British TV Presenter Jamie Theakston Reveals Stage 1 Throat Cancer Diagnosis

The ‘Heart Breakfast’ co-host said he recently underwent surgery to remove a lesion from his vocal cords.

Jamie Theakston attends the Love Island final viewing party hosted by Capital for Global’s Make Some Noise charity in London on Nov. 20, 2018. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images

British television presenter Jamie Theakston has taken a leave of absence from his post as co-host of the Heart radio network’s “Heart Breakfast” program after being diagnosed with Stage 1 laryngeal cancer—one of the most common types of throat cancer.

However, Theakston, 53, says he doesn’t expect to be off the air for very long.