The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

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The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show: Monty Don and the Virtual Radio Quiz

Monty Don and the Virtual Radio Quiz

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Monty Don, the nation's favourite gardener, is on the phone chatting to Zoe.

Monty Don, host of BBC TV's Gardener's World and well established writer, is on the phone chatting to Zoe about his latest book.

Monty Don, the nation's favourite gardener, is on the phone chatting to Zoe about his latest book, 'My Garden World: The Natural Year'. Monty Don O.B.E. is the UK’s leading garden writer and broadcaster. In 2003 Monty replaced Alan Titchmarsh as the lead presenter of Gardeners' World, only leaving the show in 2008 due to illness before he returned to host from 2011. Monty has written and produced several garden series of his own, the most recent being Monty Don's American Gardens which aired in 2020. A prolific horticultural journalist, Monty Don was the Observer’s gardening editor from 1994 until 2006. He now contributes a regular column for the Daily Mail and Gardeners’ World Magazine.

Zoe also has the weekly Virtual Radio Quiz, with host Jay setting more challenging questions for the team.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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