Patrick Kielty to fill Jonathan Ross's BBC Radio 2 slot over summer

BBC Radio 2 has booked Patrick Kielty to fill Jonathan Ross's Saturday-morning slot over the summer. Kielty will front a live Saturday show on Radio 2 between 10am and 1pm from 24 July, filling in until Graham Norton takes over the slot permanently from 2 October. Ross's final Radio 2 Saturday programme will be broadcast on 17 July, the day after the last Friday Night with Jonathan Ross chatshow on BBC1. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".