Zoe Ball

{{Short description|British television and radio personality (born 1970)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Zoe Ball

| image = Presenter Zoe Ball (cropped-J1).jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Ball in 2014

| birth_name = Zoe Louise Ball

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|11|23}}

| birth_place = Blackpool, Lancashire, England

| occupation = Presenter, broadcaster

| years_active = 1993–present

| employer = BBC

| parents =

| father = Johnny Ball

| partner =

| spouse = {{marriage|Fatboy Slim|1999|end=Sep|2016}}

| children = 2

}}

Zoe Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970) is a British broadcaster and presenter. She was the first female host of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows for the BBC, and in 2024 was confirmed as the second-highest paid BBC presenter after Gary Lineker.

In 2018, Ball was announced as the new host of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show and took over from Chris Evans in January 2019, before stepping down from the programme in December 2024.

Ball presented the children's show Live & Kicking, alongside Jamie Theakston from 1996 until 1999. In 2005, she was a contestant in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing. Following this, in 2011 she replaced Claudia Winkleman as host of the BBC Two spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two until her departure in 2021. Ball also hosted the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour in 2011 and 2015.

Early life and education

Zoe Louise Ball{{cn|date=March 2025}} was born on 23 November 1970{{cite web |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |title=Zoe Ball profile: 'I feel a crazy mix of elation and wanting to run away' |website=the Guardian |date=5 October 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/oct/05/zoe-ball-profile-i-feel-a-crazy-mix-of-elation-and-wanting-to-run-away |access-date=16 March 2025}} in Blackpool, Lancashire. She is the daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his wife Julia (née Anderson). The couple divorced when Ball was twoHannah Stephenson, "[http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/entertainment-chester/chester-cinema-film-tv/2009/06/29/johnny-ball-children-s-tv-and-the-lost-years-of-daughter-zoe-ball-59067-24014685/ Johnny Ball: Children's TV and the lost years of daughter Zoe Ball]", Chester Chronicle, 29 June 2009 and she was raised with her father.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/zoe-ball-quotes|title=Zoe Ball Quotes |website=Brainyquote.com|access-date=23 September 2024}}

Ball was educated at Heston Junior School in the district of Hounslow between 1975 and 1978. Her family then moved to Farnham Common in Buckinghamshire. She attended Farnham Common First School and Farnham Common Middle School, before moving to Holy Cross Convent School in Chalfont St Peter and Amersham College of Art and Technology{{cite web | url=https://bucksart.co.uk/bucksartnews/romeo-di-girolamo-pprba-rbsa-hon-baf-hon-wsa-ndd-bas-hon/ | title=Romeo di Girolamo PPRBA, RBSA Hon. BAF Hon. WSA NDD. BAS Hon | date=31 October 2022 }} for a "City & Guilds in radio and journalism".{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/education-passedfailed-zoe-ball-1289333.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/education-passedfailed-zoe-ball-1289333.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Education: Passed/Failed Zoe Ball |work=The Independent |date=18 December 1997 |access-date=6 October 2011 |author=Sale, Jonathan}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|title =Zoe Ball: 'Holy Cross was like movies' | work = Bucks Free Press | url = http://m.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/683715.zöe_ball_holy_cross_was_like_movies/ | author=Rachel Sixsmith & Carla Delaney|date=6 February 2006|access-date =6 October 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Mesure|first1=Susie|title=Zoe Ball: 'I'm quite loved up at the moment'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/zoe-ball-im-quite-loved-up-at-the-moment-8200783.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/zoe-ball-im-quite-loved-up-at-the-moment-8200783.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Independent|date=6 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}

Ball also attended the Young Theatre at Beaconsfield where she trained as an actress.{{cn|date=March 2025}} Her first TV appearance was as a child in the studio audience of the Saturday morning children's show, Saturday Superstore, on which her father was appearing as a guest.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Career

=Television=

Ball began her television career as a presenter on the pre-school programme Playdays.{{cite web|last1=Sheppard|first1=Ciara |title= Kid's TV presenters from the 90s & 00s: Where are they now?|url= http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/kids-tv-presenters-90s-00s-where-are-they-now|date=18 May 2017|website=Glamourmagazine.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}}

