**Zoe Ball Steps Down from BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Scott Mills to Take Over**

 **Zoe Ball to Leave BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Scott Factories Named as Successor**

Zoe Ball has reported her takeoff from the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show following six years, uncovering that her last transmission will air on Friday, December 20, 2024. Ball, 53, made sense of that she is venturing down to "begin another section" and spotlight on family yet guaranteed audience members that she will remain part of the Radio 2 group, with additional insights concerning her future job to come in the new year.

Tending to her crowd during Tuesday's show, Ball said:

"Following six years of good times close by you all on the Morning meal Show, I've chosen now is the ideal time to move back from the early alert call. You realize I appreciate all of you. It's been such an honor to impart mornings to you, to explore life's highs and lows — particularly during the lockdown. We've shared a great deal: chuckling, difficulties, and wins. I'll miss you felines."

Scott Plants, a dear companion and long-term partner, will take over as the new host of the Morning meal Show in January. Plants, 51, communicated his energy, saying:

"Zoe and I have been such old buddies for more than 25 years, cooperating at both Radio 1 and Radio 2. She's made a unimaginable showing, and I'm past excited to take the implement from her."

Ball, who turned into the primary lady to have the morning meal shows on both BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2, first assumed control over the Radio 2 opening in 2019, succeeding Chris Evans. Her glow and connecting with presence made her a cherished figure for audience members the country over.

Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, adulated Ball's commitments, saying:

"Zoe has awakened the country on Radio 2 with inconceivable warmth, mind, and happiness since January 2019. Her energy and commitment have been unequaled. I'm excited she'll stay a piece of the Radio 2 family."

Ball's vocation traverses many years, starting with facilitating *Live and Kicking* on BBC One in the last part of the 1990s. She later turned into a spearheading voice on radio, with a long-running relationship with BBC stations. Outside her vocation, Ball is a mother of two, imparting kids Woody and Nelly to her ex, DJ Norman Cook (Fatboy Thin).

Her takeoff from the morning meal show comes after a mid year break, during which she returned in September following individual difficulties, including the new loss of her mom.

Scott Factories, who started his telecom profession at 16 and joined BBC Radio 1 out of 1998, moved to Radio 2 out of 2022, supplanting Steve Wright in the early evening opening. His experience and association with audience members make him a characteristic fit for the Morning meal Show. Plants shared his fervor about the new job, promising to carry his energy and enthusiasm to morning radio.

Ball closed her

declaration with a sincere message, saying her last show would be loaded up with "tomfoolery and tricks" not long before Christmas. She added, "I'm eager to embrace my next section, incorporating being a mum in the mornings, and I can hardly stand by to tune in on the school run!"