Overview
- Ball announced the change live on air on 13 December, confirming her final Saturday 1–3pm programme will be on 20 December.
- Emma Willis will front a new live Saturday 1–3pm show from January 2026, taking over the slot Ball has held since May.
- Radio 2 chief Helen Thomas welcomed Willis to the lineup, saying listeners would embrace the new show as part of 'Superstar Saturday.'
- Ball left the Radio 2 breakfast programme in December 2024 to focus on family and returned in May 2025 to a weekend role.
- Willis previously hosted on Heart from 2012 to 2018 and has been a Radio 2 cover presenter since 2019.