Ball became a runner at Granada Television and researcher for Cool Cube (1990–1994),{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2pKg6xtl2Mb6bz6S44X4Cr/12-things-we-learned-from-zoe-balls-desert-island-discs|title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - 12 things we learned from Zoe Ball's Desert Island Discs|website=BBC|access-date=23 September 2024}} a children's Saturday afternoon magazine show, produced at Granada's studio in Manchester, by Clear Idea Television, and broadcast on the British Satellite Broadcasting channel Galaxy.{{cite web |url= https://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/takethat.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171223033853/https://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/takethat.html | archive-date=23 December 2017 | title=TV Pop Diaries Articles - Take That }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.psycho.co.uk/templates/simon-davies/|title=Simon Davies|website=Psycho.co.uk|access-date=23 September 2024}}

In 1994–1996, Ball presented SMart with Mark Speight and Jay Burridge. In 1995, Ball hosted Fully Booked for the first series. In 1997 and 1998, she was a regular presenter on Top of the Pops, usually alternating with fellow presenters and DJs Jayne Middlemiss and Jo Whiley.

In 1996, Ball was a co-host with Jamie Theakston in BBC One's Saturday morning children's program Live & Kicking.{{cite web | url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e7ea152f49e14ec980cf9e7d6f5f17df |title= Live and Kicking BBC One |work= bbc.co.uk |date=31 January 1998}} In 1998, television personality Chris Evans was a guest of the show, and later employed both Ball and Theakston to co-host the Channel 4 Wednesday night chat/music show The Priory, under Ginger Productions.{{cite web | url= https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2018/10/03/everything-you-need-to-know-about-new-radio-2-breakfast-host-zoe-ball/ |title= Everything you need to know about new Radio 2 breakfast host Zoe Ball |work=shropshirestar.com |date=31 January 1998}}

Ball’s presenting jobs have also included hosting The Big Breakfast on Channel 4,{{cite news|last1=Naughton|first1=Pete|title=Zoe Ball: 'It'd be nice to get a lass on Radio 2 during the day'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6447384/Zoe-Ball-Itd-be-nice-to-get-a-lass-on-Radio-2-during-the-day.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6447384/Zoe-Ball-Itd-be-nice-to-get-a-lass-on-Radio-2-during-the-day.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=27 October 2009}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web | url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zoe-ball-in-conversation/id1248272191?i=1000615430811 | title=Beyond the Title: Zoe Ball - in Conversation on Apple Podcasts }}

Ball co-hosted the 2002 Brit Awards with Frank Skinner,{{cite news|title=Cringe along with Frank|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1833063.stm|access-date=31 March 2018|website=Bbc.co.uk|date=21 February 2002}} In 2005, she co-hosted the BBC reality show Strictly Dance Fever.{{cite web|title=Strictly Dance Fever|url=http://www.ianvictoria.co.uk/strictlydancefever.htm|website=Ianvictoria.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}} In 2006, Ball co-hosted the ITV programme Extinct, alongside Trevor McDonald.{{cite web|title=Extinct: The Quiz|url= http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Extinct:_The_Quiz |website=Ukgameshows.com|access-date=31 March 2018}}

In January 2007, Ball presented the second series of ITV's Soapstar Superstar,{{cite news |last1=Bourne |first1=Dianne|title=Soapstar Superstar: Tupele has a fan in Fatboy|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/soapstar-superstar-tupele-has-a-fan-in-fatboy-978593|access-date=1 April 2018|work=Manchester Evening News|date=15 February 2007}} taking over from Fern Britton and Ben Shephard, who hosted the first series. In March 2007, she hosted the ITV talent search Grease Is the Word.{{cite web|title= Zoe, Holly and Sinitta start search for new Sandy and Danny |url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2007/03/29/grease-zoe-ball/|date=29 March 2007|access-date=31 March 2018}}

Alongside Jamie Theakston, Ball presented Channel 5's quiz series Britain's Best Brain in 2009.{{cite news|last1=Saner|first1=Emine|title=Question time: Zoë Ball|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/05/question-time-zoe-ball|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Guardian|date=5 November 2009}} Ball has guest presented several episodes of The One Show as a stand-in for Alex Jones.{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=Jasper|title=One Show's Alex Jones and Matt Baker swap places in nod to BBC Breakfast row|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/17/one-show-alex-jones-matt-baker-bbc-breakfast-louise-minchin|access-date=11 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=17 March 2016}}

