Rylan Clark-Neal fills Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 slot following her move to the Breakfast Show
RYLAN Clark-Neal will present his own brand new BBC Radio 2 show, filling the gap left by Zoe Ball when she becomes the breakfast show host in January.
The TV star, 30, will bring plenty of fun to the weekly Saturday afternoon slot between 3pm and 6pm.
He said: “I’m so excited and honoured to be joining the BBC Radio 2 family. After stepping in for the amazing Zoe Ball over the summer, working with her fantastic team, I’m thrilled that I’ll be working with them again to fill listeners’ Saturday afternoons with fun, great music and a lot of laughter.
“I wish Zoe every success as the station’s new Breakfast Show host and I’m sure she’s going to be as brilliant as she always has been. I can’t wait to get started and look forward to being in the studio from the New Year.”
Rylan recently sat in for Zoe, which he called “the best time” in a tweet this morning.
Lewis Carnie, Head of Radio 2 said: “I’m delighted that Rylan can join Radio 2 and we will give him a warm welcome in his new presenting role. Our listeners can expect a wonderful mix of fun and Rylan’s inimitable style on Saturday afternoons.”
Rylan’s career is going from strength to strength as earlier this month he seemed to confirm he’ll replace the late Dale Winton on the new series of Supermarket Sweep.
Talking to the Big Brother’s Bit On The Side audience about who they’d be voting for to win the last ever series of Big Brother, Rylan said: “As a popular supermarket once said, once you’re at the checkout and you… oh sorry, wrong script!”
People at home loved his huge hint and one wrote on Twitter: “Ooh, @Rylan giving us a cheeky Supermarket Sweep teaser!”
Another viewer said: “Oh @Rylan… constantly fuelling those Supermarket Sweep rumours. For what it’s worth, I’d love to see him host a revival!”
Rylan has been dropping hints about his new job for weeks.
He posted a picture of documents featuring his face next to the rebooted show’s new logo.
Rylan snapped a picture of himself with two colleagues at the Big Brother live eviction and captioned the image: “Eviction night lols with @PAJ85 @KatLSwain #bbuk.”
However, he didn’t seem to realise he’d given away a huge TV industry secret – as there were papers related to the new Supermarket Sweep on the table in front of him.
The documents featured Rylan’s picture and the new logo and a tease about the new show.
It declared: “It’s time to go wild in the aisles once more as the classic Supermarket Sweep returns bigger, funnier, and wilder than ever before!”
However, he eventually noticed his mistake and replaced the snap with a cropped version without the paperwork in sight.
TV legend Dale, 62, had hosted the food-based quiz show from 1993 until 2001 and then again in 2007.
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