Broadcasting veteran Alan Brazil has returned to his talkSPORT breakfast show after undergoing a life-saving liver transplant. Brazil shared that he was given only a couple of weeks to live before doctors found a suitable match for the procedure.

Brazil, 67, had been on a break from his flagship program for nearly four months due to illness that required surgery. He announced his return the day before rejoining co-host Gabby Agbonlahor on air.

"I am not going to bore everyone but it is remarkable really what happened," Brazil said. "One minute I am doing this (the programme), I've finished at 9.45am, there's a car outside and I am like 'what's going on?' Straight down to Addenbrooke's Hospital and a few hours later... wallop. They open me up and stick a new liver in there."

He explained that he had cancer in his liver, which had been suspected for months. Doctors were hesitant to operate earlier for fear of spreading the cancer.

"First of all they said the perfect match came in, otherwise I might still be waiting and people will know what I am talking about who might be on the list," Brazil recalled. "You can wait 18 months, you can go down there, get ready to have the (operation) and they say 'it's not quite right, go away and come back and we will phone you later, maybe in a few weeks' and it can be murder."

Brazil described the urgency of his situation, stating, "They told me, another couple of weeks and you were gone." He also detailed complications during the surgery, including his heart stopping for 40 seconds.

"I had seven or eight hours on there, the fluid build-up I had was horrendous," he said. "They cut me open and there was a flood, it was that bad everywhere I had it. I did have a few complications, my heart stopped for 40 seconds. I said 'did you get the old jump-leads on?' He said 'no, no. It came back. We were about to take action but it came back.'"

Following the transplant, Brazil's immune system is not at full strength, requiring him to take a large number of pills. He has also been advised to avoid the sun, joking about his newfound need to stay in the shade.

Despite the ongoing recovery, Brazil expressed gratitude for the messages of support from friends and colleagues, which he said helped him through the process. "I'm still not 100 per cent, but listen, anything, even if I don't get any better, it's a bonus. Because I was a goner."