{"id":378880,"date":"2026-04-02T21:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/378880\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:40:12","slug":"bbc-radio-2s-bob-harris-returns-to-hospital-for-treatment-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/378880\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 2\u2019s Bob Harris returns to hospital for treatment \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RTUKPackageDeal2.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Harris has told listeners he is back in hospital and taking a short break from his BBC Radio 2 shows.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on Instagram, he said he is receiving treatment for an issue that has developed over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs many of you know, I suffer from prostate cancer, and every now and again I experience setbacks that need attention. Now is one of these moments,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Bob confirmed this week\u2019s Country Show is scheduled as planned, and his Sounds of the 70\u2019s episode on 12th April will feature an 80th birthday celebration special he recorded before attending the C2C Festival with Zoe Ball.<\/p>\n<p>During his absence, Darius Rucker will guest on Country, while Shaun Keaveny will cover Sounds of the 70\u2019s for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Bob said he couldn\u2019t provide a return date but reassured listeners: \u201cI know that I will come back\u2026 and come back stronger. I hate missing programmes and I am keen to get back into the studio as soon as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He paid tribute to his family, friends, and manager Nick Canham for their support during this period. \u201cThank you with all my heart to them and to all my listeners whose words and messages here mean so much. Sending you all my fondest love,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by telling fans he will return to the station when he is ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Harris has told listeners he is back in hospital and taking a short break from his BBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-378880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}