Ahead of her return, Zoe was spotted for the first time during her BBC Radio 2 leave alongside Norman, with the former couple seen laughing together with a group of people outside a Hove café.
In November, it was reported that Zoe and Normal were "spending more time together than ever", with a friend from Hove telling the Daily Mail: "They always seem to be together."
Recalling the last time she ever saw him, Zoe remembered: "I just thought, whatever it is we have to do, I love him so much we will get through this somehow.
In August, Zoe stepped back from her morning presenting duties, which she returned to in late September and ex Norman was there for her at her time of grief.
In the 2018 documentary Zoe Ball's Hardest Road, Zoe opens up about her devastating loss and how she wishes she had expressed her feelings towards him more.