Trevor Nelson is returning to host his BBC Radio 2 and 1Xtra shows after revealing he had undergone surgery for a brain tumour.
The popular radio presenter, 62, announced the news on Friday (2 September), telling his followers that he would be making a gradual return.
Nelson will be back in his afternoon slot on Radio 2 from 2-4pm at the start of next week (Monday 7 September), then will return to his 1Xtra show from Sunday 13 September at 11am.
“I will be slowly easing my way back on to the airwaves from Monday on Radio 2 and next Sunday on 1Xtra,” Nelson said in a statement. “I look forward to being with you all then.”
Nelson admitted his “world was turned upside down” when he received the diagnosis of his tumour, and explained that he had been taking time off work to recover.
“A lot of you may have seen the post that I put up at the start of summer, saying that I was stepping back from all my work commitments due to illness,” he said on Thursday (20 August).
“There’s been a lot of speculation as to what’s wrong with me, I know that much. My phone’s blown up 20 times over with people asking what’s wrong with me.”
He added that while he didn’t want to go into too much detail, he was “minding my own business and then it was discovered that I had a brain tumour”.
“As you can imagine, I was shocked. In fact, my world was turned upside down,” he said, before explaining that he decided to stop work as he “couldn’t be that guy on the radio knowing I had that going on”.
The father-of-two said he had “a very serious surgery” a few weeks later that went “incredibly well” and he had been recuperating at home since, as well as receiving some post-op treatment.
“I feel energised and almost back to myself,” he continued. “I’ve had a really serious situation but I’ve come out the other side and I feel great. I feel raring to go. I feel in good health.”
Nelson also popped up in a clip on Sara Cox’s Breakfast Show this morning (Friday 4 September) at 8.50am, when Nelson chimed in: “Oh hi Sara Cox… Have I missed anything?”
“Now where were we before I was rudely interrupted?” he asked. “It’s been a minute, I know… but over the next few weeks I’m getting back to where I belong... In the Radio 2 studio, behind the microphone and spinning some records!”
He added: “It’s so good to be home and I’d be delighted if you could join me Monday afternoon from 2. Just ask your smart speaker to play BBC Radio 2, but for now Sara… ‘It’s FRI-YAYYYYY’”
“We love you so much!” Cox said.
Nelson will begin with two days next week, three the following week and four the week after that, before returning to the airwaves full-time from Monday 28 September.
In his absence, Nelson has been covered by DJ Spoony and Clara Amfo.
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