Zoe Ball’s son opens up on her mysterious disappearance from Radio 2 as colleagues say ‘it’s all very tricky’

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.