Zoe Ball has recently opened up that she relies on listening to "green noise" after struggling to sleep following an absence from her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.

Zoe Ball has returned to her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show slot following a six-week absence. The presenter, 53, confirmed on Sunday that she would resume her role of hosting the morning programme after her extended leave of absence.

Zoe Ball returned to air on BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show this morning after her mysterious six-week absence, following a very difficult year for the beloved presenter

Zoe Ball made her return to her usual Radio 2 slot on Monday morning, after an absence of more than a month. The TV and radio presenter had been away from the BBC station’s flagship breakfast show since 8 August,

Zoe Ball is to miss another week of radio as her replacement host Scott Mills addressed concerned listeners. There has been much speculation around the future of radio presenter, after the host took an extended leave of absence following the death of her mum.

Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 absence has left fans of her morning show baffled, but she has now revealed exactly when she will return to the airwaves

BBC Radio 2 star Zoe Ball explained that there's plenty of catching up to do with her co-stars after returning to the studio on Monday, September 23

Ball had not presented the programme since she briefly returned to the show on 8 August.

Zoe Ball thanks listeners on her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show return, and sends love to friends Lauren Laverne and Jamie Theakston.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball quipped “I have wandered back” and asked listeners “How was your Brat summer?” as she returned to hosting the breakfast show following an on-air absence.

Zoe Ball has made her comeback to BBC Radio 2 after a prolonged absence since August 8. Speaking of her time off-air, Zoe told her listeners: "Morning gorgeous people, it is the happy wanderer, I have wandered back.