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After a 13 year break, Bec Hewitt is returning to our TV screens.

Bec Hewitt has announced that after a 13-year break from television, she will be returning to our screens as the host of a new Channel Nine show.

Hewitt, a former Home and Away star, quit television to support the sporting career of her husband, tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, and to be a full-time mum for their three children: Mia, 12, Cruz, 9, Ava, 7.

Speaking to the Daily TelegraphHewitt revealed she would be hosting Channel Nine’s new series, called Hello World, which will be a weekly travel series airing every Sunday.

“I think it’s the right time and the right job just to fit in with my other job of being a mum”, the 35-year-old told the publication.

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The former soap actress explained that since returning home to Australia over two years ago, her attention has been on her children and re-establishing their lives in Melbourne. But she says she will “certainly enjoy the experience” of going back to work.

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Hewitt said that this job will mean she will spend her first nights away from her children, sharing she’s never even gone on a “girls’ weekend” since she’s been a mother.

“For a long time, it was all about being Mia’s mum or whoever, and you do lose your identity a bit. But that’s also been beautiful and sweet,” Hewitt said.

Hello World will also star Sonia Kruger, Lauren Phillips, Ray Martin and Steve Jacobs, revealed the Daily Telegraph.

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Bec Hewitt celebrated her 35th birthday this week, on July 23, with her husband sharing a heartfelt message to his Instagram.

“Happy B’day to the most wonderful wife and mum in the ????[world]” the former tennis champion captioned the post.

Bec and Lleyton Hewitt have been married since 2005.