Former BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Lesley Dolphin has been announced as the host of a special Christmas programme on Suffolk Sound. 

Suffolk Sound shared on Facebook: “The Queen of radio is back! Lesley Dolphin is back on the airwaves this Christmas Day from 12-2pm.. exclusively on Suffolk Sound. 

“All your favourites on Christmas day including Quality Street, mince pies, turkey, Dolphins Dart and On The Sofa with Lesley Dolphin… what more could you possibly want?”

Lesley presented on the BBC for more than 30 years, hosting various programmes including the afternoon show.

The station has also teased that more special guests will air this Christmas. 

Suffolk Sound was set up earlier this year by Rob Dunger and Richie Ross and is based prominently at the retail and food centre Beach Street on the seafront in Felixstowe.

For more than a decade, Lesley Dolphin presented BBC Radio Suffolk’s afternoon show, interviewing hundreds of guests and testing listeners' knowledge with the 'Dolphin’s Dart’ competition.

However, last year she announced that she would be leaving the show to spend more time with her parents and explore the county that she has called home for more than 30 years.

Ipswich Star: Lesley Dolphin will be making her returnLesley Dolphin will be making her return (Image: Lesley Dolphin)

She previously moved to Felixstowe and told the East Anglian Daily Times she had "made the show her own in so many ways," adding that it had one of the best listener figures among afternoon shows across England.

Her successes are not just limited to radio as her charity campaigns have raised vast amounts of money.

She was part of an effort to raise £3m for children’s charity East Anglia Children’s Hospices (EACH) by climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa.

She also led a campaign which trained hundreds of people to become CPR lifesavers in Suffolk.