Cancer Treatment Sidelines BBC's Mark Radcliffe

Radcliffe (Photo: BBC)

Longtime BBC radio personality MARK RADCLIFFE will be taking time off from hosting on AC BBC RADIO 2 and Triple A BBC 6 MUSIC to get treatment for mouth cancer.

RADCLIFFE told listeners to RADIO 2's "THE FOLK SHOW" and his Twitter followers on WEDNESDAY evening (10/3) that he has "some cancerous tongue and lymph node issues" and hopes to return to the air in 2019 or sooner.

RADCLIFFE will be off the air after THURSDAY's 6 MUSIC afternoon show with STUART MACONIE; RICKY ROSS will fill in for RADCLIFFE on "THE FOLK SHOW" for now.

Now – here’s a thing – I’m sad to say that I’ve got some cancerous tongue and lymph node issues and so, as I’m sure you’ll understand, I’m going to be disappearing for a while. It’s all been caught very early and so everything should be fine.

— The Mark Radcliffe (@themarkrad) October 3, 2018

All being well I’ll be back in action in the new year – or sooner if I feel well enough – but I will be back – you can depend on it – I just can’t say exactly when that will be.
So You won’t hear from me for a while now and therefore…well…..Merry Christmas I guess. Life eh?

— The Mark Radcliffe (@themarkrad) October 3, 2018

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