On 4 August 2013, as hostess of a special entitled Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor, she revealed Peter Capaldi as the incoming Twelfth Doctor and hosted his first interview in that capacity.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23531724 |title=BBC News - New Doctor Who star to be unveiled|author-link=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=1 August 2013 |access-date=4 August 2013 }}

In November 2013, Ball co-hosted the BBC One Children in Need telethon, alongside Sir Terry Wogan, Fearne Cotton, Nick Grimshaw and Tess Daly.{{cite web|title=In pictures: Children in Need telethon|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24970379|date=16 November 2013|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}} In 2014, Ball presented a BBC Two spin-off from The Voice UK called The Voice: Louder on Two.{{cite web|last1=Gregory|first1=Kim|title=8 reasons why Strictly's Zoe Ball just gets more awesome with age|url=http://www.celebsnow.co.uk/celebrity-news/8-reasons-why-zoe-ball-gets-better-and-better-2982|date=3 November 2014|website=Celebsnow.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}} The show aired for one series of ten episodes.

In 2015, Ball hosted EastEnders: Backstage Live, a spin-off show during the EastEnders live week.{{cite news|last1=Shenton|first1=Zoe|title=EastEnders live: Creepy man lurking behind Zoe Ball prompts hilarious Twitter reaction|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/eastenders-live-creepy-man-lurking-5201977|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Daily Mirror|date=20 February 2015}} She co-presented the BBC Young Dancer competition with Darcey Bussell on BBC Two.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/14/darcey-bussell-front-bbc-search-uk-best-young-dancer |title=Darcey Bussell to front BBC's search for UK's best young dancer |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=14 January 2015 |access-date=16 January 2015}}

Ball also narrated two ITV specials, The Nation's Favourite '70s Number One and The Nation's Favourite '80s Number One, as well as the BBC One series Don't Tell the Bride.{{cite news |title=10 things we learned during episode one of the new series of Don't Tell The Bride on BBC One |url= http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13351620.10_things_we_learned_during_episode_one_of_the_new_series_of_Don_t_Tell_The_Bride_on_BBC_One/ |access-date=31 March 2018 |work=The Argus |date=24 June 2015}} In 2016, Ball co-presented Can't Touch This, a Saturday night game show for BBC One, alongside Ashley Banjo.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a667087/zoe-ball-and-ashley-banjo-are-presenting-a-new-action-game-show-on-bbc-one.html#~pnw3TRn2Fvn1hO|title=Zoe Ball to present new BBC game show|date=6 September 2015|work=digitalspy.co.uk}}{{cite web|title=Zoe Ball|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4lnRnQRcZP1pttBK7QVjYsq/zoe-ball|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}}

Ball narrated The Nation's Favourite Carpenters Song, and guest-presented an episode of Film 2016.{{cite web|last1=Anderton|first1=Joe|title=Zoe Ball is confirmed as the first host of the new series of Film 2016|url= http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a811842/zoe-ball-new-host-film-2016/|date=22 October 2016|website=Digitalspy.com|access-date=31 March 2018}} In 2017, Ball co-presented The Big Family Cooking Showdown with Nadiya Hussain on BBC Two.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/great-british-bake-off/news/a835742/big-family-cooking-showdown-great-british-bake-off-start-date/|title = BBC moves Big Family Cooking Showdown's TV slot after 'cynical' Bake off launch date from Channel 4| website=Digital Spy |date = 16 August 2017}}

Since 2020, Ball has appeared alongside her son Woody Fred Cook on Celebrity Gogglebox.{{Cite web|last=Sansome|first=Jessica|date=2020-07-03|title=Who is on Celebrity Gogglebox 2020? Full cast list|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/celebrity-gogglebox-2020-cast-who-18496635|access-date=2020-07-13|website=men}}

In 2021, Ball appeared on The Masked Dancer, masked as Llama. She was the sixth celebrity to be unmasked.

In 2023, Ball appeared as herself in Episode 1 of the BBC One comedy Queen of Oz. Ball is seen and heard on her radio programme questioning the outrageous antics of spoiled spare to the British crown, Princess Georgiana, played by Catherine Tate.

