The broadcaster Chris Evans has revealed he has been diagnosed with skin cancer.

Speaking on his Virgin Radio show on Monday morning, he confirmed the disease was discovered in the early stages and that he was told it is treatable.

He said: “We need to discuss what’s going on with this issue. It is a melanoma. There’s this phrase called a malignant melanoma – you know once you get something, and you find out all about it – that is a redundant phrase because if it is a melanoma it is malignant. But it’s been caught so early, just so you know, that it should be completely treatable.”

He added that his treatment would start on 14 September.

The keen runner said he was told he will be unable to exercise in the month after the treatment, and joked he will do nothing else until his appointment.

It comes four years after he revealed he was worried about skin cancer after discovering unusual marks on his body.

The UK’s hot summer in 2019 sparked concern over “high levels of UV”. Speaking at the time, he said: “I went and had a few marks on my body inspected by a skin expert before Christmas and she said: ‘You need to come and see me again, just because of your complexion.’”

He was later given the all clear. He had also spoken about a prostate cancer scare in 2015.

Evans has been at Virgin Radio in 2018, in a high-profile poaching after he left BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show. It ended a long stay at the BBC, in which he had hosted The One Show and Top Gear. He had risen to fame on Channel 4, presenting TFI Friday and The Big Breakfast.