has been utilizing “green noise” to assistance her slumber since returning to her BBC Radio 2 amusement aft a six-week break.

The 53-year-old presenter made her comeback connected Monday, cheerfully asking listeners: “What person I missed?”

On Tuesday’s show, portion chatting with co-hosts Richie Anderson and Tina Daheley astir the rainy weather, Ball shared her slumber routine: “I autumn dormant listening to greenish noise.

“I utilized to perceive to brownish noise, you cognize achromatic noise! Supposedly you tin perceive to them wherever you get your euphony from, greenish euphony is water-based I think!

“Rivers, brooks and sometimes the rain, though I bash interest it makes maine request the loo much often!”

Green noise, known for amplifying mid-range frequencies, typically mimics soothing earthy sounds similar oceans oregon streams.

The broadcaster besides expressed her gratitude for being backmost connected air, saying she was “super grateful to beryllium here” arsenic she embraced positivity aft her clip away.

The 53-year-old presenter passed connected the enactment she has received to the pair, wishing them good during their treatments.

“She is doing good but conscionable wanted to nonstop my emotion retired to her.”

The broadcaster besides paid tribute to her aged colleague, Jamie Theakston, who went public with his diagnosis past week, arsenic she added: “And my beloved Live and Kicking, Priory mate, Jamie Theakston who is besides having immoderate attraction for crab astatine the moment.

“He is going to beryllium good and helium is doing well. Sending truthful overmuch emotion to them. So a batch of the emotion I got to maine I americium sending backmost to them.”

The broadcaster, who is the BBC's highest-paid pistillate presenter connected a £950,000 yearly salary, had been distant from The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show since August 8.

Returning connected Monday morning, she dubbed herself the "happy wanderer" saying: "I person wandered back. How was your Brat summer? Was it marvellous? Have you been enjoying summer?

"We did that backmost successful the 90s, it was called thing antithetic then... bringing backmost memories."

There has been nary authoritative crushed fixed arsenic to wherefore Ball had been absent for much than six weeks.