BBC Radio Wales is announces new presenters to join the station for summer 2018 including Colin Jackson MBE and his sister, Suzanne Packer for Sunday Morning with…
Colin and Suzanne are the latest high profile names to present the programme, which starts Sunday 10 June at 9.30am. The programme will be the first time the two have broadcast together, and the programme will feature a mix of music and conversation.
Colin and Suzanne will present Sunday Morning with… on 10, 17, 24 June and 1, 8, 15 of July.
Colin Jackson says: “It’s lovely to be back on BBC Radio Wales, where I started my broadcasting career. It’ll be a bit strange having my big sister sat opposite me but we get on so well, it’s going to be really fun.”
Suzanne Packer says: “Colin and I live around the corner from each other, and we’re really close, so I want the show to sound like we’re just sitting down and having a good old gossip”.
Previous presenters of the Sunday morning slot include Eve Myles, Connie Fisher and Lucy Owen.
In addition to the new Sunday morning presenters, Radio Wales has also announced that BBC Weather presenter, Behnaz Akhgar, will be hosting Saturday afternoons during the summer months.
Behnaz is already known to audiences in Wales presenting the weather on BBC Wales Today and BBC Radio Wales, but this will be the first time she has presented her own radio show. She’ll be taking over Saturday afternoons from 30 June to 29 July, between 2 and 4pm.