Overview
- The 80-year-old broadcaster revealed in April that prostate cancer had spread to his spine and in June announced he would leave his Radio 2 duties after a 56-year BBC career.
- On Sunday July 19 he posted an update saying his cancer treatment is going well and that he has had to accept reduced stamina as he steps back from presenting.
- Harris said he misses the studios and his listeners but has ‘rediscovered time’ and is spending more hours with family and his cats in the garden.
- He thanked Radio 2, his wife Trudie and others for their support and said Team Bob is working on an ‘amazing project’ planned for later this year, a development described by him as forthcoming and unconfirmed in detail.
- The change will shift his day-to-day life toward treatment and recovery and may produce a new, smaller-scale project from Team Bob that fans and the BBC will watch for in the coming months.