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Zoe Ball’s dad admits he won’t listen to his daughter’s new breakfast show when she takes over from Chris Evans

Even her new prestigious role at the Beeb won't convince her dad to stop listening to Radio 4

ZOE Ball ’s dad Johnny admits he won't be listening to her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show when she takes over from Chris Evans in the mornings.

Zoe, 47, becomes the BBC’s highest-paid woman after landing £1.2million a year to host the programme and though her dad he is adamant it will be success, Johnny says he's a loyal Radio 4 fan.

 Zoe Ball has landed the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show host job - for £1.2million a year - but her dad Johnny Ball won't be listening in
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Zoe Ball has landed the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show host job - for £1.2million a year - but her dad Johnny Ball won't be listening in

Zoe takes over from Chris Evans for £1.2million a year

Zoe Ball has been unveiled as Chris Evans' replacement on BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show

TV personality and maths whiz Johnny, 80, told : “I do tune into her things.

"You don’t follow each other religiously.

“It’s just her career and it’s wonderful. When I listen to the radio, it’s Radio 4.”

Zoe is the Breakfast Show’s first female DJ, and Johnny added: “It’s the age of the women.

 Zoe's dad Johnny was a TV star in his day
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Zoe's dad Johnny was a TV star in his dayCredit: ITV

"She seldom drops a clanger.”

Johnny knows the Strictly: It Takes Two host does an incredible job - as he was told so by the head of the BBC.

He said: “I met the Director General in the corridor of the Royal Albert Hall a couple of months back and he said, ‘Oh you’re Zoe’s father, we’re very thrilled with her’.”

Zoe's new role comes after her boyfriend Billy Yates’s tragic suicide in May last year.

 Billy and Zoe grew close after her marriage split
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Billy and Zoe grew close after her marriage split

Johnny said landing the job had given her a “tremendous lift”.

TV veteran Johnny, who used to present kids' shows, was supporting his daughter through her grief last year.

But he admitted at the time that it saddened him that Zoe doesn't live closer so that he could keep an eye on her.

Zoe's mother Julia and her dad live in Brighton and she has bought a new pad in East Sussex.

He said last year: "If she was next door we would pop round and say 'Are you OK?' but we're 60 miles away.

"So we text asking: 'Are you OK? Keep your pecker up. Come on, be strong.'"

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