Vaughan will host daily shows on the station during the summer to mark what Absolute is billing the "greatest show on earth" in London with the imminent arrival of the Olympics and Paralympics.

The presenter left Capital after eight years last November with Dave Berry brought in to join Vaughan's co-presenter Lisa Snowdon at breakfast. However, in Q4 2011, the last Rajar period in which he was still in the slot, the programme added 185,000 listeners over the quarter and ...