In 2024, Ball appeared as a panellist on the "New Year's Treat" episode of Taskmaster for that year.

==''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''It Takes Two''==

In October 2005, Ball became a contestant on the third series of the BBC One talent show Strictly Come Dancing, where she was partnered by Ian Waite. Ball and Waite were ranked in third place; they also scored 38/40 (including two tens) for three dances in the series and one in the Christmas special.

In 2011, Ball took over from Claudia Winkleman as the host of Strictly Come Dancing{{'}}s sister show It Takes Two,{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Paul |title=Strictly Ball-room: Zoë is the new It Takes Two host |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-07-06/strictly-ball-room-zoe-is-the-new-it-takes-two-host/ |access-date=31 March 2018 |work=Radio Times |date=6 July 2011}} airing every weeknight on BBC Two; in 2014, whilst Winkleman was on leave after her daughter suffered serious burn injuries, Ball co-hosted the main show. On 17 May 2021, Ball announced she was leaving her role as presenter after 10 years.

=Radio=

Although known primarily for her TV work, Ball first worked in radio, after she became co-host of Radio 1 Breakfast on BBC Radio 1 in October 1997 with Kevin Greening. She became the sole host, the first female DJ to do so. At this time, her hard-drinking, hard-partying lifestyle contributed to the identification of the so-called "ladette culture" of the late 1990s.{{cite web |title=Zoe Ball and the 90s ladettes: Where are they now?|url=http://www.celebsnow.co.uk/celebrity-news/90s-ladettes-like-zoe-ball-where-are-they-now-2688|date=4 November 2014|website=Celebsnow.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}} She was twice warned by the BBC for swearing on the radio.{{cite web |title=Radio report slams swearing|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/849141.stm|date=24 July 2000|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}}

Ball left BBC Radio 1 in March 2000. Her final show was on 10 March 2000;{{cite web|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/56cfcc0ab25a47aea7389d87b7e63ce2|title = BBC Genome Project|access-date = 6 January 2019|work = Zoe Ball| date=10 March 2000 }} she was succeeded by Sara Cox.

Ball returned to radio in mid-2002 when she joined London radio station Xfm, where she presented the weekday drivetime show until December 2003. In January 2004, she took over a Friday evening music show for the station. She also stood in for Ricky Gervais while he filmed the second series of The Office.{{cite web|last1=Whitehead|first1=Jennifer|title=Xfm promotes Zoe Ball's new show with London poster campaign|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/xfm-promotes-zoe-balls-new-show-london-poster-campaign/155939|date=21 August 2002|website=Campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=1 April 2018}} She left Xfm at the end of 2004.{{cite news|last1=Day|first1=Julia|title=Ball quits Xfm drivetime slot|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/dec/16/radio.commercialradio|access-date=1 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=16 December 2003}}

In September 2007, she returned to BBC Radio and co-hosted a show with Sara Cox, celebrating 40 years of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2.

From 2006, she provided relief presenting duties for BBC Radio 2, fronted specialist documentaries, sat in for Dermot O'Leary for three weeks in February 2006, and co-presented (with Danny Baker) the hastily conceived replacement for Jonathan Ross' Saturday morning show, in the wake of Ross's suspension due to Sachsgate in 2008.

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In 2009, Ball became the usual relief presenter for Ken Bruce's weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2. She also began hosting the Saturday breakfast show from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on the network from 6 June 2009 as part of a shake-up of weekend programming at Radio 2. Ball left Radio 2 for a while as her last show was broadcast on Saturday 28 January 2012. Her replacement in that slot was Anneka Rice.{{Cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/27/zoe-ball-saturday-bbc-radio-2|title= Zoe Ball to host Saturday early breakfast show on Radio 2|work=The Guardian |first= John|last= Plunkett|date= 27 May 2009|access-date=27 May 2009 | location=London}}

Ball covered The Radio 2 Breakfast Show for Chris Evans on several occasions.{{cite news|title=BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans loses voice on air|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22107523|work=BBC News|access-date=11 April 2013}}

From 4 March 2017 until 22 December 2018, Ball returned to Radio 2 on permanent basis where she presented the Saturday afternoon slot on BBC Radio 2 between 3–6pm, taking over from Dermot O'Leary.

