Children's TV legend Johnny Ball, father of famous broadcaster Zoe Ball, says he is 'lucky' after revealing that he had been privately fighting a prostate cancer diagnosis View 4 Images Johnny Ball was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2022 (Image: ITV/Shutterstock)

Children's TV legend Johnny Ball has revealed that he has been secretly fighting prostate cancer . ‌

The 87-year-old said: “I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August 2022 and, thankfully, after three months of daily radiation treatment , starting in the September, I’m through it, I’m fine.” ‌

Ball, who first blessed British TV screens as the presenter of Play School in 1967, does not take surviving the illness for granted: “My friend Harry Secombe didn't survive it, Bob Monkhouse didn't survive it. I

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