Alan Brazil announces return to talkSPORT after having life-saving operation

Alan Brazil has announced his return to talkSPORT following a break after undergoing a live-saving operation. The 67-year-old broadcaster has been off the airwaves for nearly four months due to health problems.

Brazil underwent a liver transplant, revealing in June that he was on the operating table for eight hours and that his heart stopped during the procedure.

He has spent the past few months recuperating and now feels ready to return to his breakfast radio show this week. Speaking in a video of himself sitting alongside his dog in the sunshine, posted to social media on Monday, Brazil explained the plan.

"I'm looking forward to Wednesday. Wednesday at 6am - talkSPORT, Brazil's back. Looking forward to it," he said. "I've had a great break here in Suffolk, the weather's been sensational although I'm not allowed to be in the sun too much. But it's been great.

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"The World Cup - not so great for me. I didn't like all the commercialisation and of course we're hearing all about it now, aren't we?"

After an interruption from his dog, Hugo, Brazil added: "Wednesday morning, it looks like Gabby [Agbonlahor] and me just after six o'clock, all being well I'll be back on. I'm going to have Thursday off because I've got a couple of treatments I've got to do, and then Friday I'll be back at six as well.

"Hopefully it'll be Ray Parlour - Party Parlour - I spoke to him yesterday and he was enjoying himself as normal. Some Sunday lunch in Essex, some swanky restaurant having a great time.

"I've missed all this, guys, over the last three months, I really have. And I've had a great break. I feel my voice and everything is beginning to improve week after week. I'm still not there yet, nowhere near - it'll take another three, four, maybe six months but I'm definitely a lot better.

"I can't wait, I've taken some season tickets to Ipswich this year, so I'm going to spend a lot of time at Portman Road. Things are great."

In previous videos, the former Ipswich and Tottenham player described his operation and recovery as "a miracle", thanking the "brilliant" staff at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge for saving his life. "I can't thank the people at Cambridge enough," he said.

Brazil is a stalwart of talkSPORT, having presented the station's breakfast show since it launched in 2000. But his health deteriorated in 2026, with spells taken off the radio in January and March.

While he will work alongside former Aston Villa striker Agbonlahor and ex-Arsenal midfielder Parlour upon his return, Brazil said Scotland legend Ally McCoist was still taking a "well deserved" break following his work as a co-commentator at the World Cup with ITV.

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