United Kingdom, March 31 -- Savannah Guthrie is wracked with worry over her return to the Today show.

The broadcaster, 54, stepped away from the NBC programme earlier this year after her mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Arizona but Savannah has now confirmed she's going to be returning to work after the Easter break with her TV comeback scheduled for April 6 - but the longtime host fears she "not going to be the same" since tragedy struck her family two months ago.

In an interview with Today's Hoda Kotb, Savannah explained: "It's hard to imagine doing it [being back at work] because it's such a place of joy and lightness, and I can't come back and try to be something that I'm not. But I can't not come back, because it's...