Vernon Kay says Ken Bruce fans gave 'the best trolling I've ever had!'

said fans of veteran broadcaster Ken Bruce have given him ‘the best trolling I’ve ever had’ ahead of his start at Radio 2 on Monday.

The TV presenter, 49, takes over from Scottish radio presenter Bruce, 72, who announced in January that he would be stepping down from presenting his mid-morning show on the station after 31 years.

The show will run from 9.30am to 12pm every weekday, featuring the daily music quiz Ten To The Top, Tracks Of My Years, the Record and Album Of The Week, and performances from the Radio 2 Piano Room.

Kay told ther he is ‘a little bit apprehensive’ about starting the role on Monday.

‘The longer I wait, the more tricks my mind is starting to play on me.I’ve done nothing but listen to Ken. That vibe, that atmosphere he can create, it is so good,’ he said.

‘I don’t think there’s anyone in British broadcasting who can put together a funny, entertaining information-packed anecdote in five sentences like him.It takes me five minutes.’

Kay said he was shocked when he heard of Bruce’s planned departure and equally as stunned when Radio 2 boss Helen Thomas asked him to take over, having previously filled in for presenters including Zoe Ball, Steve Wright, Rylan Clark and Dermot O’Leary.

‘I was quite content with the filling in. When you dip your toe in, you can be a bit more naughty than you would usually.It’s kind of “thanks for having me, you tidy up the mess”,’ he said.

‘It turned out that me standing in for Zoe and Steve Wright was my pilot.’

He said yes immediately: ‘I didn’t even think about it,’ before he began receiving grief for being too young to replace Bruce, he said: ‘It’s the best trolling I’ve ever had.’

Kay, who said he wants the show to have ‘real energy’, shared advice he received from fellow Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills.

‘He said “Just do your thing, don’t change”.That eased my anxiety. As soon as you start trying to create a character, you get bogged down in bulls**t.

‘I’ve been doing this for nearly 25 years now and I haven’t stopped working since I was 14. Cleaning faeces out of the school toilets is incomparable with talking to eight million people.’

Vernon Kay is on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds, weekdays from 9.30am-12pm, from Monday.

In the first few weeks of his new tenure, Vernon will welcome two new Piano Room sessions – Def Leppard on May 18 and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds on June 1.

‘To be hosting the new Radio 2 mid-morning show is a total privilege.It’s going to be an unforgettable start to what promises to be an amazing journey,’ Kay said.

‘And to have two music legends coming up in the Radio 2 Piano Room is a dream come true.’

Kay, who is married to Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly, is known for fronting various shows on Channel 4’s T4 as well as ITV programmes including All Star Family Fortunes, Just The Two Of Us, and Beat The Star.

He presented a BBC Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012 and another on Radio X between 2015 and 2017, and 온라인슬롯머신사이트 has filled in for BBC Radio 2 presenters including Zoe Ball, Steve Wright, Rylan Clark and Dermot O’Leary.

Kay previously became emotional after reflecting on the support he had received after being announced as Bruce’s replacement.

Appearing on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show he said BBC Radio 2 was ‘in my DNA’ and hailed Bruce as an ‘absolute legend of broadcasting’.

‘You don’t think of any other DJ when you think of that slot,’ he said.

‘Whatever channel you choose to listen to, whoever is on mid-mornings, it’s the Ken Bruce slot.He has made it his own and he is an absolute legend of broadcasting.

‘To be asked to step into those big shoes… it was a big deep breath, I’ll be honest with you.

‘Obviously I am over the moon and so are my parents and Tess and the kids, but it’s the Ken Bruce show and the man has raised the bar so high that I’m just so excited to be able to take the reins.’