Lauren Laverne feels ‘fantastic’ as she returns to 6 Music presenting
Nick Grimshaw took over Laverne’s 6 Music breakfast slot.
Lauren Laverne has returned to presenting duties on BBC Radio 6 Music, following her departure from her breakfast show.
The 46-year-old took a break from hosting her breakfast programme in August last year after her cancer diagnosis, and did not return to front it.
She did make a comeback to recording for BBC Radio 4’s interview programme Desert island Discs, and BBC One talk show The One Show last year.
She announced in January that former BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw would take over her 6 Music breakfast slot as she moved to mid-mornings.
Before starting her programme at 10am on Monday, Laverne told Grimshaw: “It feels fantastic, I’ve been so excited, it’s … nervous energy (and) just excitement to get going.
“I’ve done a couple of run-through shows here, to remember how to press the buttons, etc.”
Before she returned, her friends sent her “good luck flowers”, Laverne wrote on Instagram on Sunday evening.
Grimshaw started his first breakfast show on Monday on 6 Music, saying he had been “overthinking”, and was “getting stressed out”.
In November, Laverne revealed that she had been given the “all clear” after being absent from her BBC work for around three months.
She takes over from former BBC Radio 6 Music mid-mornings host Mary Anne Hobbs, who is set to move to a new show in the spring.