On 3 October 2018, she was announced by Chris Evans as the new host of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show, which began on 14 January 2019. Rylan Clark replaced Ball in the Saturday mid-afternoon slot.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/zoe-ball-radio-2 |title=BBC - Zoe Ball to host the new BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show - Media Centre |website=Bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB |access-date=2018-10-03}}

In August 2024, the BBC confirmed Ball was the second-highest paid BBC presenter after Gary Lineker, with a salary of £950,000, having exceeded that figure for the previous three years.[https://news.sky.com/story/bbc-reveals-highest-paid-stars-gary-lineker-zoe-ball-and-greg-james-among-broadcasters-top-earners-12918911 BBC reveals highest-paid stars: Gary Lineker, Zoe Ball and Greg James among broadcaster's top earners] Sky News, 11 July 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2025[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0w4xqlwr1ro BBC pay 2023-2024: The full list of star salaries] BBC News, 23 July 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025

On 23 September 2024, Ball announced she was returning to Radio 2, six weeks after announcing a break from the show.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Zoe Ball returns to Radio 2 breakfast show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylw7llw42o |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} On 19 November she announced on the show that she would stop being the presenter of the Breakfast Show from 20 December, but would remain working for the station.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Zoe Ball to leave BBC Radio 2 breakfast show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzre423y2o |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Personal life

Whilst at BBC Radio 1, Ball began a relationship with the DJ and musician Norman Cook, known as Fatboy Slim. The couple married at Babington House in Somerset{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 August 1999 |title=Wedded bliss for Zoe and Fatboy |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/426428.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240827164234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/426428.stm |archive-date=27 August 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=BBC News}} in August 1999. In 2003, Ball and Cook separated when Ball revealed that she had an affair; they later reconciled.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2702525.stm |title=Zoe Ball admits to new love |work=BBC News |date=28 January 2003}} The couple have a son, Woody Fred Cook (born 2000), and a daughter, Nelly (born 2010).{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8145725.stm |title=BBC Presenter Ball is pregnant |work=BBC News |date=11 July 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a196766/zoe-ball-cook-welcome-second-daughter.html |title=Zoë Ball, Cook 'welcome second daughter' |website=Digital Spy |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=15 January 2010}} On 24 September 2016, Cook and Ball announced their separation after 18 years together.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37464920 |title=TV's Zoe Ball and DJ Norman Cook announce separation |work=BBC News |date=24 September 2016}}

Between 2017 and 2023, Ball was in a relationship with fashion model and carpenter Michael Reed.{{cite news |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/05/zoe-ball-splits-from-partner-of-five-years-after-finding-him-demanding-18733183/ |title=Zoe Ball ‘splits from partner of over five years’ after finding model Michael Reed ‘demanding’ in recent months |work=Metro |date=5 May 2023}}

Charity work

In 2014, she supported Marks & Spencer and Oxfam's Love Mum campaign.

In March 2018, Ball took part in the 'Hardest Ride Home' challenge in which she cycled from Blackpool to Brighton to raise money for Sport Relief and mental health awareness. She set off on 5 March for five days.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2018/03/01/presenter-zoe-ball-riding-through-shropshire-in-memory-of-her-partner/|title = Presenter Zoe Ball riding through Shropshire in memory of her partner|website=Shropshirestar.com| date=March 2018 }}{{cite web |last1=MacMichael |first1=Simon |title=DJs and TV stars Greg James and Zoe Ball get in the saddle for Sport Relief |url=http://road.cc/content/news/237805-djs-and-tv-stars-greg-james-and-zoe-ball-get-saddle-sport-relief |date=26 February 2018 |website=Road.cc |access-date=31 March 2018}} Highlights of the challenge were broadcast in a one-off documentary, airing on 21 March 2018 on BBC One. She raised £1,198,012.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgr6oLCFVyk/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/zoetheball/1741743528231656612 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Zoe's Hardest Road Home |access-date=4 October 2018 | date=24 May 2018}}{{cbignore}}

Filmography

= Radio =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Slot

!Station

!Notes

1997–1998

|Radio 1 Breakfast

|Co-presenter with Kevin Greening

|6:30–9:00 weekdays

|rowspan="2" |BBC Radio 1

1998–2000

|Radio 1 Breakfast

|Presenter

|6:00-9:00 weekdays

2002–2003

|Weekday Drivetime

|Presenter

|16:00–19:00 weekdays

|rowspan="2" |Xfm

2004

|Friday evenings

|Presenter

|19:00–21:00 Fridays

2007

|Zoe Ball & Sara Cox

|rowspan="2" |Co-presenter with Sara Cox

|13:00–16:00 Sunday (one-off)

|BBC Radio 1

|Special 1-episode show

2008

|Danny Baker & Zoe Ball

|10:00–13:00 Saturday

|rowspan="4" |BBC Radio 2

|4 episodes

2009–2012

|Saturday weekend breakfast

| rowspan="3" |Presenter

|06:00–08:00 Saturday

2017–2018

|Saturday mid-afternoons

|15:00–18:00 Saturdays

2019–2024

|The Radio 2 Breakfast Show

|06:30–09:30 weekdays

= Television =

class="wikitable"

style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1994–1996

| SMart

| Co-presenter

1995

|Fully Booked

| presenter

1996

| The Big Breakfast

| Co-presenter

1996–1998

| Top of the Pops

| Co-presenter

1996–1999

| Live & Kicking

| Co-presenter

1999–2001

| The Priory

| Co-presenter

| With Jamie Theakston

2002

| Brit Awards

| Co-presenter

| With Frank Skinner

rowspan=2|2005

| Strictly Dance Fever

| Co-presenter

Strictly Come Dancing

| Contestant

| Series 3

2006

| Extinct

| Co-presenter

| 1 series; with Trevor McDonald

rowspan=2|2007

| Soapstar Superstar

| Presenter

| 1 series

Grease Is the Word

| Presenter

| 1 series

2009

| Britain's Best Brain

| Co-presenter

| 1 series; with Jamie Theakston

2011–2020

| Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

| Presenter

| 10 series, final 2 co-presented by Rylan Clark

2012–2013, 2016–2017

| The One Show

| Guest presenter

| 6 episodes

rowspan=3|2013

| Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

| Presenter

| One-off episode

Children in Need

| Co-presenter

The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song

| Narrator

| One-off episode

rowspan=2|2014

| The Voice: Louder on Two

| Presenter

| 1 series

Strictly Come Dancing

| Stand-in presenter

| 6 episodes

rowspan=6|2015

| EastEnders: Backstage Live

| Presenter

| One-off episode

The Nation's Favourite '70s Number One

| Narrator

| One-off episode

BBC Young Dancer

| Co-presenter

| Grand final; with Darcey Bussell and Clemency Burton-Hill

Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/childrens-30-years|title=CBBC offers life-line to Gordon The Gopher as stars reunite to celebrate 30 years of live Children's BBC Presentation|website=Bbc.co.uk}}

| Herself

| One-off episode

Don't Tell the Bride

| Narrator

| 1 series

The Nation's Favourite '80s Number One

| Narrator

| One-off episode

rowspan=3|2016

| Can't Touch This

| Co-presenter

| 1 series; with Ashley Banjo

The Nation's Favourite Carpenters Song

| Narrator

| One-off episode

Film 2016

| Guest presenter

| 1 episode

rowspan="2" | 2017

| Saturday Mash-Up!

| Guest

| 1 episode

The Big Family Cooking Showdown{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|title='I just don't sleep': Nadiya Hussain set for new family challenge ahead of Bake Off battle|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/nadiya-hussain-says-fears-new-war-bake-will-ruin-family-life/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/nadiya-hussain-says-fears-new-war-bake-will-ruin-family-life/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 March 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=3 March 2017}}{{cbignore}}

| Co-presenter

| 1 series; with Nadiya Hussain

rowspan="2" | 2018

| Zoe Ball's Hardest Road Home

| One-off

Zoe Ball on...Saturday/Sunday

| Presenter

| 1 series + Christmas specials

2020

| The Big Night In

| Co-presenter

2020–present

|Celebrity Gogglebox

|Herself

|5 series; with son Woody Fred Cook

rowspan=2|2021

|The Masked Dancer

|Contestant

|Llama, revealed in Episode 5

The Wheel

|Participant

|Christmas special{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012wq4|title=The Wheel Christmas Special|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2021}}

rowspan=2|2023

|Queen of Oz

|Herself

|1 episode (Ep 1)

Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream

|Presenter

|Talent show